green IT
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up In fact - as an aside - even Whitehall is putting IT on a diet, with the government's green IT champion, Chris Chant telling silicon.com the public sector has "stopped eating pies and... [20 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment John Tuccillo, chairman of the board for The Green Grid, a confederation of end-user and vendor organisations focusing on energy efficiency, believes companies have begun to realise that virtualisation isn't the panacea... [20 Nov 2009]
Nevada's New Privacy Statute: How Businesses Should Respond
White Paper For example, is it a violation if a "Facsimile" is sent from a computer rather than feeding paper through a separate fax machine or from a traditional fax machine, but received by a system that automatically converts the... [13 Nov 2009]
The Gold Standard for Operating System Security: SKPP
White Paper Because the operating system controls the resources (e.g.memory, processing time, devices) of the computer, it has the power to prevent unauthorized access to these resources and information flowing through them. [13 Nov 2009]
Preventing Data Loss in Healthcare Organizations: Protect Your Patient Data Against Accidental or Intentional Data Breaches
White Paper Healthcare organizations have rich repositories of patient information and it is imperative that this data must be protected from both accidental and intentional disclosure. Gartner Research estimated more than 1 million... [13 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... [13 Nov 2009]
Security "Point" Solutions Are Not a 4 Letter Word: Why Purpose-Built Solutions for Patch and Configuration Management Continue to Be a Good Thing
White Paper Off late there has been a substantial amount of consolidation in the IT security industry. Google acquired both Postini and Green Border, IBM bought Watchfire, HP bought SPI Dynamic, Checkpoint acquired... [12 Nov 2009]
Virtualizing Email Gateway Security: Flexible, Cost-Effective Protection at the Email Gateway
White Paper Green IT initiatives are being launched in many organizations to help reduce the impact of rising costs on the overall enterprise bottom line. At the same time, increasingly complex IT... [12 Nov 2009]
Getting Green
White Paper It's rare that an environmental friendly movement such as green IT results in reducing costs, especially in its early stages. With the decreased management and power consumption costs... [11 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up Throw in that green-tinged Gollum tan that many IT people develop from spending too much time hunched over a screen and add in those odd, bearded sysadmins that lurk dwarf-like in the server room, and... [30 Oct 2009]
Green Grid Metrics: Describing Datacenter Power Efficiency
White Paper The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to dramatically raise the energy efficiency of datacenters through a series of short-term and long-term proposals. For the short term, The... [30 Oct 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News It's no surprise that for some companies green initiatives are dropping down the list of IT priorities. In a recent silicon.com survey, more than a quarter of respondents admitted... [29 Oct 2009]
Going Lean and Green with SaaS for Document Process Automation
White Paper IT maintenance costs are spiraling out of control Most companies today recognize the operational efficiencies and benefits to be gained by removing paper from business processes. Still, the cost and complexity of... [27 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News Green IT will be strategic next year, according to Gartner Green IT Another staple from last year's list, IT can help businesses facilitate their... [22 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News It's never been easy being green, especially when it comes to electricity-hungry IT infrastructure. So is green IT still a priority for... [22 Oct 2009]