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Cleantech VC Investments Plummet

April 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Image: Chandra Marsono/Flickr Sad news from the once hot cleantech VC realm. During the first three months of 2009, investments have dropped 48 percent. It doesn’t bode well for the burgeoning field, or does it? Here’s the silver lining according…

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: cleantech, cleantech VC, cleantech venture capital, financing, renewable energy

IT Recyclers in the Spotlight

April 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Having a hard time finding a someone to handle your company’s old equipment? Processor has put together a profile of four IT recyclers you may want to check out. And if data security is a priority–and it should be–then PA-based…

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling, Green IT Tagged With: Classic Computer Recovery, compliance, computer recycling, data security, DMD Systems Recovery, e-waste, IT recycler, Reclamere, Recycle Your Media, recycling, security, service

McAfee Assesses Spam's Environmental Damage

April 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Spam. We all hate it for obvious reasons, but here’s a new one that really draws an eco-geek’s ire. According to research conducted by McAfee and ICF, every year 33 terawatt hours (TWh) are wasted transmitting, smiting and otherwise dealing…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, CO2, CO2 emissions, e-mail, emissions, GHG, greenhouse gas, McAfee, McColo, security, software, spam, terawatt

Panasonic Expands Electronics Recycling Program

April 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Did you know that Panasonic has a recycling program that lets customers drop off defunct, Panny-branded gear at no charge? They do, and their program has just expanded to 310 locations by adding 30 more drop-off points in the Southeast,…

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling Tagged With: e-waste, electronics lifecycle, electronics recycling, Panasonic

Sun Releases Intel Xeon 5500 and Flash-packing Blades, Servers

April 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Sun Fire X4270 Sun today launched a slew of new Sun Fire systems based on the quad-core, virtualization-friendly Intel Xeon 5500 series of processors. Sun provides this helpful breakdown of where in the data center their new gear slots in:…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: blades, Intel Xeon 5500, server, solid-state drive, SSD, Sun, Sun Blade X6270, Sun Blade X6275, Sun Fire, Sun Fire X2270, Sun Fire X4170, Sun Fire X4270, Sun Fire X4275, Sun Ultra 27, Virtualization

Online Resources: The Green Grid

April 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Greening a data center is a daunting task. Luckily several technology companies have banded together to form The Green Grid. Besides what appears to be a genuine desire to improve IT’s effect on the environment, the group is endeavoring…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, datacenter, energy efficiency, Green IT, Online Resources, server, server room, The Green Grid, website

Energy Monitoring Gadgets in Pics

April 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Ecofriend has put together a nice little gallery of innovative energy monitoring systems. Some are concepts and design studies, but some like the homely yet awesome Kill-a-Watt are available and the Energy Hub pictured above is set to be…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: energy consumption, Energy Hub, energy monitoring, Gadgets, Kill-a-Watt, Power Management, Saver Clip

Arch Rock Provides Wireless Monitoring of Energy Consumption Data

April 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez

One of the biggest problems for eco-conscious facilities managers is identifying energy wasters. The Arch Rock Energy Optimizer wireless platform is meant to provide them with data to make it easier to hit the ground running on their conservation…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Arch Rock, Arch Rock Energy Optimizer, Power Management, Wi-Fi, wireless

Hot Hardware Reviews Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive

April 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

That’s right, 2TB. See, that’s why SSDs have a bit of a ways to go before they can challenge traditional disk drives. But that too appears to be changing. HotHardware put Western Digital’s mammoth Caviar Green through its paces to…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Caviar, green, hard drive, SATA, Storage, Western Digital

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April 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez

Updated February 25, 2010 Hi! I’m Pedro Hernandez (that’s me on the right) and this is my website. You probably arrived here because you follow my musings at the GigaOM network, perhaps my curator duties at GigaOM Pro (subscribe…

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