Innovation

Sainsbury’s Goes Bananas For Fair Trade PC Donations

The retailer is donating retired PCs to Fair Trade Banana producers in Ecuador and health projects in Africa

15 years ago

UK Staff Oblivious To Company Green Strategy

Corporate carbon emissions are causing a great deal of confusion, with UK staff kidding themselves about the green credentials of…

15 years ago

Green Experts Pour Cold Water On Sweating IT Assets

The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Zhal Limbuwala from the British Computer Society argue that consuming less IT and upgrading…

15 years ago

Green Grid and BCS Warn About “Risky” UK Carbon Rules

The Green Grid and BCS are teaming up to help companies adhere to new carbon regulations and to develop a…

15 years ago

Copenhagen Summit Slammed For Ignoring IT

ICT is the best way to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say IT champions - who want it included…

15 years ago

Green IT And More (Part I) – Gearing Up to Go Green

You can use IT to reduce your organisation's environmental impact while also bringing commercial benefits - in the first of…

15 years ago

UK Tightens Tech Recycling – While Toxic Waste Leaks To Africa

In the same week that the UK updated its electronics recycling laws, a Nigerian national has been questioned by police…

15 years ago

Green Start-Up Will Drill Into Energy Efficiency and Performance

Viridity is developing software designed to give IT administrators high visibility into the utilisation and energy consumption of their IT…

15 years ago

IBM Developing Low-Emission Data Centres

IBM is working to deliver technology that it claims could lead to zero direct emission data centres, says an IBM…

15 years ago

EC To Object To Oracle’s Sun Acquisition, Say Reports

The EC is likely to make a formal objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, because of the inclusion of…

15 years ago

Cisco EMC Cloud Venture Launched Under Acadia Name

New company still doesn't have a CEO or a headquarters, but this shouldn't worry a virtualisation expert

15 years ago

Toshiba Launches Laptop Trade-In Program

Toshiba has launched a laptop trade-in scheme that could include up to £150 cash back for an old machine

15 years ago

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