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ZigBee develops standard for wireless devices without batteries
(29 Jun 2009)
The ZigBee Alliance is working on a standard for products based on wireless technology that can operate without batteries by harvesting energy from their environment...
Here are some of the most common-yet-nerve-sizzling firewall snafus that have kept many an admin on a Friday-to-Sunday diet of fast food and Red Bull ...
According to industry analysts, most companies use a manual workflow process for tracking and removing their inactive VMs. But DynamicOps is hoping to change that, adding a new feature to its flagship management suite that promises to automate the process...
Saudi Arabia, Germany moving in on Top500 supercomputer list
(23 Jun 2009)
New high-performance computing systems from Germany and Saudi Arabia recently made it to the Top 500 list of supercomputers. However U.S. made machines still dominate the market ...
20 degree data centres becoming a thing of the past, APC says
(22 Jun 2009)
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...
UofT SciNet and IBM launch one of fastest supercomputers
(19 Jun 2009)
The University of Toronto in collaboration with IBM Corp. announced Thursday a supercomputer facility, boasting it to be one of the world’s fastest machines. Double-density design and dynamic stateless provisioning contribute to its efficiency, said IBM...
IBM will provide IT services and support, Rogers anticipates data centre upgrades, but customers are unlikely to notice any difference for at least 12 to 36 months...
Many heat output factors fly under the radar, analyst says
(17 Jun 2009)
Data centre administrators often focus all their energy on server footprint and overlook the smaller factors when reevaluating their data centre cooling devices. Plus, why a huge reduction in server footprint through virtualization does not always equal a comparable drop in cooling requirements...
Businesses and public entities today face increasing pressure to develop policies that are both good for the planet and good for business. A framework developed by IBM offers businesses and other organizations a
comprehensive approach to energy and environmental issues. The framework helps identify and prioritize environmental efforts by breaking down problems and opportunities into seven distinct business areas, which can then be segmented into manageable projects.
