Today: Rumblings that Microsoft is getting its VDI act together; Micron readies improved SSD error correction as die sizes shrink; and LEDs in the enterprise to grow to a $1 billion a year business by 2014. In 2011, will Microsoft muscle in on virtual desktops too? – TechTarget Already neck deep in battling virtualization vendors […]
Archives for December 2010
The Green Grid: Meet the new carbon and water data center metrics
The Green Grid took the wraps off two new metrics this week, carbon usage effectiveness (CUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE), that will help data center operators paint a clearer picture of just how sustainable their facilities truly are. And just in time, too. As Facebook has discovered, a green data center is judged by […]
Green IT News Roundup – Wed., Dec. 1
Today: Racktivity raises $8 million; IBM crafts chips for a green, exascale future; and eBay earns LEED Gold with its latest data center. Racktivity Raises $8 Million, Opens U.S. Office – Data Center Knowledge Data center energy management continues to attract VC attention and funds. IBM chips: Let there be light signals – CNET News […]
Green IT “gelled” for CIOs in 2010, spells trouble for raised floors
CIOs are finally getting a handle on this Green IT thing, according to Gartner Research vice president John Phelps. SearchCIO.com reports that eco-consciousness and good ol’ cost savings initiatives have begun to align in earnest this year, resulting in IT strategies that are decidedly green. These include, according to Phelps,the steadily decline of raised floor […]
Cloud-ify apps for 91% energy savings
Cloud-based apps can save businesses a bundle on energy costs versus on-site hosting according to new data from Nucleus Research. After comparing the energy consumption of Salesforce.com apps to their in-house equivalents, the research firm found that Salesforce.com beat out non-cloud app infrastructures with up to 91 percent in energy savings. And it saves money […]
