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News Grid technology will continue to grow in use, according to Sansum, linking up diverse data, such as climate information and localised cancer rates, and offering insight and driving scientific progress forward in ways never before possible. [15 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News Climate change minister Joan Ruddock said in a statement: "Many businesses are already taking positive steps to reduce the environmental impact of their products, and are seeing the real benefits this can have, both for them and their customers. [14 Jul 2008]
London data centres hit by credit crunch
News London has been significantly affected by the current financial climate due to the large number of financial services companies in the market. London's data centre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital... [04 Jul 2008]
Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News Supercomputing, which pits the highest-end machines against challenges such as forecasting the global climate in coming decades or finding oil reservoirs underground, is a fast-changing field. Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers... [19 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News In the private and public sector the CIO is a key executive, whether it is in opening up new ways of doing business or ensuring that business processes are as efficient as possible - especially important in a tightening economic climate. [11 Jun 2008]
IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News The computer will also be used for research into astronomy, energy, human genome science and climate change, IBM said in a statement. Computing giant IBM has built a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop - 1,000 trillion floating point... [11 Jun 2008]
Building soc buys Experian mortgage engine
News In fact the current climate has hastened the rollout of the system to the customer website before the building society's mortgage brokers, illustrating current priorities for the company. Stroud and Swindon Building Society (SSBS) has signed a... [10 Jun 2008]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News Its Climate Stabilisation Intensity (CSI) target is one of the most aggressive set by a corporation. Dr Chris Tuppen, BT's director of sustainable development said in a statement: "The Climate Stabilisation Intensity target creates a relationship... [03 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News The Work Foundation report also points out that availability of skilled workers can influence where companies choose to base themselves - especially those working at the cutting edge of R&D - and says a climate of hostility towards immigration in... [02 Jun 2008]
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 from smaller premises... [27 May 2008]
SAP touts "collaborative" SOA
News Kagermann explained that in the current economic climate, businesses want to "innovate quickly and scale up profitably", meaning collaborative business networks will become more important. SAP says collaborative working through service oriented... [19 May 2008]
EC backs tech for green future
News She added this would be a "win-win situation" as the tech would promote European competitiveness, as well as fight climate change. The European Commission (EC) is backing the use of technology to cut carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency... [15 May 2008]
IT sector: Not so bad after all
News Despite the currently gloomy predictions, the IT sector also appears to be holding up well to the newly tough economic climate. Three-quarters of IT professionals would recommend an IT career to their children, a survey by careers website The IT... [15 May 2008]
Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT
News But the biggest shift has been in computing, where water drawn from a local borehole will provide the constant cooling for its 600 servers and the NEC SX-6 supercomputers, with equivalent power of 8,000 PCs, that forecasts weather and maps climate... [09 May 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Plumpton said: "IT has a key role to play in meeting government targets on climate change. Government IT is undergoing a major shift as Whitehall attempts to revolutionise its approach to green computing. [09 May 2008]
