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Reducing GHG Emissions by Developing Green Software - Meet Thomas Frers of Randstad Digital
2023-08-03

Reducing GHG Emissions by Developing Green Software - Meet Thomas Frers of Randstad Digital

Digital solutions architect Thomas Frers of Randstad Digital Germany highlights the need for advances in green software. Creating a sustainability focused work culture within the company was a pivotal part for moving in the right direction.

How Sentry Software Reduced Its Data Center’s Electricity Usage by 15%
2023-07-06

How Sentry Software Reduced Its Data Center’s Electricity Usage by 15%

This article highlights how GSF member Sentry Software successfully raised the temperature of its data center from 18°C to 27°C, resulting in significant energy savings and carbon emissions reductions. A full recording of this Green IT success story can be found here.

Observability Across Complex Environments – Meet Bertrand Martin, CEO of Sentry Software
2023-06-19

Observability Across Complex Environments – Meet Bertrand Martin, CEO of Sentry Software

Bertrand Martin is the CEO and President of Sentry Software and one of the company’s co-founders. He is equally a developer and a system administrator by trade. His career has been dedicated to building monitoring and observability tools, initially as a user of such solutions and later as a developer.

Uniting for the Green Software Revolution
2023-06-09

Uniting for the Green Software Revolution

On June 5 for World Environment Day, GSF hosted a live virtual event for tech enthusiasts interested to know how software can help save the planet. Four experts debated the challenges and opportunities in the field of green software and revealed some of the findings of the State of Green Software Report.

How to Accurately Measure the Energy Consumption of Application Software
2023-06-05

How to Accurately Measure the Energy Consumption of Application Software

According to the World Economic Forum, 70% of the new value created in the economy over the next decade is expected to be based on digitally enabled business platforms. This trend will continue to drive an exponential increase in data creation and consumption along with the technology sector’s global carbon footprint.

Green Software Foundation Releases First-Ever State of Green Software Report
2023-05-31

Green Software Foundation Releases First-Ever State of Green Software Report

May 31, 2023/– The Green Software Foundation (GSF) has announced the release of the 2023 State of Green Softwarehttp://stateof.greensoftware.foundation (SOGS) report - the first-ever analysis of green software, globally and across industries.

How Intesa and NTT Data Measure Software Carbon Footprint and Carbon Intensity
2023-05-17

How Intesa and NTT Data Measure Software Carbon Footprint and Carbon Intensity

Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP), as a responsible business entity, acknowledges the importance of adopting sustainable practices to minimize its environmental impact. One of the key challenges that the bank faces in this regard is to track and measure energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with software and hardware usage. To address this challenge, Intesa Sanpaolo requires a monitoring tool that can provide accurate data on its environmental impact and help identify opportunities for improvement.

Measuring the Energy Consumption of an on premise ecommerce application
2023-05-17

Measuring the Energy Consumption of an on premise ecommerce application

While there is a desire by all enterprises to migrate to the cloud, there will be a considerable portfolio of on-premise solutions that we need to live with for the next few years. The carbon footprint of these applications must be measured and optimized, especially as they continue to scale.

Detecting Green Impact in Source Code -  Meet Greg Rivera, VP of Product at CAST
2023-05-03

Detecting Green Impact in Source Code - Meet Greg Rivera, VP of Product at CAST

CAST is a software vendor in the software intelligence category that provides products that ‘understand’ multi-technology software systems to automatically derive insights about their inner workings, enabling digital leaders to optimize for resiliency, performance, cost, modernization, open source risks, and more.

The Open Source Approach is Revolutionizing the Business World - Meet Christopher Howard, Lead Open Source Program Manager at EPAM Systems, Inc.
2023-05-02

The Open Source Approach is Revolutionizing the Business World - Meet Christopher Howard, Lead Open Source Program Manager at EPAM Systems, Inc.

Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services.