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.
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Swede Faces Nasa-hacking Charges
After a federal investigation, the 21-year-old man now faces multiple charges here in the United States
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
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
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
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 Brilliant!”
Security standards let management push back against over-enthusiastic IT security fans, says governance expert Alan Calder
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
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
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.
Chip Sales Slump By 30 Percent
First quarter bad for chip makers - though things picked up a bit in March.
Rackable Cleared To Buy SGI
But court insists on a higher price for a Silicon Valley pioneer
Microsoft SharePoint Secured
How to cut through the hype and choose the right SharePoint security product.
Did The Recession Kill Green IT?
The bandwagon was just getting rolling when the economic recession kicked in. Is that the end for Green IT? Not at all, says The 451 Group's Andy Lawrence.
Smart Grid Meters Use IM
Intelligent meters are using the XMPP "presence" standard to keep a better grip on power usage
IT Cuts Create Long-Term Risks
Half-baked IT cuts now could harm your company in the future, according to research from Deloitte
IBM Combines Cloud And SOA
WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance gives businesses a place to store SOA images and patterns that can then be brought into cloud environments
Seagate Launches Self-Managing Back-up Appliance
The Replica appliance from Seagate Technology safeguards applications, operating systems and all other data, without any human intervention
AMD Believes There Is Life After 40
The anniversary comes at a time when AMD is fighting a two-front battle against rival Intel and a global recession
Intel Recognised For Green Power Usage
The chip maker leads the way when it comes to renewable energy