Green-IT

Why Hackers And Regulations Cost The Earth

Security threats like Conficker, along with the regulations and measures to combat them, are a nightmarish waste of resources, says…

16 years ago

iPhone Could Manage Electric Car Efficiency

Google co-founders are two of the investors pumping money into Tesla Motors which could be monitored via an iPhone or…

16 years ago

Dell Plans To Replace Consultants With The Cloud

The direct model did away with the old way of buying PCs. Now it's time to apply cloud economics to…

16 years ago

Earth Hour Energy Use May Outweigh Savings

People blogging about Saturday's Earth Hour, and watching it on television, may use more power than is saved by switching…

16 years ago

Green is The Colour of Money, Too

Done properly, going green means lower costs, not higher, says Dave Cox, operations chief at Blue Coat and the man…

16 years ago

Can Dell Deliver The Full Monty?

Dell is wasting time with claims about server performance. The real story is the management tools it says can free…

16 years ago

Dell Unleashes Cooler, Cheaper Servers

Dell's Nehalem server launch majored on power savings and system management, pitching a commodity console from Symantec against the might…

16 years ago

UK PC Users Are Greener Than Americans

PC users in Britain are more likely than those in the US to switch off PCs for environmental reasons. But…

16 years ago

Lenovo Unveils Green Supercomputer Desktops

Lenovo unveils new ThinkStation S20 and D20 desktops, which the company is billing as personal “supercomputers”

16 years ago

UK IT Departments Unprepared For Carbon Trading

Research from Gartner says not enough companies are preparing their IT systems for the data management and analytics required for…

16 years ago

UK Government: We’ll Secure Smart Meters

The Department for Energy and Climate Change has moved to reassure users over fears on smart grids

16 years ago

Companies Threaten To Kill Green Energy Over Government Rules

Government rules could strangle green energy, according to a group of companies, some of whom have cancelled plans for renewable…

16 years ago

Vodafone and O2 Announce Network Sharing Deal

Pooling base stations will save money and could reduce the environmental impact of mobile networks in Europe, say the operators

16 years ago

Gartner: Storage Should Get To Basics

It's no good waiting for technology to save you. Storage problems can be fixed with simple good management, says Valdis…

16 years ago

AT&T Launches Smart Grid Despite Hacking Concerns

Security consultants have engineered a worm which can bring down smart grids - while AT&T launches a product and the…

16 years ago

Rackable Lets Datacentres Run At 40 Degrees

Rackable Systems is targeting cloud computing with a high-density server enclosure called the CloudRack C2

16 years ago

Get Real, Reding: ICT Can’t Save The World!

The EU may call for ICT to lead the way to a low-energy future, but in the real world, ICT…

16 years ago

Recession Or No, We Are In It For The Long Haul

While all around are making short term decisions, you have to keep you head, and make sure your long term…

16 years ago

If IBM Swallows Sun, Open-Source Is The Winner

There is a lot of overlap for IBM and Sun in the areas of open source and operating systems -…

16 years ago

Data Centre Efficiency Specialist Gets Funding Boost

The company's technology provides real-time wireless monitoring of heat, pressure and humidity

16 years ago

IBM Can Sell Sun’s Tech – Better Than Sun Can

Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about…

16 years ago

Richard Stallman: Free software costs the environment less

The GNU founder claims that free software should be more sustainable than proprietary - and argues that the UK and…

16 years ago

Yorkshire’s Cybermoor Goes WiMAX

Community wireless network uses Proxim-based equipment to avoid Wi-Fi interference and boost sustainability and the local economy

16 years ago

Big Blue Helps Emerald Isle Be Greener

IBM is lending its technical help to a cloud computing project to monitor marine pollution in Ireland

16 years ago

Cisco’s Virtualisation Move Gets A Mixed Reaction

Analysts love Cisco's move into the data centre, and the competition are picking holes in the strategy - while beta…

16 years ago

Cisco’s Blades Might Cut Both Ways

Cisco's Unified Computing System could be a chance for IT departments looking to rebuild their data centres in the rubble…

16 years ago

Two Thirds Of Companies Investing In Sustainable IT

Small and midmarket companies are continuing their investment in green IT despite the economic downturn

16 years ago

Will BT’s Wind Farm Come To Grief?

BT has an impressive record in reducing its carbon footprint - and helping others do the same. But complex carbon…

16 years ago

Understanding Green Tech

Green technology is all around us. But what does it mean? Simon Perry explains that there is more to it…

16 years ago

EC: Green IT Can Combat Climate Change

The tech industry should lead the way when it comes to adoption of energy efficient IT, says a European Commission…

16 years ago