Engineering Excellence Trustworthy Computing Microsoft Confidential IT – A Key Tool in Addressing Environmental Challenges IT has an important role to.

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Engineering Excellence Trustworthy Computing Microsoft Confidential IT – A Key Tool in Addressing Environmental Challenges IT has an important role to play in…reducing emissions and contributing to sustainable growth There is probably no other sector where the opportunity to provide solutions with dramatic emission reduction potential is as significant as in the IT sector

Microsoft & EEA Partnership Working together since July 2007, forming official five-year partnership in May technology solutions developed with EEA:  Eye on Earth  The Atlas for Environmental Change  Bend the Trend Built on Microsoft technologies - Windows Azure, Bing Maps and Silverlight European Environment Agency

Eye On Earth /