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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up That way you can cut your electricity bill, trim your CO2 emissions and turn your team into a lean, mean IT machine into the bargain. Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. [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. After swapping to NightWatchman in 2006,... [13 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Fewer physical servers mean a smaller electricity bill from the reduced amount of hardware and the fewer cooling systems needed - meaning virtualisation is good for the environment as it reduces the amount of carbon... [11 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Under the scheme, organisations which use more than roughly £500,000 of electricity per year (including hotel chains, large local authorities and supermarket chains) will have to purchase allowances equivalent to their carbon... [29 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News This could involve introducing PC power management software - a relatively small technology implementation that could result in substantial savings on energy bills as well as a significant reduction in energy used and related... [22 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News The ICT industry must lead the way in conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to the EC. As well as calling for the reduction of carbon emissions within the tech industry, the... [13 Oct 2009]
Advancing Highways With Communication Solutions: Cost-Effective Ways to Address Growing Demands on Highway Infrastructure
White Paper These applications offer an array of benefits, including reduced traffic congestion, better services at lower cost and decreased emissions. Highway authorities worldwide are facing rapid growth in the number of passenger... [02 Oct 2009]
C-Lock Technology Streamlines Greenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring Processes to Help Save the Planet Using an SOA Solution From IBM and EIM
White Paper C-Lock Technology was established in March 2007 in response to the growing need for a standard, efficient method for organizations to monitor carbon dioxide and other GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions, an increasingly... [01 Oct 2009]
Padmasree Warrior
AS Profile At Cisco Warrior is involved with unified communications and use of ICT to cut carbon emissions. Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior is the second member of the networking giant's exec team to make it onto the 2009 Agenda... [29 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News IT is responsible for up to 20 per cent of carbon emissions generated by government offices. In a speech to a government green IT conference on Tuesday, Cabinet Office minister Angela Smith said IT is "one of the hidden... [16 Sep 2009]
Power Efficiency & Management in Windows Server 2008 R2 - In Brief
White Paper Energy-efficient computing is a high priority for businesses and organizations seeking to control costs and greenhouse emissions. One opportunity for an organization to reduce power usage is to implement an... [16 Sep 2009]
Best Practices in Carbon Footprint Modeling: Going Beyond Inventories and Calculations
White Paper This paper explains the differences between calculating and modeling emissions, the critical parallels between cost and Greenhouse Gas (GhG) accounting, collecting and managing data, and using activity-based modeling... [16 Sep 2009]
Big Blue wants tech to get water management flowing
News IBM launched Big Green Innovations two and a half years ago to capitalise on constraints in energy generation, carbon emissions, energy in the datacentre, and water. IBM is developing a portfolio of IT-related water... [08 Sep 2009]
Data Center Improvements for Long-Term Savings
White Paper At the same time, they can reduce their electrical consumption and make an important difference in the volume of carbon emissions they generate. There is a tremendous difference between data center improvements and... [30 Aug 2009]
Video Case Study - University of Plymouth Goes Green
White Paper In this video Greg Regan, principal computing officer at the university explains how the technology's management capabilities will improve power efficiency, slash electricity costs and cut CO2 emissions in support of the... [29 Aug 2009]
