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…
IBM Targets Low-Power, 28nm Chips
Watch out Intel… IBM, which has enjoyed a cozy relationship with AMD, is looking well past 32nm and is setting its sights on 28 nanometers (nm). Expect chips to get smaller, faster and you guessed it… more energy efficient. Preliminary…