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Improved Chilled Water Piping Distribution Methodology for Data Centers

whitepaper Chilled water remains a popular cooling medium; however leaks in the piping systems are a threat to system availability. High density computing creates the need to bring chilled water closer than ever before to the IT equipment, prompting the need...

Tags: data center

[11 May 2008]

Protecting key assets (security)

whitepaper Siemens offers comprehensive solutions from healthcare and power generation to water supply, transportation, and industrial production, to telecommunications. Key infrastructure elements must be secured against outages, damage and sabotage.

Tags: monitoring systems, generation, elements, healthcare

[11 May 2008]

ConGES Consulting Embeds Security, Scalability, and Performance Into Real-Time Collaboration for Utilities

whitepaper Multi-utility consultancy ConGES develops turnkey mobile solutions that enable field engineers working for regional energy and water providers to capture orders, measure consumption, and monitor assets using PDAs or laptops.

Tags: scalability

[11 May 2008]

IBM and Neighborhood America Ease Dialogue Between Citizens and Government Agencies Restoring the Everglades

whitepaper How does the South Florida Water Management District get various federal and state agencies and local governments - not to mention local residents, tourists, environmentalists and business interests - to all collaborate in the complex effort of...

Tags: customer support services

[11 May 2008]

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

[11 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08

Round-Up The door is still open for future talks, as we'll see in a moment, but right now the deal is dead in the water. If you're trying to pull a swift one on the authorities you may find their "liar, liar, pants on fire" accusations hold water after a...

Tags: yahoo, microsoft, governement

[09 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]

Editor's Blog: The race to get the Olympic tech ready

Comment The venues I saw are impressive - particular the Water Cube aquatics centre. And overlooking the Water Cube and the 'Bird's Nest' Beijing National Stadium is the home of the technology team and their testing lab.

Tags: infrastructure, server, t5, olympic

[08 May 2008]

Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track

Photo The National Aquatics Centre - otherwise known as the 'Water Cube' will be used for diving, swimming and synchronised swimming. Above are signposts to the Water Cube. Another view of the Water Cube, from the testing labs above.

Tags: project, infrastructure, olympic

[07 May 2008]

Manufacturer Empowers Employees to Slash Inventory and Improve Supplier Performance

whitepaper Smith Water Products Company manufactures water heaters, boilers, and hot-water storage solutions sold worldwide. A. O. The company wanted to make it easier for materials planners and receiving personnel to keep inventory up-to-date and reduce...

Tags: storage management

[06 May 2008]

Sun Helps Keep Datacenters Cool, Efficient and Reliable for Fast-Growing Nevada Utility

whitepaper The Las Vegas Valley Water District is a not-for-profit agency that provides water to Las Vegas and nearby communities. The company's challenge was to replicate production database for use by multiple development groups to improve storage...

Tags: database management

[05 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: British Petroleum

whitepaper It is responsible for a complex mix of assets that includes eight deep-water oil production and drilling platforms that feed thousands of miles of pipelines and more than 100 fuel terminals and offices.

Tags: satellite communications

[04 May 2008]

Microsoft Online Customer Story: Jeep

whitepaper One will hear a lot of talk around the marketing water cooler about purchase drivers. Over the past three decades, Millward Brown has grown to be one of the world's leading research companies. But what if getting people to react positively to a...

Tags: sales - marketing

[03 May 2008]

Photos: Tech ensures a smoother course

Photo Further left is a colourful control for the keel, which ensures the optimum profile in the water. Note the low-tech white scribble pad above the ruggedised, water-proofed keyboard. Just add water. She has a shallow hull and is designed to plane on...

Tags: yacht, ellen mcarthur, bt

[02 May 2008]

Scottish Water splashes out on tech

News Scottish Water has signed three tech contracts to the tune of £120m to help improve its operations and give better value to customers. The water supplier has been working on a tech transformation project for the past six years and is already...

Tags: transformation, managed services, fujitsu, water

[28 Apr 2008]

Keeping Microsoft Exchange Server Above Water

whitepaper With e-mail emerging as one of the most critical applications for business success, the reliability and recovery of your Microsoft Exchange server are more vital than ever. In most companies, if e-mail goes down, business comes to a screeching halt.

Tags: file and network servers, microsoft exchange, demand, high availability

[24 Apr 2008]

Tech to tackle India's poverty

News Water treatment plants provide clean drinking water to more than one million people and more than 76,000 toilets have been built. Villagers in India are turning to technology to lift them out of the deprivation that keeps 280 million people in the...

Tags: csr, india, outsourcing

[23 Apr 2008]

Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain

News One way is making use of holes in the ground already used by other utilities such as electricity and water. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super fast broadband to homes and businesses across the...

Tags: telco, broadband, fibre

[16 Apr 2008]

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 5 of 5): Data Protection (Level 200)

whitepaper The bulk of IT budgets are spent just "treading water," rather than adding new business value. There is more pressure than ever on IT departments today. Microsoft is focused on helping customers flip that equation through a more dynamic IT...

Tags: security management, water, data protection, business critical

[14 Apr 2008]

IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 2 of 5): Desktop, Device, and Server Management (Level 100)

whitepaper The bulk of IT budgets are spent just "treading water," rather than adding new business value. There is more pressure than ever on IT departments today. Microsoft is focused on helping customers flip that equation through a more dynamic IT...

Tags: security management

[14 Apr 2008]

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