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.
Microsoft: Cloud Computing Can Cut Emissions by 30% or More
Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment and services are estimated to double their global carbon emissions to 4 percent of global electricity consumption by 2020, taking ...
Climate Savers Releases Energy Efficiency Guide for Networking Devices
The Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) has released its Energy Efficiency Guide for Networking Devices (EEG). The white paper is the third in ...
Dell, Goodwill Add 319 Recycling Locations
Electronics giant Dell and Goodwill Industries have announce that an additional 319 donation sites in the U.S. have joined the Dell Reconnect computer recycling program.
With ...
Trane Launches GE Software-Based Data Center Management Tool
Heating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has launched an intelligent building automation platform that uses GE software.
Tracer XT was developed in response to data center customer ...
Service Neutralizes Emissions from Websites
Carbon offsetting firm CO2 Neutral Seal has launched its CO2NS Website product that aims to make web sites carbon neutral by buying carbon credits matched to ...
Emerson Launches Data Center Management Hardware
Emerson Network Power has introduced the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, a product it calls the first data center appliance to enable true real-time, integrated monitoring, access ...
Fleet Briefing: GM and Teijin, Networkfleet, NREL on EVs, and Mitsubishi
General Motors and carbon fiber products company Teijin Limited are to co-develop carbon fiber products for potential worldwide, high-volume use in GM cars, trucks and crossovers. ...
ECOtality, Silver Spring to Offer Smart Grid EV Charging
Electric transportation and storage technology company ECOtality Inc. and Silver Spring Networks Inc., have announced an agreement to integrate ECOtality's Blink electric vehicle charging stations with ...
ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring Product
ODVA, the body that defines standards for computer networks, has announced an energy object that it says makes it easier to get energy use information on ...
Siemens to Buy eMeter
Siemens Industry Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the stock of smart grid firm eMeter Corporation.
The parties expect to close the deal in ...
Leaders in Energy Management Software Named
CA Technologies, CarbonSystems, IBM and Verisae have emerged as the leading providers of enterprise-scale energy management software, according to a study from analysis firm Verdantix.
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IBM, Thales, Bosch Research Electronics Cooling
IBM, Bosch and Thales have teamed up with research institutes and universities to reduce the carbon footprint of companies that rely on thermal ...
AEG Releases Efficient Data Center Power Supply Range
AEG Power Solutions has released its super-efficient Protect Blue family of modular uninterruptible power supplies for data centers.
The UPS family is engineered around AEG Power Solutions' ...
CSCI: Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to Efficiency
Measuring, monitoring and responding to system energy use are key to optimizing the overall energy performance of network systems, according to a white paper released by ...
Kone Taps KMI for EHS Software
Elevator and escalator firm Kone has installed KMI's Environmental Health and Safety Software Suite.
Kone sites in over 50 countries worldwide now have access to KMI's Incident ...
Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart Grid
Virginia utility Dominion Power has invested $1 million in data center power management software company Power Assure as the companies begin a partnership to integrate data ...
Cloud Computing Redefining Expectations of IT Sustainability
At the 2011 Green Initiatives Conference, Peter Coffee, vice president and head of platform research at Salesforce, and Josh Whitney, lead ...
World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED Gold
Quality Technology Services has achieved LEED Gold certification at its Atlanta Metro facility, which it says is the world’s second-largest data centers.
LEED president ...
Building IQ Releases Energy Demand Software
Energy management software company BuildingIQ has launched ManagerIQ, the latest in its line of predictive energy optimization products.
PEO tools predict energy demand and adjust a building's ...
Modular Data Centers Make Business and Environmental Sense, Report Says
Pre-engineered and prefabricated data centers now make environmental and economic sense, according a report by environmental IT research consortium The Green Grid.
According to Deploying and ...
