Green-IT

Wireless Power Promises To Replace Batteries And Wires

Witricity shows a resonant system that could charge your phone while it's in your pocket - but is it green?

15 years ago

AMD Ships 500th x86 Processor, Despite Disappointing Quarter

AMD said it has shipped it 500-millionth chip shipped comes days after reporting a $330 million loss on disappointing revenue…

15 years ago

EC Concerned Over Intelligent Transport Data

Using drivers' GPS data and other sources could throw up privacy issues, warns European information privacy regulator

15 years ago

Brown Demands Global Institutions For The Internet Age

Online communications could unleash co-operation and solve the big problems, if world institutions can be set up, Gordon Brown tells…

15 years ago

Why Should We Trust A Green Printer Maker?

Users need to save money and resources by printing less, but printer vendors want to sell more printers. There's no…

15 years ago

Security Experts Discuss Smart Grid Protection

Researchers will highlight some of the threats and concerns facing plans to deploy smart grid technology - and what can…

15 years ago

Samsung dedicates £2.4bn To Energy Efficiency

The Korean manufacturer Samsung commits to cut emissions - and may be hoping to benefit from government tax breaks for…

15 years ago

GlassHouse Takes Aim At Data Centre Energy Impact

New service is aimed at helping enterprises tame power-hungry data centres, harness cost savings and gain environmental benefits

15 years ago

Government Funds Website That Says Buy Less IT

Do The Green Thing site gets DECC money. Sweating assets may be good for the environment, but does not do…

15 years ago

UK Councils Use Content Management To Boost Efficiency

Two major councils in England are using content and document management technology to play a central transformational role in process…

15 years ago

UK Sustainability Priorities Dominated By ‘Quick Wins’ Mindset

Companies are grasping easy options for greening up, because of poor quality data, according to an Oracle performance management study

15 years ago

Research Finds SaaS The Greenest Option

NetSuite drives another nail into the coffin of the traditional cost of ownership of on-premise business software

15 years ago

Could Carbon Rules Endanger The UK ‘s Green Plan?

The UK Government announced a Low Carbon Transition Plan to cut greenhouse emissions, but businesses say the carbon accounting rules…

15 years ago

How Secure Is VMware’s Virtualisation Lead?

There's plenty of competition for VMware in making virtualised data centres, despite its strong lead. Is now the time to…

15 years ago

Supercomputers More Power Hungry But More Efficient

Machines are using more energy but using it more efficiently claim computer researchers and makers including IBM

15 years ago

IBM And Cisco Go Dutch With Smart Grid Project

Amsterdam to test smart grid technology similar to systems which could be rollled out in the UK by 2020

15 years ago

Ballmer Says Tech Refresh Makes Sense Despite Downturn

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that even the worst economy in decades wouldn't prevent IT administrators and the enterprise from…

15 years ago

Energy Star 5.0 Debunked

As the new standard comes into effect, Peter Hopton takes us through half a dozen of the leading "eco marks"…

15 years ago

EC To Invest € 3.2 billion in Green Tech

Public-private partnerships will make use of IT to create sustainable projects in areas such as the automotive industry and energy…

15 years ago

AMD: Enhanced Opterons Are Greener

The new Opteron processors offer better performance and energy efficiency than their quad-core predecessors, and AMD officials are aiming them…

15 years ago

Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 Review

The important addition of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) to this desktop virtualisation tool could give VMware Workstation serious competition.

15 years ago

E-paper Must Overcome Hurdles To Reap Green Benefits

E-paper won't do to the publishing world what the MP3 player did to the music industry quite yet but there…

15 years ago

Zero Carbon Buildings Will Put Pressure On IT

A Westminster summit has suggested the looming zero carbon commercial targets will expose IT operations to more pressures

15 years ago

£1.6-billion Scots Data Farm Highlights Sustainability Potential

The proposal to build a massive data centre in Scotland will pave the way for mainstream adoption of the sustainable…

15 years ago

Gartner Predicts Rise of Cloud Integration Services

Difficulty integrating cloud services and ensuring their integrity will give rise to what Gartner is calling “cloud service brokerages”

15 years ago

PecoBOO Keeps Eye On Display Power Management

A new face detection software tool aims to save energy by switching off a PC's display if it senses the…

15 years ago

Companies Urged Donate, Don’t Recycle For Green Britain Day

Computer Aid highlights environmental benefits of reusing PCs and laptops in developing countries on the eve of Green Britain Day

15 years ago

NetApp Abandons Bid for Data Domain

UPDATED: EMC will acquire Data Domain for $2.1 billion, as NetApp says NetApp it can't justify a bidding war that…

15 years ago

SaaS Users Not Impressed, Survey Finds

Gartner is calling on SaaS vendors to “reaffirm fundamentals,” after survey reveals finds their products don't satisfy users

15 years ago

VMware Incentives To Lure Oracle’s Virtual Iron Users

VMware is hoping discount, integration plans will entice Virtual Iron customers away from Oracle, which bought Virtual Iron in May

15 years ago