Green IT
Green IT systems deliver information technology with maximum energy efficiency and greater sustainability. Stories focus on efforts to use green IT to fight climate change and drive reductions in data center energy use. We look specifically at how companies green their IT systems.
Windows 8 Targets Application Efficiency
Microsoft's Windows 8 (pictured) will increase energy efficiency in the operating system's applications, according to two of the product's developers.
One example of this new ...
Google Jumps to 1st Place in Cool IT Climate Rankings
Google has secured the top spot in Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard, with 53 points, up from 47 points and fourth place in the rankings' last edition.
The search giant is followed by Cisco – ...
Eco-mode UPS for Data Centers
Microprocessor based loads for computer hardware need high fidelity voltage for continuous fault-free operation. For more than 20 years that power quality ...
Power Assure Launches Data Center Management System
Data center energy management firm Power Assure Inc., has announced an integrated data center power monitoring and analytics system that it says improves the reliability and energy-efficientcy of data centers....
HireRight Data Centers Cut Energy 45%
Employment screening products firm HireRight has improved the efficiency of its data center infrastructure and technology.
The improvements increase performance by 50 percent, decrease power consumption ...
Schneider Electric Launches Cisco Product Pairings
Energy management firm Schneider Electric is broadening its range of energy management tools designed to marry up with Cisco products.
The company will demonstrate these future ...
CA Technologies Updates Data Center, IT Energy Software
CA Technologies has announced new and enhanced offerings in its CA ecoSoftware, designed to further extend the company's support for data center infrastructure management ...
Software Briefing: NCC Group, Ryder, SAIC and ThinkEco
Nordic region-based construction and property development firm NCC Group is to start using CA Technologies' CA ecoSoftware energy and sustainability management system. NCC hopes ...
PowerSecure Launches Diesel-Nat Gas Generator
PowerSecure International has introduced a new version of its PowerBlock proprietary generator system that runs on a combination of natural gas and diesel fuel and ...
Google US Data Centers Now ISO 140001 Certified
Google has received ISO 14001 certification for all of its U.S. data centers, reducing oil consumption in its back up generators by 67 percent in ...
Green Mountain Builds Fjord-Cooled Data Center
Here's a video about Green Mountain, a fjord-cooled data center that is housed in a refurbished ammunition depot on Rennesøy, an ...
IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management
1E, IBM and Verdiem should always be on the shortlist for companies seeking PC power management products, according to a report by technology consultants Ovum.
In ...
Intuit Cuts Electricity Per Dollar Revenue, Absolute Consumption Rises
Intuit has steadily improved its electricity usage relative to revenue since 2007, but its absolute electricity usage has increased since FY08, according to the ...
APC Upgrades UPS Products with Integrated Parallel Feature
APC by Schneider Electric has announced upgrades to its MGE EPS8000 uninterrupted power supply (UPS) product family.
The upgrades include a new Integrated ...
Efficient Lighting ‘Unsung Hero’ of Data Center Efficiency
Despite consuming only around three to five percent of a data center's electrical load, lighting can make a greater impact on a data system's ...
How the Public Sector Can Use More Current Resources and Cut Costs
Efficiency Matters
Improving the efficiency of IT tops the list for enterprises as they go into 2012, according to independent research firm Forrester Research, ...
Apple Files Patent for Laptop Fuel Cell
Apple has filed a number of patents for fuel cells that can be inserted into portable devices, such as laptops, without adding much weight.
One patent ...
Facebook Hires Ex-Google Green Czar
Google's former green czar, Bill Weihl, will join Facebook in late January, according to the website Fresh Dialogues.
The website said Weihl will have ...
Schneider Electric Acquires EnergyCenter 2.0 from Viridity
Energy management firm Schneider Electric has acquired Viridity's energy center DCIM software to augment its StruxureWare for Data Center Operations, the company ...
Facebook Caves to Greenpeace, Plans to Run on 'Clean, Renewable Energy'
After months of being bashed by Greenpeace (what Facebook now calls a "unique and creative campaign") over its environmental practices - specifically the use ...
