It’s happened to a lot of us. The terrifying splash when a cell phone and puddle meet. For some, it’s an excuse to upgrade, for others it’s an expensive and time-consuming annoyance. But for nearly everyone, it means another junked gadget. That’s why JMC Risk Solutions‘ ‘Dryer Boxes’ are intriguing devices. As the name suggests, […]
SkinnyBytes debuts low-power PoE PCs
Power over Ethernet (PoE) is handy, if you generally want to deploy gadgets like VoIP phones and surveillance cams. Now SkinnyBytes is looking to add full-fledged computing into the mix. SkinnyBytes’ PoE PCs, which range in size from 8.9 inches to 18.5 inches, are all-in-one affairs that sport an LED-backlit touchscreen, Atom processors and solid-state […]
Avere lands $17M in funding
When it comes to green data storage, data deduplication ranks right up there with SSDs in my book, but those aren’t the only ways to make storage systems more energy efficient and better performing. And VCs are taking notice. Avere Systems announced today that it has secured $17 million in Series B funding from Tenaya […]
Oil spill’s spread simulated on Intel’s green supercomputer
Oh, the irony! Intel’s supercomputer, called the Encanto and ranking number 32 on the Green500 list, was called into service to forecast the spread of oil from the Gulf of Mexico. Consisting of 3,500 quad-core Xeon processors, the 28-cabinet, water-cooled system helped the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) predict the spread of undersea oil […]
APC dives into power management software with InfraStruXure
West Kingston, RI-based American Power Conversion (APC) is well known as a maker of power distribution and UPS equipment, but now the company is leveraging that expertise into energy management software for data centers. The company has established its own software business operating under the InfraStruXure brand. The suite runs the gamut of energy monitoring, […]
Green data centers: $41B market by 2015
There are big bucks to be made in the green data center space in the coming years, according to a forecast from Pike Research. Over the next half decade, energy efficient IT and supporting systems — particularly power and cooling — will grow yearly, green data center revenues from $7.5 billion today to $41.4 billion […]
Eaton buys Wright Line
Eaton, an industrial power distribution and control firm, acquired Worcester, Mass.-based Wright Line, a maker of energy efficient server racks, enclosures and hot/cold aisle containment systems. The two companies are a perfect match, according to Jerry R. Whitaker, Eaton’s president for its Electrical Americas division. “Combining Wright Line’s strong enclosure and air management portfolio along […]
Silver Linings eyes data center container biz
Companies like IBM, HP and Sun (now Oracle) have been promoting data center containers — modular and quickly-deployable server, storage and networking infrastructure in shipping containers — as companies rush to build up their IT arsenals to conquer the cloud. Now, it looks like some startups are getting into the game. A company called Silver […]
Happy 40th Earth Day
Earth Day turns 40 today. But before you plant a tree, swap out an incandescent bulb or run out and buy the Avatar DVD (or Avatar Blu-ray), which was released to coincide with Earth Day, I suggest that you…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, April 20
Today’s highlights in green computing, data center energy efficiency and eco-friendly gadgets. Cree 3Q Profit Jumps On Strong LED Demand, Higher Margins – The Wall Street Journal LED makers are cashing in. Standard approach to computing spells doom for data…
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