In a whopper of deal, Intel today announced that it is acquiring McAfee for $7.68 billion. On the surface it looks like Intel is elbowing into the software space, but snagging one of the premier IT security firms is also indicative of a three-pronged plan of attack for cloud computing and data centers. Intel’s CEO, […]
Green data centers: $13.8B U.S. market by 2015
In just five short years, the market for green data centers in the United States will more than triple to $13.81 billion dollars by 2015 from today’s $3.82 billion, according to a forecast from Environmental Leader Insights. During that time, the U.S. Government will emerge as an important market driver. As it seeks to modernize […]
What if solar enjoyed Facebook-like adoption…
Infographic: One Block off the Grid (1BOG) has just posted a neat infographic that envisions what it would be like if solar panel installs followed the same trajectory as Facebook’s rate of adoption. Did you know that if that were the case, the U.S. could be completely powered by solar in just three and a […]
Bookmark this! iFixit
iFixit.com Who’s it for? Gadget lovers, DIY types, green geeks Why should I bookmark this? Because you want to extend the life of your gadgets, hate e-waste and like to save money. OK, Tell me more. Sure thing! While writing about the green virtues of Dell’s touchscreen tablet, I realized that it had been a […]
Dell Streak scores green points for replaceable battery
Inside the hideous packaging that cradles Dell’s Android-powered Streak tablet is a welcome sight: a user-replaceable battery! It wasn’t hard to guess that the panel on the back of the Streak was a battery cover, but iFixit’s teardown shows just how accessible the Streak’s battery truly is (kudos!). This is great news for road warriors […]
eBay’s Project Topaz: Anatomy of a $300 million green data center
Building, let alone operating, a Tier IV data center to support a business that transacts $2,000 per second — that’s over $172 million per day, $60 billion per year folks — sounds like the makings of a huge energy guzzler. But that’s not the case for Dean Nelson, eBay’s senior director of Global Data Center […]
Viewsonic goes all-LED in 2011, mostly
As a consumer, you’ll be hard pressed to find a cold cathode fluorescent lamp CCFL backlit Viewsonic LCD monitor by next year, according to the computer display maker. The company says that it’s equipping its entire display line with LED backlighting. ViewSonic Americas’ vice president and general manager, Jeff Volpe, notes a green-tinged shift in […]
SPG Solar’s CEO: Solar cheaper than fossil fuels by 2015
Video: Last Friday, August 13, SPG Solar’s President and CEO, Thomas Rooney, was interviewed on CSPAN’s Washington Journal as part of a week-long series exploring energy issues. In it, he states that the cost of solar is dropping so fast that even in the face of a “12 to 1 subsidy disadvantage,” the cost of […]
Windy in Louisiana: Blade Dynamics to open plant, American Superconductor and Dow take stake
American Superconductor (AMSC) today announced that it had paid $8 million for a 25 percent stake in U.K.-based Blade Dynamics. Dow Chemical’s VC arm also made a minority equity investment in the wind turbine company, which is expanding into the Southern U.S. Blade Dynamics’ claim to fame is efficient rotor technology that reduces weight and […]
Symantec and VMware: Virtualize those business critical apps
Today, Symantec and VMware say they are removing the last roadblock to completely virtualized server infrastructures with Symantec ApplicationHA and VirtualStore. The two companies worked together on a solution, based on Symantec’s Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Storage Foundation, for giving IT managers the confidence to place business critical apps on virtual machines. Of course, […]
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