It's a bloggy day in the Test Center, with a look at green features in unexpected places and reports from the InfoWorld Virtualization Executive Forum. Unexpected Hints of GreenTed Samson went looking for different shades of green and found them at companies like PeopleCube an BigFix. Increasing the intelligence through which employees reserve assets like conference rooms and audio-visual equipment may not sound It’s a bloggy day in the Test Center, with a look at green features in unexpected places and reports from the InfoWorld Virtualization Executive Forum.Unexpected Hints of GreenTed Samson went looking for different shades of green and found them at companies like PeopleCube an BigFix. Increasing the intelligence through which employees reserve assets like conference rooms and audio-visual equipment may not sound green, but Samson found that making the best use of physical plant resources, like PeopleCube is working to do. can have a big impact on overall energy use. BigFix is addressing energy use, as well, with features that bring greater intelligence to the on/off control of servers and application infrastructure pieces. It just goes to show that “sustainable” can start in all sorts of interesting places. The Virtual Future: Yesterday was Virtual Computing Day here at InfoWorld, and the timing was set to coincide with the Virtualization Executive Forum held in San Francisco. I joined many of my colleagues (and many of our readers) there, and began a series of comments in the SMB IT blog. There will be more my notes at the Forum, but head over now to read the first posts and leave your comments and questions on the virtual future of your IT shop. Technology Industry