Friday, June 17, 2011
Green energy to take centre stage in Ont. election Toronto-based electronics manufacturer Celestica, which said more investment in green energy will bring consumer and enterprise IT costs down, hopes the upcoming Ontario election avoids derailing the province’s clean energy policies
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
IDC: Better storage tech could trim power, cooling costs The economic downturn changed attitudes toward data storage products. According to IDC , more efficient storage technologies should allow power and cooling costs in data centres to level off by 2014
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Can the U.S. exploit offshore wind energy? Large offshore wind objects could harness about more than 4,000 GW of electricity according to a massive report on wind energy from the U.S. Department of Energy
Monday, September 20, 2010
Yahoo opens 'chicken coop' green data centre The data centre in New York state is wind-cooled and runs on hydro power, making it Yahoo's most energy-efficient
Monday, June 07, 2010
IT's human energy crisis An essential question for all IT leaders to ponder is whether their IT organization is exothermic (one that releases positive energy) or endothermic (one that sucks energy out of the enterprise)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Need to make a case for Green IT? Find a ‘lever’ The business case is there for green IT. Maintaining momentum may be the challenge
Monday, April 05, 2010
US, Europe, Japan agree on data center efficiency metric The US, Europe and Japan have agreed on a basic metric for measuring the energy efficiency of data centers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Google gets US approval to buy and sell energy Google has received U.S. federal approval to buy and sell energy on the open market, giving it more options for the way it powers its data centers and opening the door to a potential move into the energy-trading business.
Friday, February 05, 2010
IBM will inch up heat in new data centre Huge facility will rely on outside air for cooling for more than half the year. The company expects it will be among the most effecient data centres in the world
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Hiring managers: Personal networks hold power Obviously it's impossible to cultivate personal relationships with every business contact, so you need to be deliberate in where you spend your time. Bolstering your network at both peer and direct-report levels can be accomplished through giveback
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Virtualization, data deluge among key IT issues Energy costs and the impact of social networking on the enterprise will also challenge IT departments, analysis firm Gartner tells annual data centre conference
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Green data centre priority for Disney and Verizon Disney is aiming to cut electricity consumption by 10 per cent by 2013 while Verizon is looking into solar energy...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Datacentre energy use monitoring often neglected Unless users create dashboards, they will not be able to reduce energy costs and meet compliance requirements, according to Gartner...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
How to gain green IT cred From facilities design to carbon management, here''s what you need to learn to become your company''s ''green'' go-to person 
Friday, September 04, 2009
IBM partners offer green data centre degree IBM partners will offer credit courses designed to give students the skills they need to build more efficient data centres
Friday, August 28, 2009
Fujitsu 0-Watt PC now available The Esprimo 0-Watt-PC does not consume any power in off-mode or hibernating while still remaining administrable during a pre-configured time slot. The device is capable of going into a 0-Watt standby automatically, without someone using the hard-off switch or the off switch at the power outlet...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
20 degree data centres becoming a thing of the past, APC says Servers, storage and networking gear are often certified to run in temperatures exceeding 37 degrees, and with that in mind many IT pros are becoming less stringent in setting temperature limits
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Green computing tips for the Mac user Increasingly, Mac notebooks and desktop computers are finding their way to the enterprise. Here are some advice on how you can save energy — and money — as you use your Mac
Thursday, February 05, 2009
OPINION: Getting wise about power use Cisco’s EnergyWise software is interesting, especially the third phase, which involves control over HVAC and lighting system. Cisco is on the right track, but the root of the problem is not lack of software
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Symantec CEO John Thompson announces retirement Symantec chief operating officer and former Norton Utilities engineer, Enrique Salem is named as successor 
Monday, October 27, 2008
Step away from the printer: Optimize your fleet Print optimization can save businesses a lot of money, but CIOs remain elusive adopters. HP and others give advice on how IT managers might change their minds
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Where McCain and Obama stand on tech issues A look at the presidential candidate takes on five issues of interest to IT leaders: telecommunications, national security, privacy, IT jobs and innovation.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Talking Green IT -- without the awkward pauses In Part 2 of our series on green IT, we look at some of the objections IT professionals might hear to their green strategies -- and how to answer them
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Farm Credit Canada cultivates its printing strategy The country's largest financial institution for agricultural organizations discusses its efforts to optimize its purchase of devices, its use of toner and its environmental footprint
Monday, August 18, 2008
U of T does the math on Big Blue supercomputer IBM estimates the system it will provide the school's SciNet consortium will be able to store 60 times more data than the Library of Congress Web archive. Then there are the energy efficiencies