Oracle Snaps Up Virtual Iron, Plans Virtualization Push – ChannelWeb Oracle said Virtual Iron’s dynamic resource and capacity management technology complements the core features of Oracle VM by providing tools for capacity management, power management and easy virtualization integration with…
Korea Invests $3.38 billion in Green IT, Blazing Fast Internet
South Korea gets it. Super fast broadband, Green IT initiatives and cloud computing (plus a dash of open source) go hand in hand. This Korea Times report, has some details on what the country has in store for the $3.38…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, May 13
Using power management techniques to green your IT department – TechRepublic In 2007, IT consulting company EDS demonstrated it was socially responsible by complying with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR specifications for reducing computer energy use. In…
Green IT News Roundup – Sunday, May 10
Citrix Dazzle Offers Self-Serve Virtualized Apps – InformationWeek Dazzle is accompanied by Citrix Merchandising Server, which allows IT staff to prepare a wide variety of applications to be included in the Dazzle storefront, and Citrix Receiver, client software that allows…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, May 5
Google Data Center’s Massive Energy Appetite – Reuters …Case in point: over the weekend, the British newspaper the Guardian published the tantalizing statistic that Google’s data center in The Dalles, Oregon, could use as much energy as the entire city…
10 Green IT Folks to Follow on Twitter
#followfriday There’s a good chance you’re seeing a lot of that today on Twitter. In the spirit of Follow Friday, I’m getting in on the act with a list Twitterers that offer good insights on greening those server rooms,…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, April 30
A Dozen Things the Smart Grid Can Learn from the Internet – Earth2Tech Security & Encryption: The smart grid community needs to publish detailed specifications for different levels of security and encryption standards. For secure communication purposes, the Internet…
Verizon Expands Remote Backup and Restore Service: Model for Green Business Continuity?
One way to save money on an off-site backup infrastructure, plus the associated energy and management costs, is to pay a subscription fee to a firm that has already gone and built its share of geographically distributed datacenters. In Verizon’s…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, April 28
Intel tops green power purchasing list – BusinessGreen.com Computer chip giant Intel has retained its title as the largest purchaser of renewable energy in the US, topping the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest list of green power purchasers after buying…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, April 22
U.S. Navy enlists virtualization to supercharge sprawling intranet – InfoWorld The task of virtualizing NMCI’s network fell to Hewlett-Packard’s EDS subsidiary, which has managed the system for the Navy since 2001. EDS has thus far consolidated 2,000 of the Navy’s…
