ET Water Systems announced today a new irrigation controller that can cut water consumption, and hence water bills, by up to 50 percent. According to the company, the system takes several factors into consideration when developing automatic irrigation schedules, including…
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This week, IBM unveiled the Power7 processor which will show up in four server models set to start shipping within the next few weeks. Mind you, the release of a faster, more powerful and energy efficient chip isn’t earth-shattering news…
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Photo Credit: Flickr user SunGardAvailabilitySvcs – Creative Commons I’ve been covering Green IT for a while now, but this is the first year I that recall not being able to keep track of all the new green data center…
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It seems that every new data center that opens its doors these days is billed as green, doesn’t it? The $12.4 million, 12,000-square-foot building from IBM and Syracuse University is no different. However, this is one green data center with…
Read more 'Tri-generation' takes Syracuse University's Data Center Off-grid
Six Tips For Green (and Greenwash-Free) Data Center Storage – Reuters/GreenBiz Four billion dollars is spent every year on data center energy consumption and this number will only continue to climb. The type of data growth is also a…
Whitehall saves £7 million with greener IT – Computerworld UK Whitehall has extended the life of PCs, made double-sided printing the default option, made sure computers are turned off at night, increased the reuse of IT equipment and increased server…
I recently chatted with Analytico’s Tom Trainer about his new GigaOM Pro report, “The Future of Data Center Storage” (subscription required) and wrote about some of the insights I gleaned for Earth2Tech (thanks Katie!). I was encouraged to find out…
Read more Dedupe, Thin Provisioning Molding the Future of Enterprise Storage
No stranger to ranking high on the Top500 list of supercomputers, IBM is also racking up eco-points with a formidable presence on the Green500 list. In the latest ranking, IBM dominates the top 20, with the first spot going to…
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IBM’s survey of midsized businesses, “Inside the Midmarket: A 2009 Perspective” (PDF), reveals that a large majority of organizations in the 100 – 1000 employee bracket have Green IT squarely in their radar: This year’s survey also illustrates the…
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….
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