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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip around the back of the office. No, the Round-Up is not referring to that dodgy email server... [20 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News With the government hoping to offset or reduce all the CO2 emissions produced by its fleet of half a million computers by 2012, IT is under more pressure than ever to go green. As a result, the public sector has "stopped... [13 Nov 2009]
Video Case Study - University of Plymouth Goes Green
White Paper The University of Plymouth recently upgraded it's 4,800 PC desktop estate to ones with Intel's vPro technology. In this video Greg Regan, principal computing officer at the university explains how the technology's management capabilities... [29 Aug 2009]
IT essential for businesses' green success
Comment IT is becoming ever more closely linked with organisations' environmental impact. David Tebbutt offers energy-saving tips for IT managers. Life is tough for IT management. Not only does it have to juggle the conflicting demands of... [19 Aug 2009]
Electronic driving instructors puts thousands of bus drivers through their paces
News First UK Bus - the UK's largest bus operator - is to install new technology to monitor how well its 9,000 buses are being driven. The system, from telematics company GreenRoad, will assess drivers' performance by analysing how well they... [04 Aug 2009]
Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network
White Paper Business leaders are defining sustainability initiatives that reduce their electrical power consumption and CO2 emissions in an effort to not only reduce energy costs, but to also be respectful of global environmental... [26 Jun 2009]
Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual Server Edition V13.3.0
White Paper As concerns about environmental issues continue to grow, businesses and organizations around the world are seeking ways to achieve operational sustainability through the implementation of green IT solutions. [11 Jun 2009]
Speed-limiter tech trial coming this summer
News Transport for London has confirmed it will road-test speed-limiting technology within the M25 area - as reported on silicon.com last year. Today TfL announced a six-month trial of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) tech will start... [11 May 2009]
Wolfram Alpha: The Google rival that aims to dig deeper
News Wolfram Research founder Stephen Wolfram publicly debuted his company's forthcoming online "computational knowledge engine" on Tuesday. The Wolfram Alpha engine is a web service designed to process data from controlled, vetted sources of... [29 Apr 2009]
VocaLink makes virtualisation pay
Case Study ATM operator and payment processing company VocaLink is using virtualisation to improve flexibility and reduce emissions and costs. VocaLink runs the majority of the UK's ATM network as well as supporting the Bacs payment transfer system... [20 Apr 2009]
iPhone 3.0, Windows 7, robots and the office of the future
Photo March kicked off with a photographic tour through Microsoft's vision of the workplace of the future. According to the software giant, a worker in the future will find that nearly everything in the office can serve as a computer display... [07 Apr 2009]
Common Sense About Green IT and Sustainability
White Paper IT has always helped enterprises reduce costs through more efficient processes, but when efficiency is viewed through a sustainability lens, the results can be startling. UPS uses "package-flow" software to map out its most efficient... [31 Mar 2009]
Photos: F1 tech races into the real world
Photo Here, McLaren Group chairman Ron Dennis speaks at the launch of the Fast Forward: 20 ways F1 is changing our world exhibition at London's Science Museum, as the team's 2006 car hangs above him. The exhibition shows how technology... [30 Mar 2009]
Photos: A look inside one of the world's most efficient datacentres
Photo This is the Ecofris datacentre, billed as one of the most efficient datacentres in the world. Built by Keysource, the datacentre relies on a technique called air separation and recirculation to make it as energy efficient as possible. [17 Mar 2009]
Greenwich puts PCs on a diet
News Greenwich Council has replaced almost all of its PCs with thin client computers to help cut costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The lightweight, low power machines are used by 3,000 staff at the London borough to access applications that... [12 Mar 2009]
