Apple's iCloud will boost adoption of cloud computing - but questions remain about the energy efficiency of the project, says Peter Judge
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Green Google’s Sea Change In Data Centre Design
A Finnish data centre will use seawater to cool Google's servers and wind power to supply the electricity
IBM: 100 Years of Innovation
From mainframes to PCs, from software to operating systems, from open source to services - IBM has done it all
HP Launches Containerised, Green ‘EcoPOD’
HP's EcoPOD can be deployed in 12 weeks, costs 75 percent less to build, and cuts energy costs by 95 percent
Our Readers Want Reliable Servers
You say you would choose a reliable server over a cheap one. Next: What is your strategy for office productivity?
Server Immersion Offers Cooling Benefits
Green Revolution Cooling claims that totally immersing servers in oil can cut cooling costs by 95 percent
Wind Power Bid Pushes Google’s Green Funding To $400m
Google's $55 million investment will power 450,000 homes and boost California's green power by 30 percent
Virgin Media Launches Co-Location Service
Local data centres and fast fibre networks back a co-location service from Virgin
Multinationals Push Key Services Into The Cloud
It's no longer just SMBs that are keen on the cloud. Multinational companies want a piece of the action too
Report: IT Downtime Costs Average £3K Per Minute
Businesses lose an average of about £3,000 per minute in a data centre outage, says a report
Acer Server Is A Solid Compute Platform: Review
The Acer AR380 F1 packs a compute punch and even provides extras at no additional cost
State Of UK Data Centres Could Threaten Growth
UK data centres must improve if the country is to remain a financial powerhouse, Quocirca warns
Brocade Touts Ethernet Fabric And Open Cloud
Storage network vendor aims to take the data centre with 16Gbps Fibre Channel and an Ethernet fabric
Liquid Cooling Gets Sun Co-Founder’s Backing
Hardcore Computer is in Europe promoting the green benefits of liquid cooling, with advice from Scott McNealy
Modular Data Centres Are Cheaper To Build
The cost of data centre construction can be reduced using Colt's modular data centre design approach
MCDC Invests £250m In Data Centre Developments
Matterhorn Capital's data centre division is constructing state-of-the-art sites in the south east of England
Sony, Amazon Problems Aren’t Unique To The Cloud
Cloud services aren’t inherently less secure than those held in data centres. In fact, they may be more secure
Cisco Puts UCS Into Portable Data Centre
Cisco's modular data centre, promised a year ago, is designed for remote military and scientific processing
Websites Back Online Following Amazon Cloud Outage
Numerous AWS-hosted websites are back online following the outage late last week at an Amazon data centre
Greenpeace Praises Facebook’s Solar Effort
Facebook gets a cheer for using a bit of solar energy, but Greenpace isn't satisfied yet
Cisco Opens Green Data Centre In Texas
Cisco's new data centre will be a showcase for technologies to reduce power and cooling costs
Data Centre Cabling Gets Built-In Monitoring Capability
TE Connectivity's Quareo uses chips in data centre cabling to trace, monitor and authenticate every connection
Report: Apple Poaches Microsoft Cloud Executive
Apple has poached a Microsoft cloud computing and green data centre executive, say reports
EvoSwitch Unveils Adiabatic Data Hall
EvoSwitch's Amsterdam data centre has a new modular, carbon neutral data hall
Facebook’s Open Compute Gets Discussion Going
When Facebook opened up its green data centre ideas, it also opened up a big discussion which could provide more benefits, says Peter Judge
Schneider Electric Snaps Up Data Centre Specialist
Energy giant Schneider Electric has acquired a data centre specialist for an undisclosed amount
HP Retunes Info Management Products And Services
HP offers start points for connecting silos of data, stopping short of the "master data management" label
Data Centres: What’s In A Green Label?
Energy efficient data centres are complex. But the information about them needs to be as simple to read as food labels, says Peter Judge
How To Use The Green Grid Maturity Model
eWEEK wasn't sure how useful the Green Grid Maturity Model was. The Grid's Harkeeret Singh talked us through it
Green Data Centre Research Facility Opened By HP
HP's new facility will serve as a data centre and test facility for new sustainability technologies