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OSIsoft, Long Used for Performance Measurement, Now Boosts Environmental Sustainability

whitepaper A large and growing use of OSIsoft software is helping companies measure and monitor energy and other resource consumption, conserve energy use, reduce their carbon emissions, and improve water quality.

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

EC backs tech for green future

News The IT sector currently accounts for two per cent of global CO2 emissions. The European Commission (EC) is backing the use of technology to cut carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency across Europe's economy.

Tags: energy, emissions, carbon, europe

[15 May 2008]

Data Centers Are Adopting Green Initiatives But Are Wary of Vendors' Marketing Messages

whitepaper While the newspaper headlines target the growth of cheap flights as a leading cause of global warming, some commentators have suggested the IT industry is responsible for more carbon emissions than aviation.

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT

News The HQ minimises its CO2 emissions, air-con is replaced by cavernous pipes and thermally absorbent concrete beams that suck in the cool night air and release it during the day, while toilets are flushed with pond water filtered through reed beds.

Tags: met office, energy, green it

[09 May 2008]

Thin clients the route to skinny emissions?

News Thin clients have already reduced global CO2 emissions by 166,521 tonnes over the last four years - the equivalent of 504 return flights from London to New York -according to research produced by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany for thin-client...

Tags: pc, thin client, co2

[28 Mar 2008]

Dear silicon.com... green carrots, cloud nine chats, open source ponderings …

Comment Our politicians' measured and considered response to this possible global extinction event was to create a market allowing people who produce lots of CO2 to offset this and "sell" some of these emissions to people who don't produce quite so much...

Tags: green it, flight, mobile, open source

[27 Mar 2008]

Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted

News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN...

Tags: spending, vista, recession, virtualisation

[10 Mar 2008]

Using Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure Solutions to Enable Simple and Secure Teleworking for Federal Employees

whitepaper Federal agencies are being encouraged to promote telework and workforce mobility as a way to comply with Public Law 106-346 and achieve goals including recruitment and retention of staff; continuity of operations; reduction of traffic, fuel...

Tags: infrastructure management

[29 Feb 2008]

UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet

News The report says IT accounts for about two per cent of global CO2 emissions and warns that without action there would be a five-fold increase in emissions related to IT and a six-fold increase in emissions related to consumer electronics.

Tags: green, environment, it, electronics

[12 Feb 2008]

Businesses demand more from CIOs

News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN...

Tags: cio, strategy, it, gartner

[23 Jan 2008]

Q&A: Pen Hadow, explorer

Comment The focus of the survey is on a region whose change in response to global warming is greater than anywhere else on earth and is accelerating and therefore offers us the most powerful indicator of what is likely to happen - or is happening and what...

Tags: arctic, pen hadow, vanco, climate change

[21 Jan 2008]

Carrying 100+ Tons at 40 mph for 20 Years

whitepaper The company wanted to reduce the cost of vehicle ownership to increase vehicle productivity and ensure compliance with emissions and safety regulations. Terex Equipment Ltd.is part of the global Terex Corporation, the third largest manufacturer of...

Tags: groupware - workflow

[14 Jan 2008]

Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations

News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN...

Tags: offshoring, gartner, china, bric

[11 Dec 2007]

Techies - clueless on climate change?

News The global IT industry accounts for two per cent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions - the same amount the world's aviation industry churns out - according to analyst house Gartner. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is...

Tags: green it, cio, carbon, purchasing

[04 Dec 2007]

EC launches mobile carbon tracking

News A diary of emissions on a daily, weekly or even annual basis can be registered on the mobGAS website so people can compare their total with national and global averages. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE...

Tags: green, emissions, ec, mobile

[03 Dec 2007]

Tech industry must step up to climate challenge

News According to Gartner analyst, Simon Mingay, the IT industry contributes two per cent of the global CO2 emissions - the same as the aviation industry. The WWF wants the IT industry to take on the challenge of contributing the first billion tonnes of...

Tags: emissions, co2, gartner, hp

[08 Nov 2007]

The greening of IT: Do it yourself

Comment Using recycled paper can contribute to reducing global emissions, with quality and cost no longer a barrier. Electricity-hogging data centres may attract the environmentalists' ire but the humble office has a lot to answer for in terms of carbon...

Tags: green, printers, virtualisation, energy

[02 Nov 2007]

Data centres fuelling climate change?

News The intensive power requirements needed to run and cool data centres now account for almost a quarter of global CO2 emissions from information and communications technology, according to analyst Gartner.

Tags: energy, emissions, co2, data centre

[12 Oct 2007]

Make tech greener, CIOs told

News Merron said that worldwide, IT is responsible for about one billion tonnes of CO2 emissions each year - between two and four per cent of global energy - and the public sector is the biggest user of IT in the UK, spending around £12bn per year.

Tags: government, cio, green

[21 Sep 2007]

Vodafone flaunts green credentials

News The report states that the company's total carbon dioxide emissions fell by 12 per cent during the past year, while the energy efficiency of new network equipment increased by 25 per cent. Vodafone says 80 per cent of the CO2 emissions from its...

Tags: recycling, energy, green, weee

[29 Jun 2007]

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