Innovation

War Torn Burundi Sees Future In IT Outsourcing

One of the world's poorest countries is following offer African nations in looking to IT offshore services and crowd-sourcing

15 years ago

HP Takes On Datacentre Rivals With Converged Infrastructure

Hewlett-Packard is pulling together its network and server strength into a converged infrastructure to take on Cisco and others

15 years ago

IBM: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Climate Change Victims, Not Perpetrators

Skirting carefully around the fact that fossil fuels contribute to climate change, IBM has plenty of advice for how oil…

15 years ago

Data Centres: Does Reliability Clash With Efficiency?

New data centres are more efficient than their predecessors, but they have to be reliable too. Peter Judge asks -…

15 years ago

Computacenter Launches Tier IV Data Centre In Romford UK

Computacenter has launched Europe's first certified Tier IV data centre - in the last major data centre site to be…

15 years ago

Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier

Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT…

15 years ago

Broadband In Kenya: Small Steps For Big Rewards

The first broadband centre opened in Kenya earlier this year, but what effect will faster internet access have on a…

15 years ago

IBM Shows Truckers Can Pull Their Weight On Climate Change

Technologies such as telematics could improve the efficiency of trucks and other heavy goods vehicles, IBM says

15 years ago

EC Announces €300m Smart And Green Networks Fund

The future is smart and green, says the European Commission

15 years ago

Google PowerMeter Arrives In The UK

Google is teaming up with first:utility to launch its PowerMeter online energy monitoring service in Britain

15 years ago

Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages On Consumption

Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines -…

15 years ago

Obama Awards Smart Grid Investment Grants

In the largest group of Recovery Act awards ever made in a single day, President Obama names winners of $3.4…

15 years ago

DC Versus AC Power Debate Continues

The age-old debate over whether DC versus AC power is best looks set to continue, thanks to the potential green…

15 years ago

University Hopes To Cut Electricity Usage With Virtualisation

Middlesex University joins the likes of Queen Margaret and Southampton in rolling out energy efficient IT systems

15 years ago

UK Points To Space As The Final Economic Frontier

Conference held in London focuses on role of space technology in economic recovery and combating climate change

15 years ago

Powermat Wireless Charger Arrives In UK

A wireless charging system has arrived in the UK - but questions have been raised as to its value compared…

15 years ago

Embrace The EU Data Centre Code Of Conduct – Or Risk Legislation

A year after the EU issued its Code of Conduct for data centres, lack of participation could damage the autonomy…

15 years ago

Green Light For Universal Phone Charger

The arrival of a universal phone charger has moved one step closer after official approval from the United Nations

15 years ago

Chloride Launches Mega-Efficient Megawatt UPS

New uninterruptible power supply for the data centre gives you the choice - power efficiency, or smoothing to control your…

15 years ago

Toshiba Launches USB Methanol Fuel Cell

The device allows for speedy charging of two handsets from one dose of methanol

15 years ago

Fewer Americans Convinced About Climate Change

Fewer Americans are finding global warming an important issue, a report from the Pew Research Center find

15 years ago

Practical Steps To Green The Data Centre

For IT managers with limited budgets there are a couple of low-impact moves that could yield high-impact cost savings in…

15 years ago

CA Gets Energy Efficiency Endorsement

Already in use by companies such as Tesco, carbon calculation tools from CA have been acredited by environmental reporting specialist…

15 years ago

PC World Gives £100 Laptop Trade-In With Windows 7

DSGi's PC World promises to dispose of old laptops responsibly, when it starts offering a trade-in to celebrate Windows 7,…

15 years ago

Apple Boosts Mac Energy Efficiency, Updates Magic Mouse

Apple updates to its MacBook, iMac and Mac Mini and the debut of the super Magic Mouse

15 years ago

Mobile Operators Spy Profits From Solar Charging

Solar charging technology can make mobile phones a more practical option in rural areas and developing countries - and boost…

15 years ago

IT Staff Ignorant About Server Utilisation Rates

A survey sponsored by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy found that one in six servers—about 4.7 million worldwide—are…

15 years ago

Bill Gates Pushes GM Crops As Cure For World Hunger

Bill Gates announces during a keynote address at Iowa's World Food Prize event that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

15 years ago

UK Firms Block Facebook Over Legal Fears

Over 50 percent of UK organisations block access to social media sites, because Facebook data could be required in legal…

15 years ago

IT Managers Need To Invest In Efficiency

IT professionals are being judged by efficiency, not results - and they need to understand the best way to get…

15 years ago