Cloud computing services may just be providing the nudge SMBs need to migrate to open source platforms and trim costs. At least that’s the thinking of Alex Vuchnich at AccountingWEB.com. He makes a good case. After all, web services hide…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, June 29
Computer Green-Off – Earth911.com According to a recent study, 70 percent of businesses are greening their efforts, and the leaders in the IT industry are no different as the industry’s top computer brands – HP, Apple and Dell – all…
Green IT News Roundup – Friday, June 26
Companies Report That Virtualization Investments Are Indeed Paying Dividends – eWeek The most recent example: San Francisco-based IT services provider BEAR Data Systems, a Cisco Systems gold-certified partner, revealed June 24 that its hardware and virtualization tools are enabling clients…
IBM Researcher's Work on Encryption to Boost Cloud Security
One of the trickiest issues that’s dogging cloud computing is security. For businesses, this is a huge deal because they are being asked to entrust another entity with the confidentiality of their data, like customer records replete with private information….
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, June 25
Virtualization: The coming display protocol wars – Washington Technology The future of desktop virtualization may hinge on display protocols. VMware and Citrix take different paths: Which company is likely to win? SOA vendors see cloud computing writing on datacenter walls…
Welcome, Hohm – Microsoft's Home Power Play
Slightly ahead of the smart meter invasion and Google’s PowerMeter, Craig Mundie announced that Microsoft is getting into the home energy monitoring game with a free online service called Hohm. “Microsoft Hohm demonstrates how a combination of advanced software and…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, June 24
Platform leaps from grids to clouds – Channel Register There are some big differences in the software stack and hardware used by HPC grids and compute clouds, but both types of clusters have one thing in common: They need some…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday June 23
Busting the nine myths of cloud computing – Computerworld Myth No. 2: All you need is your credit card If you’re a lone developer with time to burn, configuring a virtual bare-metal server from the command prompt may be no…
Gearing Up for Green IT 2.0
According to Forrester Research, businesses are already propelling Green IT to its “2.0” iteration. The good news is that the technologies fueling the 1.0 stage are becoming firmly established in many organizations, acting as building blocks for 2.0 endeavors that…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, June 22
Dell Calls ‘Green’ MacBook Ads Misleading – The New York Times Several competitors — including Dell, the company argued — had also received “gold” ratings from E.P.E.A.T., and the rating system itself, it said, had some environmental blind spots that…
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