The move to greener IT is unstoppable - even in a recession. But IT departments have a tough job getting their message with the other 90 percent of the company, says Forrester's Chris Mines.
2009
Swede Faces Nasa-hacking Charges
After a federal investigation, the 21-year-old man now faces multiple charges here in the United States
Dell Could Be Preparing Android Netbook
Bsquare matter-of-factly announced in a press release that it would be porting Adobe Flash to a Dell netbook running Android as the operating system
SSDs Could Save Equivalent Of Gambia’s Entire Power Usage
SSD market researcher iSuppli says the increased deployment of SSDs could enable the world's data centres to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by a whopping 166,643 megawatt hours from 2008 to 2013
WiGig’s 60Hz “Uber Wi-Fi” Could Replace Wires
We could have 3Gbps wireless within the next year or two - and with giant backers, WiGig looks like over-riding any arguments
Cisco Reports 24 Percent Profits Fall
Product sales decreased by 22 percent, while service maintenance sales climbed by 9.4 percent, Cisco says.
Green PC Specialist Sets Sights on Server
PC power management specialist 1E is launching a product aimed at the server
Industry Giants Back Ultra-Fast 60GHz Wireless
But they're not exactly forthcoming about what it will offer, or when
Deutsche Bank: Blades Key To Green Data Centres
The banking group believes that providing they are deployed in the right way, blade servers are most efficient way to turn energy into computing power
London Olympics Says No To Open Source
Despite a mission to make the games as financially and environmentally sustainable as possible, the organisers of London 2012 have ruled out any significant use of open source software
Vizioncore Manages Multiple Virtual Machines
vControl lets end users set up virtual machines in the leading hypervisor environments - and IT can manage them all from one screen
IBM Makes Its SMB Blades More Dynamic
Upgrades to the BladeCenter Express product should let smaller businesses save power and mix operating systems, IBM says
Microsoft To Lose Another 3000 Staff
That more or less completes the 5000 announced earlier. But there could be more in store
T-Mobile UK To Merge?
Deutsche Telekom has reportedly put its UK mobile network, T-Mobile up for sale. That's to be expected, with its numbers declining, but who would buy it, asks Peter Judge
Desktop Power Cuts Beat Server Savings
Desktop management are a quicker green hit than server consolidation, says Andy Lawrence. Oh yes, and IT managers should rule the world too (or at least manage their buildings)
ISO 27001 Security Management? “It’s Bloody...
Security standards let management push back against over-enthusiastic IT security fans, says governance expert Alan Calder
Sceptics Spike £460 Million Apple-Twitter Rumours
Unsubstantiated rumours say Apple is buying Twitter for $700 million, but commentators don't believe it
UK Spies Compare Web Monitoring To WWII Codebreaking
GCHQ claims an internet surveillance project is nothing sinister but simply part of its ongoing struggle to keep pace with internet communications
Windows Server 2008 R2: Better For Virtualisation
The new 64-bit-only Windows Server hosts a number of virtualisation improvements but migration may be problematic
Google Apps Connector for Blackberry: Best Of Both Worlds?
Google's cloud-based Gmail, delivered through enterprise-grade Blackberry servers, sounds like the best of both worlds, but is it?
Windows 7’s Costly Compatibility Issues
Polished yes, but elevated costs ensuring hardware and software compatibility may hold back business adoption of Windows 7
EU Wants ICANN Free Of US Government Control
Less government involvement in a fully privatised ICANN is the way forward according to European regulators
Google Facing £66m Android Lawsuit
Search engine giant Google, and 47 other organisations are accused in a lawsuit of purposefully infringing on the name Android
Asus Planning 11.6 inch Eee Netbook
Asus reportedly plans to offer an 11.6-inch version of its Eee PC netbook, as well as two other new models
Nvidia Makes Green Claims For Supercomputing Cluster
Using the Nvidia cluster means both access to computing capacity and reduced power consumption, the company says
Supermicro Offering Atom-based Servers
The Atom chips should enable Supermicro to offer efficient and quiet servers for such roles as data storage and network appliances
Microsoft Looking For Cloud Database Participants
The goal of Project Huron is to allow users to synchronise local copies of a database with a database in the cloud.
Office 2007 Service Pack 2: A Major Update
Tighter server integration keeps Office ahead of Linux/OpenOffice, but SP2 could create headaches for IT organisations.
Zenprise Software Finds Lost Blackberrys
GPS location can tell you if you just left it in your other jacket, and whether someone else is using it
Green IT Services – Worth £3.2 Billion in 2013?
Massive growth, says Forrester - despite other reports which say users are lukewarm about Green IT