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 […]
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 […]
Green IT News Roundup – Tues., Nov. 30
Today: Yahoo wants to replicate its success with a chicken coop inspired green data center design with a new facility in Quincy, Washington; virtualization is helping to lift server sales; and energy efficiency is emerging as a strong driving force in chip design. Yahoo Brings its Computing Coop to Quincy – Data Center Knowledge The […]
Green data center guru Olivier Sanche passes away
Sad news. Olivier Sanche, a pioneer in energy-efficient data centers, passed away on Thanksgiving. Most recently, he was in charge of getting Apple’s new data center in North Carolina up and running. Before that, he headed eBay’s data center group and helped the company’s IT operations chart a path toward a more sustainable path, culminating […]
Green IT News Roundup – Mon., Nov. 29
You guys clicked and I listened! Today: Toshiba and Fujitsu deliver on their data center IT infrastructure visions; signs that Kleiner Perkins’ cleantech love affair is coming to an end; and a profile on Cisco’s Smart Grid maven, Laura Ipsen. Fujitsu touts ‘green datacenter in a box’ – GreenTech Pastures Fujitsu to mid-sized businesses: You […]
Cities rolling out “Google Maps for solar”
Can I? Should I? Will it cost an arm and a leg? Installing solar is not for the faint of heart. Apart from determining if the sun shines strongly enough to make solar viable in your neck of the woods, there’s a maze of regulations and incentives that can make or break the case for […]
Will the 2011 MacBook Pro be the greenest of them all?
Rumors are swirling that next-gen Apple MacBook Pros will not only mimic the MacBook Air’s svelte proportions, but that it will be among the greenest notebooks around. According to some early buzz surrounding an April 2011 MacBook Pro refresh, the new notebooks will ship with Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs, solid-state drives (SSDs) standard with capacities […]
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