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Green Experts Pour Cold Water On Sweating IT Assets

The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Zhal Limbuwala from the British Computer Society argue that consuming less IT and upgrading less frequently isn't necessarily the most sustainable approach

Green Grid and BCS Warn About “Risky” UK Carbon Rules

The Green Grid and BCS are teaming up to help companies adhere to new carbon regulations and to develop a data centre simulator tool

Copenhagen Summit Slammed For Ignoring IT

ICT is the best way to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, say IT champions - who want it included in the UN's forthcoming COP15 summit

Green IT And More (Part I) – Gearing Up to Go Green

You can use IT to reduce your organisation's environmental impact while also bringing commercial benefits - in the first of a series of articles, David Tebbutt explains how.

UK Tightens Tech Recycling – While Toxic Waste Leaks To Africa

In the same week that the UK updated its electronics recycling laws, a Nigerian national has been questioned by police over the illegal export of waste technology

Green Start-Up Will Drill Into Energy Efficiency and Performance

Viridity is developing software designed to give IT administrators high visibility into the utilisation and energy consumption of their IT equipment and applications

IBM Developing Low-Emission Data Centres

IBM is working to deliver technology that it claims could lead to zero direct emission data centres, says an IBM researcher at the USENIX Large Installation System Administration conference

Cisco EMC Cloud Venture Launched Under Acadia Name

New company still doesn't have a CEO or a headquarters, but this shouldn't worry a virtualisation expert

Toshiba Launches Laptop Trade-In Program

Toshiba has launched a laptop trade-in scheme that could include up to £150 cash back for an old machine

War Torn Burundi Sees Future In IT Outsourcing

One of the world's poorest countries is following offer African nations in looking to IT offshore services and crowd-sourcing

HP Takes On Datacentre Rivals With Converged Infrastructure

Hewlett-Packard is pulling together its network and server strength into a converged infrastructure to take on Cisco and others

IBM: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Climate Change Victims, Not Perpetrators

Skirting carefully around the fact that fossil fuels contribute to climate change, IBM has plenty of advice for how oil and gas companies can respond to the threat from global warming

Data Centres: Does Reliability Clash With Efficiency?

New data centres are more efficient than their predecessors, but they have to be reliable too. Peter Judge asks - what happens when the need for reliability clashes with the demand for efficiency?

Computacenter Launches Tier IV Data Centre In Romford UK

Computacenter has launched Europe's first certified Tier IV data centre - in the last major data centre site to be built within the M25

Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier

Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT developer Mark Shavlik

Broadband In Kenya: Small Steps For Big Rewards

The first broadband centre opened in Kenya earlier this year, but what effect will faster internet access have on a largely agricultural community, and how has the service been received so far?

IBM Shows Truckers Can Pull Their Weight On Climate Change

Technologies such as telematics could improve the efficiency of trucks and other heavy goods vehicles, IBM says

EC Announces €300m Smart And Green Networks Fund

The future is smart and green, says the European Commission

Google PowerMeter Arrives In The UK

Google is teaming up with first:utility to launch its PowerMeter online energy monitoring service in Britain

Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages On Consumption

Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines - but is still critical of unbridled consumption

Obama Awards Smart Grid Investment Grants

In the largest group of Recovery Act awards ever made in a single day, President Obama names winners of $3.4 billion (£2.1bn) in Smart Grid Investment Grant awards

DC Versus AC Power Debate Continues

The age-old debate over whether DC versus AC power is best looks set to continue, thanks to the potential green benefits of DC in data centres, says Chris Gonsalves

University Hopes To Cut Electricity Usage With Virtualisation

Middlesex University joins the likes of Queen Margaret and Southampton in rolling out energy efficient IT systems

UK Points To Space As The Final Economic Frontier

Conference held in London focuses on role of space technology in economic recovery and combating climate change

Powermat Wireless Charger Arrives In UK

A wireless charging system has arrived in the UK - but questions have been raised as to its value compared with a proposed standard

Embrace The EU Data Centre Code Of Conduct – Or Risk Legislation

A year after the EU issued its Code of Conduct for data centres, lack of participation could damage the autonomy of the industry, says TelecityGroup's Rob Coupland