Go green: Turn off your computer with your iPhone/iPod Touch – CrunchGear Why didn’t any of us think of this? The creator of a VLC controller app for the iPhone has just released a clever little app that turns off…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, April 21
Tom Friedman to data centers: ‘Get ready for carbon tax’ – TechTarget If there’s anything a data center manager can take from a Tom Friedman talk on disappearing sea ice and petro-dictatorships, it’s this: A carbon emission tax on…
Oracle-Sun Deal's Green Lining
Wondering what will become of Sun’s data center greening initiatives now that it’s getting gobbled up by database giant Oracle. The good news, according to Channel Insider, is that they’ll continue for the time being. Sun’s partners will get a…
VMware Pursues Private Clouds with vSphere 4
While there is still a lot of work to be done in getting businesses to change their one-app-per-box ways, VMware is already looking at the horizon and chasing clouds. VMware unveiled vSphere 4, which the company is billing as the…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, April 20
Demo: How CloudRack Optimizes Energy Use – Data Center Knowledge The CloudRack C2 employs cabinet-level power distribution technology and fans in the rear of the enclosure, enabling server trays that contain no fans or power supplies. In this video from…
Green IT Glossary: Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID)
MAID was born from the simple idea that not all storage is the same. “Mission critical” data best earns its keep on the fastest and most expensive storage arrays. They operate 24/7 and are given priority when it comes to…
Online Resources: Uptime Institute
What does the Uptime Institute do? Their About Us page puts it rather succinctly: Institute research focuses on data center facilities, the IT and facilities interface, and how both functions affect the cost, reliability and energy consumption of computing. Institute…
Online Resources: The Green Grid
Greening a data center is a daunting task. Luckily several technology companies have banded together to form The Green Grid. Besides what appears to be a genuine desire to improve IT’s effect on the environment, the group is endeavoring…
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