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.
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 ...
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 ...
