Innovation

Apple and Sony Praised For Toxic Progress

Seven companies have been singled out for their progress on cutting toxic chemical compounds in hardware

15 years ago

Google Bypasses Utilities With Smart Meter Partnership

Consumers can get "smart" information on power use without having to involve their utility, says the search specialist

15 years ago

Environmentalists Dispute VMWare’s “Green” Hydroelectric Claims

The virtualisation specialist claims its latest data centre is "the gold standard" for green design powered as it is solely…

15 years ago

IBM Reveals Biotech Ambitions

IBM scientists are developing a technology that will enable physicians and other researchers to quickly and easily read and analyse…

15 years ago

IT Companies Broadly Support Fixing US Heatlh Care

Tech companies appear to support reforms that could help the 46 million US citizens who don't have health insurance

15 years ago

Cisco Launches German Smart Grid Project

Cisco is partnering with a German electric company, Yello Strom, in a smart grid project designed to create a system…

15 years ago

Ballmer: Windows 7 Will Save £100 A Year

The cloud is here - within limits - said CEO Steve Ballmer, in a London visit to promote Windows 7…

15 years ago

Consumers Demand Minimum Smart Meter Standards

With a 2020 target set for smart meter roll out to UK households and businesses, organisations including the Energy Saving…

15 years ago

Carbon Rules Will Create “Energy Tsars” Says Analyst

The UK government's CRC carbon trading regulations will create new power-brokers - executives whose job is to co-ordinate corporate energy…

15 years ago

HD Video Conferencing Services Launched

As Cisco looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities by buying Tandberg, rival LifeSize Communications is…

15 years ago

Green Grid Offers Free Cooling Tools

New free online tools and maps designed for use by data centre and facilities managers in Japan and 33 European…

15 years ago

UK Scientists Use Nasa Data To Investigate Global Warming

Working with millions of NASA satellite measurements, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol find dynamic…

15 years ago

Microsoft Launches Online Health Data Tools

The My Health Info beta service offers tools and widgets with which to organise and monitor health information stored in…

15 years ago

Firms At Risk From Excel-Based Carbon Management

Simple spreadsheets will not meet the carbon accounting requirements of the UK's CRC regulations, warns analyst firm Verdantix

15 years ago

Cisco To Acquire Video Conference Specialist Tandberg

The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls

15 years ago

MOD Rolls Out Smart Meters Despite Security Concerns

Defence sites across the UK will be fitted with energy efficiency monitoring technology despite security concerns raised by experts about…

15 years ago

From 2010, Legislation, Not Cost, Will Drive Green IT

Environmental laws will replace cost cutting as the main motivation for developing energy efficient data centres, says analyst Gartner

15 years ago

Ballmer Says Recession WIll Drive Efficiency

CEO Steve Ballmer uses the pulpit of a Microsoft event in San Francisco to discuss a so-called new efficiency that…

15 years ago

MIcrosoft Makes Green Claims For Windows 7

Microsoft has been pushing Windows 7 as greener than Vista or XP, designed with a variety of energy-saving options for…

15 years ago

Emissions Reduction: A Question Of Baselines?

Is it reasonable to ask IT companies to compare their carbon emissions against a 1990 baseline? Green campaigners want to…

15 years ago

HP Claims Oil Profits Don’t Tarnish Green Image

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard says its environmental practices date back 50 years although it only began measuring carbon emissions in 2005

15 years ago

Tesco Adopts CA Software For Carbon Audit

Retailer Tesco is using CA's ecoSoftware to manage its carbon emissions worldwide, with cap-and-trade laws due in the UK

15 years ago

Cheap Energy Leads To Waste, Warns Green Guru

The only way to curb emissions is to put up energy prices, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told an…

15 years ago

HP Tightens Smart Grid Security

After recent hacking attempts on smart metering technology, HP  has launched a security audit for smart grid services

15 years ago

HM Treasury Signs With Fujitsu For Green IT

The Treasury is buying energy efficient Fujitsu servers, as part of wider moves to make government IT more sustainable

15 years ago

Dirty Apple Turns Over A New Green Leaf

Heavily criticised for the toxic substances in its PC manufacturing, Apple has announced a major new ‘green' push

15 years ago

Are Clouds Compliant?

Never mind security and cost. There's one question around cloud computing that could be a show-stopper, says Peter Judge. Do…

15 years ago

Charity Moves Backup Away From The Cloud

The MS Society found that cloud based storage could not meet its needs for robust disaster recovery, so it brought…

15 years ago

NetSuite Targets SaaS App At iPhone

NetSuite customers with iPhones can now get their ERP data on the go, thanks to an application with the company's…

15 years ago

Microsoft, SAP And Accenture In Carbon Reporting Tie-Up

The Carbon Disclosure Project is partnering with Accenture, Microsoft and SAP to establish a new global climate change data reporting…

15 years ago