energy
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Research group Forrester claims that 55 per cent of energy consumed by UK firms is outside of the datacentre, so centralising management of the desktop environment is essential. Cameron Green, green IT partnerships... [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... [22 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment Most organisations report only high-level green metrics, such as overall or function-wide energy consumption. And most focus on energy efficiency. However, the IT department then runs the risk of... [21 Oct 2009]
Integrate facilities and IT. Realize the value of the green data center
White Paper This paper discusses the importance of managing energy consumption in data centers and how systems management technologies contribute to green management. It then describes the specific ways IBM Tivoli solutions can help... [20 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News As many as 4.7 million servers worldwide - more than 15 per cent of the global total - are merely consuming energy without serving any productive purpose, according to a study sponsored by IT power management company 1E. [19 Oct 2009]
Strategic Metering
White Paper Yesterday, they focused on delivery of reasonably priced energy and water. When CEOs lead initiatives like AMI, the results help ease all stakeholders into energy and water realities. Utility missions... [19 Oct 2009]
Green Billing
White Paper By combining environmental and financial information, "green billing" helps customers understand the long-term environmental effects of their personal energy and water use. Billing has always been a mission-critical... [19 Oct 2009]
Dell PowerEdge Servers: Energy Efficient and Powerful - The Best of Both Worlds
White Paper Listen to Chad Fenner, product manager for Dell M Series blades, explain the new features of this series of servers. [15 Oct 2009]
Unlock Your Hidden Data Center
White Paper Kevin Smith, Enterprise Solutions Marketing Manager at Dell, explains why organizations need to consider energy use in their data center, reasons to "go green", as well as practical ways Dell technologies can help save... [15 Oct 2009]
Simplifying Windows Server 2008 Deployment
White Paper Dell eases the shift to Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS by pre-configuring new energy-efficient servers and helping IT teams deploy and install the systems. [15 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. In a recommendation adopted by the Commission last week, it called on the ICT sector to become 20 per cent more... [13 Oct 2009]
John Chambers
AS Profile Famous for running around the stage during keynotes, Chambers is not standing still on the business front either - one adjacent market he's eyeing up is energy via the use of smart grid technology, something that has the... [08 Oct 2009]
Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing
Comment He envisages a future where networks of sensors will give us our total individual energy consumption and where computing power could be delivered remotely from large datacentres powered by renewable energy. [07 Oct 2009]
Incorporating Data Loss Prevention Into Daily Business Operations: How Microsoft Did It
White Paper In retrospect, it is clear that setting well-defined and achievable objectives from the start, creating data-handling guidelines built from existing policy, devoting a significant amount of time and energy to education... [05 Oct 2009]
The Future Role of ICT in Meeting Operational Challenges in Energy Utilities: Shifting by Degrees to a Modern World
White Paper Energy utilities are operating in an environment where significant market and operational challenges exist. The deployment and implementation of appropriate Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions plays an... [02 Oct 2009]