Since we have the technology to put on virtual events, it’s nice to see some folks using it to promote green agendas without requiring attendees to hop on a plane and enlarge their carbon footprints. Next week on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, BrightTALK’s Data Center community will be the online venue for the Sustainable IT […]
69 percent of American businesses had green programs in 2010
Buck Consultants, a subsidiary of Xerox, has released some data on the state of green programs among U.S. businesses. In its third annual “Greening of the American Workplace” survey for 2010, the firm reports that 69 percent of American businesses have instituted energy-saving and waste- and carbon-reducing programs, up from 53 percent in the prior […]
Facebook shares its secret to green data centers
Literally, in fact. Today, Facebook took a dramatically different course than its peers and let the world look behind the curtain. Whereas other big Internet firms consider the “nuts and bolts” details of their IT infrastructure a competitive advantage, Facebook open sourced its custom, energy efficient server and data center tech under the Open Compute […]
Today’s 10 – Wednesday, April 6
Today: AMD is making its case for GPUs in the data center; buzz surrounds Facebook’s infrastructure-related announcement on Thursday; and how Dow saves big by pushing sustainability across its operations. AMD will out the ‘Southern Islands’ GPU architecture early – SemiAccurate Hadoop and MapReduce?! Already a hit in HPC circles, the GPU sets its sights […]
Apple, Intel help keep gadgets free of conflict minerals
Now we’re getting somewhere. Apple and Intel should feel pretty jazzed about forcing the electronics industry to take conflict minerals seriously and lending their support to keep consumer electronics supply chains free of the “blood diamonds” of the technology world. Gadgets, gadgets everywhere The past few years has been a paradise for gadget lovers. An […]
MSI LEDs to light up the San Diego Air and Space Museum
Today’s LED-related news offers a neat, practically literal parallel to the story of the solid-state lighting technology’s ascendancy. Deerfield Beach, Florida-based MSI announced today that the San Diego Air and Space Museum is replacing the tungsten halogen lighting it currently uses with the LED lighting manufacturer’s LED bulbs. Coincidentally, MSI’s LEDs are already being put […]
Infographic: Your home’s energy intensive ways
I love a good infographic in the morning. 1BOG’s pixelsmiths are at it again with a new infographic that illustrates how the American home has grown (literally and figuratively) to a big consumer of electricity. Did you know that by 2001, 86 percent of American households had microwaves compared to just 14 percent in 1980? […]
Today’s 10: Twitter edition – Monday, March 28
Yay social media! Today’s links are all sourced from Twitter. Why? because I can! But mostly because Twitter has become a go-to, real-time resource for discovering great news and articles in the Green IT and cleantech space. So today, I also credit the Twitter accounts that help draw attention — and spark conversation around — […]
SAP: Nearly a half a billion dollars in energy savings in 2010
SAP knows how to put together a CSR report, and the German enterprise software maker has proven it again with some interesting statistics in it’s latest disclosure. The company reported that in 2010, it had saved $470 million in energy costs thanks to real, focused efforts to drive energy efficient practices throughout the organization (like […]
IBM snags smart buildings software maker Tririga
IBM today announced that it is acquiring Tririga, the Las Vegas, Nevada-based maker of facilities management software for an undisclosed amount. The move is the latest in Big Blue’s Smarter Buildings initiative, which pursues IT opportunities in a burgeoning market for solutions that improve cost- and energy-efficiency of real estate assets like corporate offices and […]
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