Innovation

Ireland Gets Much-Needed IBM Smart City Investment

The Emerald Isle could receive an economic boost from a new IBM facility focused on smarter infrastructure

15 years ago

US Lagging China in Clean Energy Investments

The U.S. trailed in 2009 clean energy asset financing, with only $11.2 billion, while China led with $29.8 billion

15 years ago

VeryPC Signs First Customer For IT Scrappage Scheme

Green computer maker VeryPC has signed up its first customer to the Big Business Refit, a scrappage scheme for power-hungry…

15 years ago

Computer Aid Readies Container-Based Cyber Café

IT charity Computer Aid International is about to ship a solar powered shipping container that will act as a cyber…

15 years ago

Talking Cars Take A Trip In Amsterdam

Smart vehicle projects funded by the European Commission have been undergoing tests in the Dutch city

15 years ago

IBM Launches Out-Of-The-Box Smart Grid Tech

IBM and eMeter have announced a bundled software package of eMeter’s software bundled on IBM Power7 systems for Smart Grid…

15 years ago

US Moves To Protect Electricity Grid From Attack

The Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act would take measures to protect the electricity grid from telecommunications intrusions

15 years ago

Budget Looks To Green Power, But IT Mostly Ignored

Despite the precarious state of public finances, the Chancellor has announced funding for a green investment bank - but, overall,…

15 years ago

Data Centre Undergoes Tech Refresh While Still Live

A data centre belonging to Hounslow Borough Council has been refurbished and upgraded, while still operating a 'live' environment

15 years ago

Future Storage Might Be Just Solid State And Tape

Storage technology will change drastically, but the only way to become more efficient is to understand what you have, and…

15 years ago

Petition Calls For End To VAT On IT Repairs

Manufacturers are killing the repair business to drive new sales, according to a petition calling for a tax incentive to…

15 years ago

IBM To Probe Electric Car Impact On UK Grid

The tech company is looking into how the UK's grid needs to be overhauled for electric vehicles

15 years ago

Demand For Health Care IT Jobs On The Rise

Evidence from two new reports from health care IT industry organisations shows demand for health care-related technology jobs in the…

15 years ago

HP Resolves Printer Ink Cartridge Patent Disputes

Hewlett-Packard has settled an ongoing patent dispute with three different vendors of printer ink cartridges

15 years ago

New Server Cooling System Puts Blades In A Bucket

GRC's data centre cooling system saves energy costs and keeps things simple - by dunking standard blades vertically in a…

15 years ago

Cisco Touts Borderless Networks With Revamped Switches

Cisco unveiled a refreshed line of fixed Ethernet switches, new services and enhanced routers as part of its larger Borderless…

15 years ago

Carbon Monitoring Vendor Speaks Out Against CRC

While activity around CRC is increasing, businesses are in the dark about achieving compliance, according to CloudApps chief executive

15 years ago

IBM Transforms Peterborough Into ‘Smarter City’

The city of Peterborough is working with IBM to develop an online portal for measuring environmental data

15 years ago

IT Departments Need To Beware Of Dirty Dumpers

Companies should be more vigilant about tracking where old hardware eventually ends up, according to the Environment Agency and Computer…

15 years ago

Intel Xeon 5600 Launch Targets Data Centre Upgrades

New Westmere-based server chip range aims at single-core server refresh lifecycles, touting a 15:1 server consolidation ratio and 5-month payback

15 years ago

Gartner Rebuffs Cost Claims For Converged Data Centres

Analyst firm Gartner argues that combining data centre networks can often create more problems that it solves

15 years ago

eHealth Key To Europe’s Economic Recovery

Innovative IT will give citizens more control over their own health management and help cut costs and generate jobs, the…

15 years ago

Virgin Trials Ultrafast Broadband Over Telegraph Poles

Berkshire village gets fibre optic broadband in trials that could lead to one million extra homes accessing up to 100Mbps…

15 years ago

Hospital Data Centre Gets Clean, Flywheel Energy

Old-fashioned flywheel power systems are providing hospital data centres with clean, green backup power using a centuries-old technology

15 years ago

Oracle To Sun Users: Put Away The Red Pen

SPARC servers and Solaris are key to its single-stack approach, says Oracle. But should customers believe it?

15 years ago

Cisco CRS-3 Router Answers Demand According to Analysts

Cisco's powerful CRS-3 router will meet rapidly growing demand for bandwidth, according to analysts, but its closest rival, Juniper Networks,…

15 years ago

IBM Banks on Latest Chip Development For System x

The next generation of IBM System x servers are banking heavily on Intel's Nehalem and IBM chipsets. The plan is…

15 years ago

Sentilla Claims Data Centre Energy Monitoring First

Sentilla's Energy Manager 3.0 claim to be the first to measure the energy of both metered and unmetered assets in…

15 years ago

Fasthosts Debuts Virtual Server Range

Fasthosts targets UK firms’ growing appetites for virtual server solutions, featuring Hyper-V technology and customisable RAM, CPU and disk space

15 years ago