Cisco and HP should fear the German engineering in this brute's cooling system, and its two extra blades, says Fujitsu
2009
Government Demands Green IT Metrics As Standard
The UK Department for Work and Pensions says it won't pay extra for information about the carbon impact and efficiency of IT products and services
UK Will Get Tough on “Sweating” IT Assets
Green IT is not just about energy efficiency, the length of time that equipment is used is also key to improving sustainability, according to the government
iPhone’s Security For Business Under Scrutiny Again
RIM, Microsoft Windows and Symbian are “first-class enterprise citizens” but the Apple iPhone and Google's Android OS don't make the cut
Sun Shareholders Launch Lawsuits Against Oracle Deal
The legal actions claim that the £4.8bn compensation proposed by Oracle is unfair and inadequate
Intel And Novell Planning Netbook Linux Platform
Novell announced it will create a Moblin-based product for netbooks that it will push to OEMs and ODMs.
Google Discusses Plan For Greater Openess
At least one consumer advocacy group has decided to refute the search engine giant's claims in a particularly high-profile way
CA Pushes Mainframe Future
Mainframe vendors such as IBM and CA are aggressively pushing forward the mainframe as an alternative to more distributed environments
ECMAScript 5: The Long-Awaited Javascript Update
Ten years in the making, Javascript 5 doesn't break new ground but contains useful enhancements.
UK Claims World’s First “Mandated” Green IT Targets
An update to the Greening Government ICT strategy this July will include 10 "mandated targets".. but will that mandate be backed with penalties?
Extreme Brings Hibernation To Network Blades
If your blades can go to sleep, then your hot standby network can be a bit cooler, says Extreme Networks
3Com Launches New H3C Brand and Enterprise Switch
Updated: There's life in 3Com yet. It's pressing its home-market advantage... from its Chinese customer base
Sustainable Supply And the Trouble With Tantalum
There's more to sustainable IT than low-power servers. consider the materials with which your equipment is made, and you may get a shock, says Simon Perry
Nokia’s Energy-Saving E52 – Ready for Exchange And Notes
There's no qwerty keyboard, but this slim beauty looks like the answer to the predictive-text-capable executive's prayers
Compellent adds SSD, reveals technology roadmap
SAN-in-a-box specialist Compellent has revealed its technology roadmap for the next two years. It includes SSD, which the company said will deliver big cost, energy and efficiency savings.
Gmail Suffers Two New Outages
Google's Gmail service reportedly failed at 11am this morning - but our evidence is there was an earlier failure with some emails not restored
BCS Launches “Formal” Green IT Qualification
Issues such as the impact of environmental legislation and reducing carbon emissions will be covered in the three day course and exam
Apple 17-Inch MacBook Pro Is A Head-Turner
Apple's top laptop model has top model looks and is the thinnest and lightest in its category, boasting up to 8 hours battery life.
Businesses Will Buy 3.5m Netbooks in 2010
Research firm Techaisle predicts netbook sales worldwide will climb in 2009 and 2010 as IT budgets get trimmed and companies look to cut technology costs
Dell And Nvidia Back Affordable Supercomputing
Dell is offering Nvidia's Tesla GPU technology in three of its Precision workstations, a move it says will make supercomputing capabilities more affordable to users
Ballmer Discusses “Valuable” Yahoo Deal
Microsoft and Yahoo had a much-publicised battle in 2008 surrounding a possible takeover
Google’s Brin Discusses Cloud’s Silver Lining
Despite the global economic recession, Brin is optimistic about Google's ability to innovate and exploit upcoming IT revolutions such as cloud computing
Twitter Founder Denies Acquisition Rumours
In March 2009, the site had a reported 9.3 million users, boosting its popularity immensely both among the general public and within the enterprise
Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) Has Security Gaps
Cisco has formed impressive partnerships for its new UCS, but why is there no security provider.on the list?
After Ten Years, Is IPv6 Finally Needed?
Internet founder Vint Cerf says the address crisis is serious now - and this time Google believes it
Oracle Is Nuts To Stick With Sun Hardware
Larry Ellison has committed Oracle to investing more in Sun's SPARC, apparently because he think servers are like iPhones. That's just silly, says Peter Judge
Siemens Offers Whole-Company Green IT Consultancy
Siemens IT for Sustainability could be what the IT department needs to green the other 90 percent of the company
Micro Focus Buys Borland And Compuware Division
UK software giant grows in the testing area
Met Office Wants Green DC Supercomputers
The government's weather prediction department would waste less energy if it avoided converting from DC to AC current - but it still needs more power
BA: Too Much Vendor “Bollocks” In Green IT
The chief information officer of BA defended the airline's green efforts - while sniping at "greenwash" from IT vendors