It's time to boost utilization of technology in our schools and education because we have seen it work.

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In fact, I expect that many a future CEO will have a resume with a strong technology background, if not a stint in IT, as strategies will be increasingly dependent on effective utilization of technology.

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Smart utilization of affordable technology (often in the low hundreds of dollars per month vs. many thousands and ongoing headaches) is at the heart of it.

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We reviewed the key policy changes that shaped and boosted the industry and facilitated the creation and utilization of the dramatic changes to technology itself over the past 40 years.

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Fortunately, the power challenge is not new to technology providers who have experienced the result of higher consumption and grid utilization.

FORBES: The Growing Energy Demands Of Living Your Life In The Cloud

However, because of the maturity of their technology and management infrastructure, mainframe and Unix server deployments are able to run at higher utilization levels.

FORBES: Taming Datacenter Power Usage