John Hinshaw, CIO of Verizon Wireless, talks about the methods he's using to make the company's vast tech array less power-hungryIt takes a lot of power to run a wireless network that serves 60 million customers and handles billions of calls each month. So John Hinshaw, chief information officer for Verizon Wireless, should know all about energy costs. For the past 18 months, Hinshaw has been looking for energy-efficient technology that can help the company lower its power consumption, from the desktops that support its 65,000 employees to the hardware that fills its data and call centers.
His work is starting to pay off: By cutting the number of data centers from 10 to 3, Hinshaw has helped the company save $20 million. In a recent conversation with BusinessWeek.com writer Rachael King, Hinshaw outlines just how the joint venture of Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) is saving money.
When you've looked at Verizon's different technology components, is there one place right off the bat that you've noticed is extraordinarily power-hungry?
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