Innovation

Byte Night 2010 Aims To Raise More For Kids

Once again, the British IT industry is raising money for homeless youth, and eWEEK Europe will be there

15 years ago

Rackspace Plans UK Cloud Services

Hosting company Rackspace is bringing its cloud services to the UK, using a green data centre in Slough

15 years ago

CEOs Want To Get Creative, Says IBM

Chief executives see the world getting more complex, and want to get creative in response, according to an IBM survey

15 years ago

Green Expert Warns Energy Execs About Complacency

Smart grids could save our world, but the planet itself doesn't care – it has seen worse, says climate change…

15 years ago

Utilities Blamed For Stalling Smart Grid Roll-outs

Large energy companies are worried about handing over too much information to customers via smart grid and meter projects, experts…

15 years ago

IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts

The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities

15 years ago

EcoCooling Touts Cleaner Data Centre Cooling

Could evaporation cool data centres in a greener way than traditional refrigeration units?

15 years ago

HP: Sensors May Prevent Repeat Of BP Oil Disaster

HP envisions a future with trillions of sensors around the world helping to prevent man-made and natural disasters

15 years ago

HP Admits Smart Grid Security Is An ‘Afterthought’

Rapid roll out of smart grids in the US is jeopardising security, but deployments in Europe and elsewhere have been…

15 years ago

Amazon Cloud Service Hit By Car Crash

One of Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing data centres was knocked offline after it failed to cope with a power outage…

15 years ago

Gartner: Data Centres Set For Fresh Headaches

Data centres are set to face a rapid rise in problems associated with power, cooling and space, thanks to the…

15 years ago

Green IT: An Unstable Coalition?

Green IT is an awkward partnership of economic motives and genuine environmental thinking, where profit has ended up dominating, says…

15 years ago

IT Products Fail Green Accreditation Test

A new study from Probrand has found that 80 percent of IT products on the market have no stated green…

15 years ago

HP Slates IBM’s Mainframes Bias

IBM depends on mainframe revenues, so don't go there to streamline your IT, says HP's Paul Evans

15 years ago

HP Launches New Servers And Finance Advice

Hewlett-Packard's new servers are fast, but today's announcement is all about finding ways to pay for them

15 years ago

Hardcore Unveils Liquid Cooling For Blades

In a development that could remove the need for air cooling inside data centres, a company is now offering liquid…

15 years ago

VMware Unit Buys Java Cache Company

Springsource lightweight development platform needs caching to meet performance needs

15 years ago

NHS Hospital Could Face ICO Fine For Data Breach

A Scottish hospital could be facing a fine from the ICO, after an NHS worker lost a USB stick containing…

15 years ago

Are Smart Meters A Dumb Idea?

The government's ID Card scheme failed because it wasn't thought through, says Andrew Donoghue. Smart meters could go the same…

15 years ago

Intel Labs Builds Routers From Clustered Servers

Intel researchers have used an open source software package called Click Router to tie unused servers together to create routers

15 years ago

How Smart Printing Practices Reduce Environmental Impact

Up to 80 percent of a printer's environmental impact comes from paper consumption. Lexmark's John D. Gagel shares his advice…

15 years ago

Cisco Claims Top Spot In Greenpeace IT League

Cisco has taken pole position in Greenpeace's green tech league, pushing previous leader IBM down to third place

15 years ago

Green Data Centre To Boost Shetland Broadband

Excess heat and 100Mpbs broadband from the proposed facility in Shetland could be made available to local residents and businesses

15 years ago

Google Invests In Wind Energy For Cleaner Future

Search giant Google has put over £25 million into turbine farms in one of the most wind efficient areas of…

15 years ago

IBM Planning Green Sim City Game For Sustainability Training

The systems giant has created what it calls a "serious game" to help individuals recognise the importance of solving problems…

15 years ago

Stressed Workers Feel Need For Constant Connection

More and more stressed workers, struggling to do more work with less resources, feel the need to remain online for…

15 years ago

Why Green IT Is Not An Election Issue

We've had all the green election promises we are going to get, and some of them don't sound feasible

15 years ago

Infosec 2010: Smart Meters Bring Security Risks

The government's plan to roll-out smart meters to every home in the UK by 2020 is putting pressure on utilities…

15 years ago

NHS Computers Hit By Qakbot Infection

Is there a doctor in the house? Computer systems at the NHS have been infected by a botnet which Symantec…

15 years ago

Intel Awarded Green Building Cert For Design Facility

Chip maker Intel, along with other technology companies, is working hard to improve its environmental standing

15 years ago