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Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News Other government energy-saving initiatives include the Department for Energy and Climate Change's (Decc) recent move to replace all of its desktop PCs with laptops to cut power... [13 Nov 2009]
Why the key to saving big bucks is right under your nose
News What has not been appreciated is the potential of enterprise software to bring about energy conservation outside of the IT arena," he said. By harnessing traditional business applications, such as ERP and business... [12 Nov 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News However, the 12,000-tonne saving represents a tiny fraction of government IT's carbon emissions - equating to just 2.6 per cent of the 460,000 tonnes that Whitehall IT generates each year. The £7m saving... [16 Sep 2009]
'ICT going green is key to economic recovery'
News ICT have an enormous untapped potential for saving energy right across the economy. The European Commission has called on member states to use information and communication technologies to improve... [13 Mar 2009]
Working from home way to green dream?
News Speaking at the Workwise UK Conference in London last week, Dr Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the Met Office, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that home working could also allow businesses to operate... [27 May 2008]
'Green' technology can't save us from ourselves
Comment But it's certainly not rare to see big claims made on its behalf, whether it's the apparent cost savings to be gained by installing a shiny new IT system, or less fiduciary savings - such as saving the planet from the... [28 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Yello Strom's managing director Martin Vesper demonstrated a "Yello-saving counter" - a Vista widget that lets consumers monitor their home power via a PC. He said: "The lowering of energy consumption is... [06 Mar 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News That would be a very substantial time saving and effort saving. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is... [26 Feb 2008]
$100 laptop gets set for mass production
News The screen, which OLPC claims is bright enough to read in sunlight, stays on while the rest of the motherboard turns off, saving energy. The laptops have been designed to withstand extremes of heat and... [24 Jul 2007]
Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista
Case Study Online shopping giant Tesco.com has migrated 2,000 desktops to Windows Vista with increased security and energy saving among the key reasons for the switch. Vista will detect if a computer is inactive... [31 May 2007]
Use tech not your car, businesses told
News The Energy Saving Trust has calculated that if every business motorist leaves the car at home once per week, it could reduce total CO2 emissions by one per cent, and the annual miles... [26 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: The Greening of IT
Comment Next to these two instances, I recall an announcement in recent days from IBM on tackling "power and cooling challenges" in data centres, and I have an invite in my inbox to 'Hitachi's Power Hungry IT Roundtable', to discuss... [12 Oct 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses use tech to beat travel blues
News It's about saving money and/or improving efficiency. Chris Broad, head of IS and technology at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, added: "We have used video-conferencing for a long time and we are now using... [16 Aug 2006]
Ricoh throws down the green gauntlet
News To that end the company, like a number of its rivals, claims to have developed all manner of technologies to shave a few extra Watts off the bottom line, including faster reactivation from idle or hibernated modes to discourage customers... [01 Feb 2006]
Switch off PCs at the end of the day...
News Fujitsu Siemens released its report to coincide with the start of 'Energy Saving Week' today. The report also pointed out the environmental impact of all the wasted... [24 Oct 2005]
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