Innovation

EMC Admits To Rising Carbon Emissions

Despite action to improve its sustainability, the company says green house gas emissions are still rising

16 years ago

Green IT Appetite Is Growing

Environmental responsibility is driving growing green IT spending, not cost savings, a survey says.

16 years ago

Server Virtualisation – Some Real Cost Savings

Server virtualisation promises to save space, costs and energy, but two UK local authorities have discovered there's more to achieving…

16 years ago

How to solve the eWaste issue

It's no good wringing our hands over eWaste. The answer is simple if we have the political will to outlaw…

16 years ago

NEC EA261WM: A Display With Green Ambitions

Including a carbon meter and a lower power eco-mode  could help raise awareness of power usage in the office

16 years ago

Romania Issues €100 Million To Microsoft Without Bids

Contracts are drafted to exclude any alternatives and hand the money over to Redmond, say local activists

16 years ago

Jail “E-Waste Cowboys” Says IT Charity

US and UK governments must clamp down on the export of waste-tech claims the chief executive of Computer Aid

16 years ago

IBM Offers Government Stimulus Kit On Credit

Why wait for government cash for green projects when you get the technology right now and pay later, says IBM

16 years ago

British Techies To Sleep Out For Homeless Kids

In its eleventh  year, Byte Night plans to raise more money than ever, and eWEEK Europe UK will be there

16 years ago

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…

16 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

16 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…

16 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…

16 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

16 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…

16 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,…

16 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…

16 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…

16 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

16 years ago

Google Partners With US Utilities On PowerMeter

Google plans to expand the Google PowerMeter rollout later in 2009

16 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…

16 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