Innovation

Old Network Switches May Be More Reliable Than New Kit

Network vendors are pulling a fast one forcing users to upgrade, says re-use specialist

13 years ago

Why Second Hand Switches Are Good For You

If it ain't broke, don't throw it out, says Network Hardware Resale's Glenn Fassett

13 years ago

Calxeda Shows Ultra Low-Power ARM Server Prototype

Calxeda's prototype server, powered by its EnergyCard compute blades and running Ubuntu Linux and a LAMP stack, adds to the…

13 years ago

Facebook’s Wide Racks Show The Triumph Of The Cloud

Stop doubting the cloud, says Peter Judge. It has the power to alter one of the industry's fundamental assumptions

13 years ago

Microsoft Says It Will Be Carbon Neutral From July 2013

Microsoft aims to make internal departments responsible for their own emissions

13 years ago

Google Gets Plates For A Car That Drives Itself

Google unleashes autonomous Prius on the roads of Nevada

13 years ago

Start-Up Introduces Power-Efficient Data Centre Modules

Truly Modular from Compass Datacenters aims to be a power-efficient, disaster-resistant data centre where you want it

13 years ago

Facebook Introduces Open Rack Standard

Facebook's Open Rack spec looks to make data centres more efficient, as tech giants jump on the Open Compute train

13 years ago

Methane Power – Let’s Not Burst The Bubble

Most renewable energy sources require a lot of land. Methane farming is no different, says Peter Judge, but it is…

13 years ago

Apple Buys Bloom Fuel Cells, Promises 100% Green Data Centre

Apple is using Bloom's fuel cells in North Carolina, and says a new plant in Oregon will use 100 percent…

13 years ago

Jimmy Wales Backs Government Scheme To Free Academic Research

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will help get government-backed research freely available online

13 years ago

Infinity Launches Methane-Powered Data Facility On UFO Base

A data centre powered by biogas is ready for your use, says Infinity

13 years ago

UK Government Details Solar Storm Preparations

Government discusses space weather and EMP weapons of the future

13 years ago

Maude Says G-Cloud Costs £4.93m

Cabinet Minister Says G-Cloud is making "good progress"

13 years ago

Trevor Baylis: Will Somebody Run With My Electric Shoes?

Creator of the clockwork radio Trevor Baylis tells TechWeekEurope how industry should support inventors

13 years ago

IBM Helps Leicester Tigers Predict Their Game

Predictive analytics will be used to help the team reduce number and severity of injuries

13 years ago

Could PCs-On-A-Stick Clear Up e-Waste?

Homekey's USB computer is supposed to get the older generation online, but Peter Judge thinks it could also reduce e-junk

13 years ago

EMC And NetApp Poised To Fight Over Green Storage Company?

EMC and NetApp are eyeing up the all-Flash storage firm XtremIO

13 years ago

UK And Scandinavia Make Gains In Data Centre Rankings

UK becomes the second best location for data centres, while green concerns puish Nordic states up the rankings

13 years ago

HomeKey £70 PC-On-A-Stick Launched For Elders

Valerie Singleton's SimplicITy outfit has a granny-friendly Linux-based USB machine she made earlier

13 years ago

Data Centre Module Switches To DC To Cut Power

The data centre module from ABB and IO uses DC power throughout and claims to significantly reduce power and equipment…

13 years ago

Apple Responds To Greenpeace Criticism

Apple has claimed an upcoming Oregon data centre will run on '100 percent renewable energy'

13 years ago

Microsoft Announces Biogas-Powered Green “Data Plants”

Data centres built on rotting landfill sites could be self-sufficient in power, says Microsoft

13 years ago

Volta To Build Reliable Data Centre In The Heart Of London

Old Reuters building will become a state-of-the-art co-location facility

13 years ago

Do O2’s Telecommute Savings Add Up?

O2 saved 12 tonnes of CO2 emissions by closing its office for a day. Peter Judge asks, is that a…

13 years ago

Apple Defends iCloud Against Greenpeace Attack

Environmental organisation blames Apple for using “dirty” energy

13 years ago

Staffordshire Uni Reduces PC Power Use By 60 Percent

University on course to save £27,000 through power management software

13 years ago

Microsoft Wants Data Centres To Power Themselves

“Data Plants” of the future could combine data centres and sustainable energy production

13 years ago

BRICS To Cable The Southern Hemisphere

A 34,000 km submarine cable network linking five developing countries? Easy, says Andrew Mthembu of i3Africa

13 years ago