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Intel buys McAfee: New era of secure (green) clouds?

August 19, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

In a whopper of deal, Intel today announced that it is acquiring McAfee for $7.68 billion. On the surface it looks like Intel is elbowing into the software space, but snagging one of the premier IT security firms is also indicative of a three-pronged plan of attack for cloud computing and data centers. Intel’s CEO, […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: acquisition, Cloud Computing, Data Center, data security, Intel, M&A, McAfee, mobile, security, Smart Grid

Green data centers: $13.8B U.S. market by 2015

August 19, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

In just five short years, the market for green data centers in the United States will more than triple to $13.81 billion dollars by 2015 from today’s $3.82 billion, according to a forecast from Environmental  Leader Insights. During that time, the U.S. Government will emerge as an important market driver. As it seeks to modernize […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Featured, Green IT, Stats & Figures

What if solar enjoyed Facebook-like adoption…

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Infographic: One Block off the Grid (1BOG) has just posted a neat infographic that envisions what it would be like if solar panel installs followed the same trajectory as Facebook’s rate of adoption. Did you know that if that were the case, the U.S. could be completely powered by solar in just three and a […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Stats & Figures Tagged With: 1BOG, Facebook, infographic, One Block Off the Grid, solar, statistics, stats

Bookmark this! iFixit

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

iFixit.com Who’s it for? Gadget lovers, DIY types, green geeks Why should I bookmark this? Because you want to extend the life of your gadgets, hate e-waste and like to save money. OK, Tell me more. Sure thing! While writing about the green virtues of Dell’s touchscreen tablet, I realized that it had  been a […]

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: e-waste, electronics lifecycle, electronics recycling, Gadgets, iFixit, recycling, repair, teardowns

Dell Streak scores green points for replaceable battery

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Inside the hideous packaging that cradles Dell’s Android-powered Streak tablet is a welcome sight: a user-replaceable battery! It wasn’t hard to guess that the panel on the back of the Streak was a battery cover, but iFixit’s teardown shows just how accessible the Streak’s battery truly is (kudos!). This is great news for road warriors […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets & Mobile

eBay’s Project Topaz: Anatomy of a $300 million green data center

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 3 Comments

Building, let alone operating, a Tier IV data center to support a business that transacts $2,000 per second — that’s over $172 million per day, $60 billion per year folks —  sounds like the makings of a huge energy guzzler. But that’s not the case for Dean Nelson, eBay’s senior director of Global Data Center […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, data center cooling, datacenter, eBay, green datacenter, Project Topaz, PUE, tier VI

Viewsonic goes all-LED in 2011, mostly

August 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

As a consumer, you’ll be hard pressed to find a cold cathode fluorescent lamp CCFL backlit Viewsonic LCD monitor by next year, according to the computer display maker. The company says that it’s equipping its entire display line with LED backlighting. ViewSonic Americas’ vice president and general manager, Jeff Volpe, notes a green-tinged shift in […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: display, LCD, LED backlight, monitor, Viewsonic

SPG Solar’s CEO: Solar cheaper than fossil fuels by 2015

August 17, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

Video: Last Friday, August 13, SPG Solar’s President and CEO, Thomas Rooney, was interviewed on CSPAN’s Washington Journal as part of a week-long series exploring energy issues.  In it, he states that the cost of solar is dropping so fast that even in the face of a “12 to 1 subsidy disadvantage,” the cost of […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, solar, SPG Solar

Windy in Louisiana: Blade Dynamics to open plant, American Superconductor and Dow take stake

August 17, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez

American Superconductor (AMSC) today announced that it had paid $8 million for a 25 percent stake in U.K.-based Blade Dynamics. Dow Chemical’s VC arm also made a minority equity investment in the wind turbine company, which is expanding into the Southern U.S. Blade Dynamics’ claim to fame is efficient rotor technology that reduces weight and […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: American Superconductor, Blade Dynamics, Dow Chemical, funding, green jobs, Louisiana, New Orleans, wind, wind power, wind turbines

Symantec and VMware: Virtualize those business critical apps

August 17, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today, Symantec and VMware say they are removing the last roadblock to completely virtualized server infrastructures with Symantec ApplicationHA and VirtualStore. The two companies worked together on a solution, based on Symantec’s Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Storage Foundation, for giving IT managers the confidence to place business critical apps on virtual machines. Of course, […]

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: server virtualization, Symantec, Veritas, Virtualization, VMware

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