When Facebook fell out with Greenpeace over coal-fired power, the new Green Grid measurement might have helped sort things out, says Peter Judge
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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
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 David Socha
Foodtubes Proposes Underground ‘Physical Internet’
Automatically routed canisters could replace lorries with an Internet of things, says Foodtubes
Carbon Accounts Firms Update Software
Big firms like CA and SAP won't rule the carbon accounting world, as specialists add features
AMD: ‘Bobcat’ Chip May Head For The Cloud
An AMD executive said the company's 'Bobcat' mobile processor could later be tailored for energy-efficient servers
EU Code Of Conduct For Data Centres ‘Failing’
The EU code of conduct for data centres is failing to engage the industry, say critics
Dell Joins Modular Data Centre Movement
Dell is shipping modular data centres, apparently preferring them to container-based products
Is CRC Vanishing Before Our Eyes?
The CRC Energy Efficiency is now a stealthy green tax, but Peter Judge fears it may be so stealthy it will just creep away and vanish
Adept-IT Claims First Carbon Neutral Desktop
The concept of ultra-thin clients has a resonance that matches the sustainable IT argument, claims Adept-IT
Research Calls For End To Green IT Apathy
New research from nlyte Software is calling for an end to apathy towards Green IT among businesses and consumers
Government Delays ‘Green Stealth Tax’ Until 2012
The government has delayed the implementation of the CRC scheme after its controversial change last month
New Data Centres Deliver Triple-Capacity Upgrades
Today's data centres are more efficient due to better software, virtualisation, storage, servers and cooling
ARM Server Startup Beefs Up Management Team
The startup that is seeking to build ARM-designed chips for low-power servers has changed its name from Smooth-Stone to Calxeda
Why Data Centre Cooling Is Getting Simpler
Free air and evaporative cooling are far more simple than the chillers and refrigeration units they could replace, says Peter Judge
Report: Sustainability Software Set For Sharp Rise
A study from Verdantix has found that the demand for carbon- and energy-management software is about to pick up steam
Applications Open For Green Enterprise IT Awards
Data centre managers will have a chance to show off their green IT projects at the Uptime Institute's GEIT Awards
Quiet Cabinets Save Energy, Says Kell
Instead of keeping noisy machines in a server room, why not make them quiet enough to share the office air-con?
Brocade And Juniper Show Off Faster Fabrics
Juniper and Brocade have both released new equipment promising to assist data centres struggling with bandwidth consumption
Cisco Unveils Desktop Virtualisation System
The new system, called VXI, is intended to better integrate desktop virtualisation into companies' existing IT infrastructure
Comtek Lab Offers Lifeline For Old Nortel Equipment
Comtek is offering a vital lifeline for Nortel customers after it opened a state of the art telecoms repair and training lab facility in North Wales
CA And Siemens Bond Over Sustainability
A partnership to help executives plan and justify their green policies has been formed at the Green IT Expo
AMD And Marvell Move To Compete With x86-ARM
AMD plans to move x86 architectures into the tablet space while Marvell aims an ARM chip at the data centre
Red Hat Takes On Windows With Launch Of RHEL 6
Red Hat's launch of Enterprise Linux 6 stresses its cloud features, performance and energy savings
APC Launches Modular Data Centre Cooling
Outside-air cooling for data centres is now available off-the-peg, from APC
When Will All Our PCs Be Managed?
Eighty percent of our PCs are free to stay on all night right now. Peter Judge thinks this will change very soon
Cloud-Based PC Power Management Offered For SMBs
Verismic and 1E discuss PC power management at the Green IT Expo in London
Marvell Reveals Low Power Quad-Core Processor For Clouds
Marvell has released a high end quad processor that boasts of low power consumption for cloud-based applications
Microsoft Study Finds Cloud Computing Is Good for the Environment
Comparing on-premise business applications to cloud equivalents, Microsoft concludes cloud computing has positive effects on the environment
Is Sustainability Just A Job For Vendors?
Gartner says users can relax about Green IT and has told vendors to get their act together. Peter Judge asks if we can leave sustainability to the people selling kit