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Have you heard of Stuxnet? Unless you run industrial or power control systems, the emergence of this nasty little piece of malware probably didn’t even cause the slightest blip on your radar. But that’s no reason to ignore it. Stuxnet targets Siemens Simatic WinCC, a Windows-based suite of software that’s used by industrial plants and [...]

Read more Stuxnet: Prelude to smart grid security threats

by Pedro Hernandez on August 13, 2010 · 1 comment

Power management is often described as a low-hanging fruit in establishing a green IT strategy. It seems dead simple: set your desktop and PCs to sleep or power-down after X-number of minutes and bask in lower energy bills. But…

Read more Centralized Power Management Drives IT Energy Efficiency at Fairmont Hotels

by Pedro Hernandez on July 7, 2009 · 0 comments

Testing the ability of positive reinforcement to effect change, HP is trying to help PC users go green with a novel little software widget for Windows desktops. HP’s Power to Change widget encourages users to turn off their PC’s…

Read more HP's Power to Change Desktop Widget – Nags You to Shut Down, Nicely

by Pedro Hernandez on June 2, 2009 · 0 comments