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O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News HomeServe, which has more than 5,000 employees and sub contractors remotely located across the UK, is using mobile technology to boost efficiency and call response time, and maintain high levels of customer service, according to CIO Trevor Didcock. [18 Aug 2008]
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News The target was met through improved energy efficiency at Dell's own facilities combined with green electricity purchases and investments in wind power in the US, China and India totalling 645 million kWh and creating savings of 400,000 metric tons... [06 Aug 2008]
India: Low-cost, high-tech hub
News HP said in a statement: "These business PCs have a high-performance machine that has the ability to withstand harsh Indian working conditions and delivers productivity and efficiency consistently. Rajdeep Sehrawat, vice president of Nasscom, told... [06 Aug 2008]
IBM floats $360m on cloud data centre
News The facility is a part of IBM's Project Big Green, an initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency within data centres. IBM has announced it will spend $360m on a new cloud data centre facility in North Carolina, US, providing another indication... [04 Aug 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News Richard Earland, CIO of the NPIA, said reducing the bureaucracy burden on police officers is a key theme of the government's policing Green Paper, published last week, and of the independent Flanagan Review of Policing which, among other things... [22 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The guidelines include: removing active screensavers from desktop PCs; switching monitors to standby after five minutes inactivity; automatically shutting down desktop computers outside working hours; reusing as much computer equipment as possible... [17 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News ABI Research's principal analyst Dominique Bonte said business applications of LBS, such as asset and vehicle tracking and workforce management, will become an important revenue generator for carriers in the future as more companies look to deploy... [17 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News Efficiency improvements to the greediest home appliances - including power supplies for laptops, mobile phones and printers - can save enough energy to power 1.5 million homes, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... [14 Jul 2008]
Google open sources data-moving tool
News Various other methods exist for passing encoded data over networks but Google found none of them suited its particular need - which was for a system optimised for efficiency over everything else, Varda said. [11 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News The airport operator is investing about £5m in energy efficiency over four years to realise cost savings of £8.6m. It will look to use green technology in lighting efficiency and water consumption in new buildings, building on measures such as... [09 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access report, issued on... [07 Jul 2008]
SAS becomes sun worshipper
News Under North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, by 2021, utility companies in North Carolina must obtain up to 12.5 per cent of their energy through renewable sources or energy efficiency measures. [26 Jun 2008]
Google: Server efficiency needs different approach
News Chipmakers have been applying lessons learned in mobile computing to servers in an effort to increase efficiency by lowering power consumption. Naturally, with at least hundreds of thousands of servers in operation and its data centres placed near... [25 Jun 2008]
IBM puts money on solar power
News The partnership is seeking to create techniques that double the efficiency of thin film solar modules, making them capable of converting more of the sun's rays into electricity. The partnership will focus on developing new methods for printing... [16 Jun 2008]
Procter & Gamble in $650m network deal with BT
News P&G hopes the deal will save money, as well as improving efficiency, flexibility, regulatory compliance and future proofing its IT infrastructure. Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) has signed a $650m deal for BT to... [10 Jun 2008]
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