
Technology for Good – episode thirty two with SAP’s Sameer Patel
Welcome to episode thirty two of the Technology for Good hangout. In this week’s episode we had SAP‘s Sameer Patel as the guest on our show. Sameer and I are members of the Enterprise Irregulars group – a loose group of analysts and vendors with an interest in enterprise software. Previous Enterprise Irregulars who have […]

Lifx’s Internet of Things connected bulb, the good and the not-so good
Back in September 2012 I saw a Kickstarter campaign entitled LIFX: The Light Bulb Reinvented. The campaign promised to deliver a WiFi enabled, multi-color, energy efficient LED light bulb that you control with your iPhone or Android This sounded great. Energy efficient, LED bulbs which could change colour to match/create moods, and which you could […]

SAP’s Palo Alto energy efficiency and CO2 reductions
As mentioned previously, I was in Santa Clara and Palo Alto last week for a couple of SAP events. At these events SAP shared some of its carbon reduction policies and strategies. According to SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf, the greatest bang for buck SAP is achieving comes from the deployment of telepresence suites. […]

Digital Lumens intelligent LEDs cut Maines energy for lighting by 87%
Photo of before and after installation of Digital Lumens lighting system in Maines Paper & Food Service courtesy of Digital Lumens. Digital Lumens reduced the cost of lighting for their first customer by 87%. Digital Lumens specialise in high-bay lighting for warehouses, cold storage facilities, and manufacturing plants. This is a mostly invisible but very […]