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IGEL Donates Thin Clients For Homeless Charity
IGEL is donating 240 thin clients for use in the “Crisis at Christmas” initiative for homeless people in London
Can PC Power Management Really Go To The Cloud?
Desktop management can cut energy waste, but it's tricky for smaller businesses, unless a cloud solution can be made to work, says Mark McGinn
Seagate Launches Green Range Of Hard Drives
Seagate launches a eco-friendly, high-performance desktop internal drive for green computers and storage
ARM To Challenge Intel Domination Of Server Market
The boss of ARM Holdings has revealed the intention of taking on Intel with its own server chips in the next five years
Hydropower Makes Data Centre Carbon Neutral
UKFast has achieved carbon neutral status through carbon offsetting and hydroelectric power generation
IBM Xeon-Based Supercomputer To Hit Three Petaflops
SuperMUC, to be built for German researchers, will use hot-water cooling to cut power use by 40 percent
HP Touts Energy Efficient Ethernet Switches
HP is touting its green credentials with the introduction of its energy efficient E-Series switch modules
Researchers Use Virus To Increase Battery Life Tenfold
Scientists have used a tobacco virus to increase the surface area of lithium ion battery electrodes
Cloud To Reduce Data Centre Energy Costs by 38 Percent
A research firm has predicted that cloud computing could help data centres reduce their energy spending by as much as 38 percent by 2020
Silver Surfers Are Growing, But Need More Help Online
Ofcom says the over-65s are gradually coming online, but charities want more help for the offline generation
nlyte Adds Advanced Analytics To Data Centre Suite
Version 6.0 of nlyte's Data Center Infrastructure Management platform incorporates a new set of integrated business intelligence capabilities
Modularity Wins The Day In Iceland
Modular data centres really can be more efficient, according to evidence from Iceland, says Peter Judge
Container-Based Data Centre Launches In Iceland
Containers got the Thor data centre in Iceland off the ground without hitting the efficiency
Onus On Manufacturers To Stop Digital Dumping
ICT manufacturers worldwide should make the entire life-cycle of their products environmentally friendly, says Computer Aid
Keep The Suits Out Of Innovation
IT companies are slowly becoming more responsible in the way they operate, but true innovation requires corporate diversity, argues Jim Craig
Double-Decker Data Centre Container Is Cooled By Air
AST Modular has shoved a cooling module on top of its data centre containers
Google Launches Chrome OS On CR-48 Netbooks
Chrome OS is being tested on the bare-bones CR-48 machine from Google, until Samsung and Acer deliver
ITU Calls On ICTs To Lead Sustainability Drive
Information technology has a key role to play in tackling climate change, according to the ITU
Air Cooled Modular Data Centre Joins SGI Ice Cubes
The Ice Cube Air modular data centre is designed to offer a cost-efficient, eco-friendly way to expand facilities
Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?
Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says Peter Judge
Browser Bug Shows ‘Sniffers’ Where You’ve Been
Popular sites are actively exploiting a bug that lets the site read your browser History list
Daimler Wins Green Data Centre Award
Gartner has given its green data centre excellence award 2010 to car giant Daimler
Data Centre Carbon Counting – Could It Cool The Arguments?
When Facebook fell out with Greenpeace over coal-fired power, the new Green Grid measurement might have helped sort things out, says Peter Judge
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