Innovation

IT Consultant Extends Green Olympics Contract

Atos Origin has made much of its commitment to provide sustainable IT for the Olympics - a contract it will…

15 years ago

Critics Attack ‘Hole’ In US E-Waste Bill

Environmentalists say the loophole will allow U.S. companies to continue shipping e-waste to developing countries

15 years ago

Blades, Storage Arrays To Get Efficiency Rating

Now that the first-tier specification for energy-efficient enterprise servers is completed, the US EPA is turning its focus to larger…

15 years ago

Carbon Reporting Model To Meet Future UK Laws

With the UK government about to impose mandatory carbon accounting, PwC has produced a reporting model which it says will…

15 years ago

Scotland Gets Europe’s Largest Wind Farm, and Smart Power Training

Engineers will take smart grids across Scotland thanks to a government backed Energy Academy

15 years ago

NHS Trust Leads Way With E-Patient Records Project

While the  £12.7 billion NHS upgrade scheme has yet to deliver,  one NHS Trust has gone ahead with its own…

15 years ago

Lenovo Launches Recession-busting PCs

Featuring low-voltage processors, the IdeaPad S12 netbook, the IdeaPad U350 and G550 laptops and the C300 all-in-one desktop emphasise design,…

15 years ago

Local Government Sets Green Computing Example

Local government is stealing a march on central government in its use of virtualisation to harness cost savings and power…

15 years ago

Storage Economics: When Data Meets Dough

If you think storage is cheap, you aren't doing your sums right. The big picture, with power, carbon, and legal…

15 years ago

UK Government To Force IT Training At Suppliers

If you want government money, you'll have to show your IT  training plan, says skills secretary John Denham

15 years ago

Google Partners With US Utilities On PowerMeter

Google plans to expand the Google PowerMeter rollout later in 2009

15 years ago

Sustainable IT Holds Opportunities For The UK

Computing can affect the future of this planet, says the Cambridge professor of computing, Andy Hopper. And there are opportunities…

15 years ago

Can Wi-Fi Rescue The 3G Operators?

Mobile broadband is growing too fast for the operators' networks to keep up, says Selina Lo of Ruckus. She says…

16 years ago

Thin Client Maker Launches £128 Device

Several government departments are backing thin client technology including the Met Office and the Department for Work and Pensions

16 years ago

Cisco Develops Smart Grid For Green Power

Cisco Systems is unveiling its Smart Grid initiative, a move to offering an end-to-end communications platform based on IP protocols…

16 years ago

Study Points To Environmental Impact of Data Universe

Researcher IDC and storage infrastructure provider EMC claim there is a cost to storing everything, and that's in people, power…

16 years ago

EPA Launches Server Energy Star Label

CTOs and data centre managers can use the new label to evaluate brands of servers in energy-efficient and enviromentally friendly…

16 years ago

All Servers Could Be Water-Cooled In Ten Years, Says IBM

Old-style mainframe cooling could come back, because it's easier to harness hot water than hot air, says IBM

16 years ago

Why The Mainframe Will Never Die

Users need support in ever more demanding workloads, greening strategies and cloud computing models, which guarantees the mainframe's continuing relevance,…

16 years ago

Logica Cuts Costs With Own Sustainability Tool

The IT services company is keen to cuts costs even though it claims its customers don't "buy on price"

16 years ago

BT’s Problems Come From Global Services Unit

BT's poor results and shock redundancy plan have come about because of problems in its Global Services division, says Bathwick…

16 years ago

IT Is Key To Climate Change Control

BT and Marks & Spencer and other users are looking to IT for solutions, according to a conference on the…

16 years ago

Gadgets Increasing Green House Gas Emissions

With increased mobile phone and computer use, says the International Energy Agency, comes increased energy use

16 years ago

Intel’s Otellini Looks On the Bright Side

Windows 7 and mobile devices will lift the outlook, said Intel's chief, the day before the EC put the boot…

16 years ago

Dell Tightens E-waste Policies

But green IT experts claim computer makers are still ducking their responsibilities in Africa and other developing countries

16 years ago

SGI Lives On – As Rackable Renames Itself

Despite the old SGI's bankruptcy, the brand name is still a big draw worldwide, said Rackable

16 years ago

Google: Search Produces 0.2 Grams Of C02

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has placed his company at the forefront of the energy debate, arguing that green IT can…

16 years ago

Citrix Receiver for iPhone: Enterprise Apps Go Mobile

If you are using Citrix XenApp to distribute applications to Windows machines, you should look at Citrix Receiver for iPhone…

16 years ago