Innovation

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

Earth Day Celebrates 40 As Tech Gets Greener

With countries around the world set to celebrate the 40th year of Earth Day, more evidence is emerging that businesses…

15 years ago

Cisco Backs Green Tech X Prize

Networking company Cisco joins Google and Bill Gates in backing the X-Prize innovation awards

15 years ago

Every Ash Cloud Has a Green IT Lining

Now the planes are flying again, Andrew Donoghue says let's dump business jollies and save real travel for holidays

15 years ago

Data Centre Operators Are Too Self-Reliant

Data centre efficiency won't change until operators respond to suggestions for better practice developed outside their own company, according to…

15 years ago

HP Introduces Energy-Saving Desktops

Hewlett-Packard introduces two new desktops and updates its TouchSmart PC

15 years ago

Sophos Charters Boeing 737 To Rescue Staff

The travel fallout from the volcanic eruption in Iceland continues: Sophos resorted to chartering a plane to rescue stranded staff,…

15 years ago

EC Plans Emergency Video Conference Over Flight Chaos

European transport ministers are planning to use video conferencing to hold an emergency meeting on air travel chaos caused by…

15 years ago

Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules

Moves to require free-air cooling have got data centre operators overheated

15 years ago

Election Fever Blights Green IT

The parties all think you can cut costs by cutting IT - but they ignore Green IT successes, says Andrew…

15 years ago

Climategate Scientists Cleared In Report

Scientists gently slapped over use of statistics, but critics claim the report is biased

15 years ago

IBM Opens £19m Green Mainframe Factory

IBM has opened a 56,000-square-foot facility in New York where new Power and System z mainframe systems will be manufactured

15 years ago

Cisco Says Wi-Fi Phones Help Cut Hospital Waits

Nottingham University Hospital has introduced a new IT system incorporating wireless telephony and RFID

15 years ago

CloudApps Launches Cloud Offering To Manage Emissions

As the Government department responsible for the CRC laws starts to wind down for the general election, CloudApps has launched…

15 years ago

European Polar Ice Satellite Prepares For Launch

CryoSat-2 replaces the original CryoSat which crashed into the ocean it was meant to study

15 years ago

Where’s The Fun In Smart Meters?

Will smart meters give us control of the energy we use, asks Andrew Donoghue, or just drown us in so…

15 years ago

Google Urges Obama To Back Smart Grid Technology

Google, HP and General Electric have asked President Obama to make it easier for mobile phones and other Web-enabled gadgets…

15 years ago

Cisco Upgrades UCS Blades With Xeon 7500

Cisco is building Intel's Xeon 7500 chips into its servers in a major revamp of UCS, the converged data centre…

15 years ago

Green Grid Pushes PUE As Global Data Efficiency Metric

Industry group Green Grid is pushing for an international agreement on data centre standards

15 years ago