Innovation

IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Swallows Blades

IBM says its zEnterprise is the fastest mainframe ever - and wants it to manage all the other servers in…

14 years ago

UK Docks With US And Russia On Green Space Tech

The agreement will help projects including the analysis of climate change data from earth observation satellites

14 years ago

2016 Smart Meter Target May Benefit BT Group

Moving the UK’s target ahead to 2016 could benefit a group of companies, including BT, bidding for the project

14 years ago

Zen And The Green Art Of PC Maintenance

It’s time to pimp your PC and save the planet says Andrew Donoghue. Repairing is the new upgrading

14 years ago

US Hospital Loses 800,000 Patient Records

South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts reveals that backup files containing patient and employee information have disappeared

14 years ago

Google Buys In Clean Energy From Iowa Wind Farm

Google on 20 July said it will purchase 114 megawatts of clean energy from the NextEra Energy Resources wind farm…

14 years ago

Byte Night Sleep Out Fears Recession Pressure

The recession could increase poverty in the UK - it also means the IT industry's charity sleep-out, Byte Night, will…

14 years ago

Asus Bamboo-zles IT Users With Green Notebook

Asus plans to cut down on plastic, using versatile bamboo in its latest laptop range

14 years ago

EC Announces €6.4 billion Tech Stimulus Plan

The EC investment plan includes €1.2 billion for IT, and cash for “carbon-free” systems

14 years ago

Recovery For VC Tech Funding

The amount of venture capatialist funding into the technology sector is starting to return to pre-recession levels

14 years ago

Government Scraps IT Recycling ‘Quango’

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) is set to go the same way as Becta, after the…

14 years ago

BT Backs Radio-Based UK Smart Meter Strategy

The telecoms giant and its partners believe radio rather than mobile is the best way to deploy smart meters to…

14 years ago

IBM Invests £65m Into Healthcare IT

IBM is launching a $100 million (£65m) health care IT research campaign that will work to develop new medical technology

14 years ago

Dell Supplies Servers For NASA Climate Research

NASA is spending £3.25 million ($5 mn) with Dell, to revamp its climate simulation research project using PowerEdge servers

14 years ago

Time To Kill Off ‘Green IT’?

Sustainable products shouldn't be in a ghetto. Green should be an integral attribute of every piece of hardware or service…

14 years ago

Would You Buy A Data Centre Delivered By Truck?

Modular data centres can be delivered quickly by road just like container DCs says Akber Jaffer. But unlike their temporary…

14 years ago

Intel Supercomputer Tracking BP Oil Spill

An Intel supercomputer, “Encanto,” is helping researchers track the direction of the oil from the massive BP spill

14 years ago

Co-Op Gets Dividends From Virtual Desktops

The Co-Op is extending its virtual desktops, saving millions on software licensing costs, and cutting carbon output

14 years ago

Recession: Bad For Jobs, Good For The Planet?

Despite the government’s grand visions, green tech will be deployed tactically not strategically, as the recovery kicks in, says Andrew…

14 years ago

Climategate Inquiry Clears Scientists Of Dishonesty

The scientists behind the Climategate controversy have been cleared by another inquiry, but criticised for not being sufficently open

14 years ago

Power Management Firm Tackles Virtual Server Sprawl

Virtual machines aren't free - and 1E says it has the power to bring them under control

14 years ago

Firms Face Fines For Ignoring Carbon Rules

Halfway through the registration period only one tenth of the country's big energy users have registered for carbon permits.

14 years ago

Colt Launches Pre-Fabricated Data Centres

Order a new modular data centre, and Colt says it will ship it to you - in sections - within…

14 years ago

Bluetooth SIG Adopts Low Energy Version 4.0

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has now formally adopted the low energy version 4.0 of the Bluetooth Core Specification

14 years ago

IBM Uses Hot Water To Cool Zurich Supercomputer

An IBM water-cooled supercomputer at a Swiss University is heating nearby buildings with its waste heat

14 years ago

HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme

Battery recycling and reducing gold in chips are among the technollogies HP has given to a shared patent scheme

14 years ago

Accelerators Boost Supercomputer Energy Efficiency

Systems that use accelerators are three times more efficient than those supercomputers that don't use accelerators

14 years ago

Recession Spurs UK Carbon Reduction

Carbon reduction progress is too slow, according to the second annual Parliamentary report, but the recession has given it a…

14 years ago

Data Centre Launches ‘Eco-friendly’ Facility

The opening of a new hosted services facility in Bedfordshire pushes green IT boundaries, according to provider Blue Chip

14 years ago

Green Tech Waits On The Government

Britain's Energy Secretary can talk green, says Peter Judge, but will he deliver on actual measures to promote green technology?

14 years ago