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CoolEmAll Releases First Data Centre Tools
The European CoolEmAll project to make data centres and IT equipment more efficient has released its first tools
Hitachi Has Enterprise Dropbox-alike, Promises Local Data Centre
Hitachi offers business-grade Dropbox features, but doesn't yet have local data centres
Three New Suppliers Join Government’s G-Cloud 3
Three SME suppliers board the G-Cloud 3, promising to cut government IT costs
German Academics Set World Record In Wireless Data Transmission
Radio links capable of transferring 40 Gbps could revolutionise rural broadband deployment
Jolla Announces First Sailfish Smartphone, Due To Ship In 2013
The device features a 4.5-inch screen, 4G connectivity, costs just €399 and comes with a brand new OS
Western Europe Loses A Fifth Of Its PC Market In A Year
Gartner reports worst ever quarterly decline for PC shipments in the region
Official Raspberry Pi Camera Board Goes On Sale
The tiny Linux computer gets tools to shoot full HD video
Oracle UK To Open Dedicated G-Cloud Data Centre
Oracle G-Cloud data centre will land in the Thames Valley this year
Four Universities Partner For £5.6m PRiME Chip Research Project
The PRiME project aims to develop future-proof embedded computing solutions
Philips Launches USB-Based Display Dock
The laptop connects with one USB cable, and everything else hangs off the LCD monitor
Communications Networks Can Cut Energy Use By 90 Percent – Report
Even with increasing data volumes, networks can be much more efficient, says GreenTouch Consortium
Smart Meter Roll-Out Delayed Until Autumn 2015
The government says we need more time to prepare the digital infrastructure
BT Sport To Boost iCITY Olympic Tech Hub
BT Sport studios take advantage of two of the UK's most connected buildings
Open Compute Project To Develop An Open Switch
The new hardware will be made from scratch
San Francisco Surrenders Over Mobile Phone Radiation Law
The city of San Francisco has reluctantly agreed to revoke a local law demanding radiation warnings on mobile phones
Networks Are more Green Than You Think
Green tech expert Kate Craig-Wood takes issue with a suggestions that wireless networks use too much energy
Government Adopts Cloud First Strategy As G-Cloud 3 Goes Live
There's no Amazon or Google on G-Cloud, but Big Data crime fighter Palantir is
MLL To Test First “Pop-Up” White Space Network In London
Electromagnetic Wave conference will feature the first White Space deployment open to the public
VMware: OpenStack Is Not A Competitor – But Cloud Needs Standards
VMware's Joe Baguley opens up about cloud lock-in
Salesforce Finally Pens UK Data Centre Deal
Salesforce wants to lure government G-Cloud crew with its Slough pad
Arista Claims Data Centre Switching Crown
Arista Networks is claiming to have launched the industry's fastest data centre networking switch
IBM Research Screens ‘World’s Smallest Movie’
Research into the future of storage has allowed scientists to produce a stop-motion film composed of individual atoms
IBM Project Delivers More Efficient Transportation System
IBM researchers have redrawn bus routes of a major African city, using mobile phone call data
FM and IT: The Yin And Yang Of The Data Centre
Facilities management looks after the data centre building and IT looks after the equipment - Eddie Desouza asks who manages the power?
SAP: UK Lags Behind Developing Countries In M2M Adoption
Brazil, China and India are ready for “Smart Cities”, while the UK is treating the new technology with suspicion
HP Storage: Back to Basics On Hardware
We have a single architecture, says HP storage European lead Chris Johnson
Google And Cisco Top Greenpeace Cool IT List
Greenpeace praises Google for pushing renewable energy - and ignores Facebook and Apple
Facebook To Open $300m Iowa Data Centre
Iowa has wind energy, but Greenpeace wants Facebook to do more to clean up the state's electric grid
IBM To Develop Solar Collector For Green Energy Push
IBM and others are working on a solar collector that can magnify the power of 2,000 suns for green energy