Green-IT

Universal Charger Specs Agreed For Mobile Phones

The ability to charge different mobile phones with a common 'universal charger' has moved one step closer

14 years ago

Snowy Weather Blamed For Closure Of Solar Factory

The harsh winter in Europe is being blamed for the closure of a factory making photovoltaic cells for solar power…

14 years ago

IBM Predicts Holographic Phones, Air-driven Batteries

IBM predicts holographic phones by 2015, batteries charged by air, cities heated by servers, and more

14 years ago

BCS Launches Data Centre Efficiency Scheme

Data centres looking to follow energy efficiency best practice can now gain independent accreditation under a new green scheme from…

14 years ago

Why Do Virtualised Servers Need Real Support Staff?

Long term, virtualisation and the cloud will be less labour-intensive than today's IT, says Peter Judge. But in the short…

14 years ago

Atos To Buy Siemens’ Services Arm For £720m

Merger of Atos and Siemens creates a European services giant second only to IBM

14 years ago

IGEL Donates Thin Clients For Homeless Charity

IGEL is donating 240 thin clients for use in the “Crisis at Christmas” initiative for homeless people in London

14 years ago

Can PC Power Management Really Go To The Cloud?

Desktop management can cut energy waste, but it's tricky for smaller businesses, unless a cloud solution can be made to…

14 years ago

Seagate Launches Green Range Of Hard Drives

Seagate launches a eco-friendly, high-performance desktop internal drive for green computers and storage

14 years ago

ARM To Challenge Intel Domination Of Server Market

The boss of ARM Holdings has revealed the intention of taking on Intel with its own server chips in the…

14 years ago

Hydropower Makes Data Centre Carbon Neutral

UKFast has achieved carbon neutral status through carbon offsetting and hydroelectric power generation

14 years ago

IBM Xeon-Based Supercomputer To Hit Three Petaflops

SuperMUC, to be built for German researchers, will use hot-water cooling to cut power use by 40 percent

14 years ago

HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches

HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules

14 years ago

Researchers Use Virus To Increase Battery Life Tenfold

Scientists have used a tobacco virus to increase the surface area of lithium ion battery electrodes

14 years ago

Cloud To Reduce Data Centre Energy Costs by 38 Percent

A research firm has predicted that cloud computing could help data centres reduce their energy spending by as much as…

14 years ago

nlyte Adds Advanced Analytics To Data Centre Suite

Version 6.0 of nlyte's Data Center Infrastructure Management platform incorporates a new set of integrated business intelligence capabilities

14 years ago

Modularity Wins The Day In Iceland

Modular data centres really can be more efficient, according to evidence from Iceland, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Container-Based Data Centre Launches In Iceland

Containers got the Thor data centre in Iceland off the ground without hitting the efficiency

14 years ago

Onus On Manufacturers To Stop Digital Dumping

ICT manufacturers worldwide should make the entire life-cycle of their products environmentally friendly, says Computer Aid

14 years ago

Keep The Suits Out Of Innovation

IT companies are slowly becoming more responsible in the way they operate, but true innovation requires corporate diversity, argues Jim…

14 years ago

Double-Decker Data Centre Container Is Cooled By Air

AST Modular has shoved a cooling module on top of its data centre containers

14 years ago

Google Launches Chrome OS On CR-48 Netbooks

Chrome OS is being tested on the bare-bones CR-48 machine from Google, until Samsung and Acer deliver

14 years ago

ITU Calls On ICTs To Lead Sustainability Drive

Information technology has a key role to play in tackling climate change, according to the ITU

14 years ago

Air Cooled Modular Data Centre Joins SGI Ice Cubes

The Ice Cube Air modular data centre is designed to offer a cost-efficient, eco-friendly way to expand facilities

14 years ago

Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?

Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says…

14 years ago

Daimler Wins Green Data Centre Award

Gartner has given its green data centre excellence award 2010 to car giant Daimler

14 years ago

Data Centre Carbon Counting – Could It Cool The Arguments?

When Facebook fell out with Greenpeace over coal-fired power, the new Green Grid measurement might have helped sort things out,…

14 years ago

Green Grid Starts To Measure Data Centre Carbon Use

Alongside PUE to measure power efficiency, the Green Grid now has CUE to measure carbon use

14 years ago

Tackling The Smart Meter Data Avalanche

Utilities companies need to start thinking seriously about how to handle the influx of data from smart meters, says Teradata's…

14 years ago

Foodtubes Proposes Underground ‘Physical Internet’

Automatically routed canisters could replace lorries with an Internet of things, says Foodtubes

14 years ago