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Is ARM the future of green servers?

November 7, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

ARM logo

ARM is getting a lot of attention lately. The chip designer, whose energy efficient processor technology powers the vast majority of the world’s smartphones and tablets, is benefiting greatly from the popularity of the iPad and other ARM-based devices. Even Microsoft, a long-time x86 devotee, has jumped on the ARM bandwagon for its Windows RT operating system […]

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: AMD, Apple, ARM, Dell, HP, Linux, open source, OpenStack, processor, server

Despite green advances, cloud data centers dogged by dirty diesel

September 23, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

data center servers

Cloud services providers are making enormous strides in data center efficiency. Take, for instance, Microsoft. “Today, Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to 1+ billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 76 markets worldwide,” posts Brian Janous, Utility Architect, Data Center Advanced Development, at the Microsoft Global Foundations Services Blog. And that takes a lot of […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: amazon, Cloud Computing, Data Center, data center cooling, diesel backup generators, Microsoft, PUE, water

Apple Rejoins EPEAT

July 13, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Kudos, Apple! Recently, Apple pulled out of the EPEAT, to the shock and dismay of people like federal IT buyers that are required to use the green computer registry to guide their purchasing decisions. The move also didn’t help Apple’s reputation when it comes to sustainability, which recently came under assault by Greenpeace. Today, Apple […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Apple, EPEAT

Green IT tips for small businesses

June 17, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Between keeping customers happy and balancing the books, the electric bill is usually the last thing on a small business owners’ mind. Until it arrives each month, that is. There’s little you can do about it if you use manufacturing equipment, for instance. But your PCs can help lessen your overall energy use with a […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Cloud Computing, EPEAT, Green IT, small business

Apple’s green data center details emerge

May 21, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple Greenpeace Dirty Clouds

Remember all that hubbub about Apple’s “dirty cloud” data center in Maiden, N.C.? Long story short, Greenpeace released a scathing report on the state of cloud data centers and their detrimental effects on the environment. Though some companies got a pass — Facebook, Yahoo and Google, mainly — others like Apple were raked over the coals […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: Apple, Data Center, data center cooling, energy management, green data center, Greenpeace, renewable energy

Patent war clouds Open Compute Project progress

May 5, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Open Compute Project - Data Center

While conducting some research on Facebook’s upcoming IPO, I ended up on the Open Compute Project (OCP) website (Facebook’s a member). It turns out that a lot has been happening in the past several months, and most of it is great news for the future of energy efficient data centers and cloud infrastructures. Unfortunately, it […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, data center cooling, Facebook, intellectual property, IP, OCP, Open Compute Project, patents, server, Yahoo

Intel envisions energy-aware servers with Xeon E5

March 8, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Intel Sandy Bridge Die

When it comes to server efficiency, there are companies like Calxeda and SeaMicro — which was just acquired by AMD — that pack hundreds of low-power CPUs into servers that can handle massive workloads under relatively meager power requirements. But what about the standard, run of the mill box? It looks like Intel’s newest Xeons, […]

Filed Under: Data Center, Green IT, Servers Tagged With: computer servers, energy management, Intel, Intel Xeon, server, servers

Green Government: iPads cut Vancouver, WA paper use by 40 percent

March 7, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The city of Indianola, Iowa isn’t the only municipal government that’s reducing paper waste by using iPads. The city of Vancouver, Washington is also saving lots of cash — and trees — by switching 54 city employees to Apple’s tablet. According to this post in The Verge, the city has cut printing for council meetings […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Green IT Tagged With: BlackBerry, government, iPad, paperless, Research in Motion, RIM

The Green Grid welcomes individuals

February 27, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez

The Green Grid logo

It used to be that if you wanted to be a member of The Green Grid, you had to belong to a member organization. That’s no longer the case. The Green Grid is accepting individual memberships. Here’s what the $400 annual fee gets you: Admittance to the members-only Web site with exclusive, early access to documents before […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: The Green Grid

ARM’s a good influence on Windows 8 power management

February 17, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Windows 8

With Windows 8, Microsoft is looking to make the operating system and the software that runs on it more efficient. This is important for this version of Windows because there will be a variant, called Windows on ARM (ARM), that runs on tablet-friendly ARM processors. In an MSDN blog post,  Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Microsoft, PC, Power Management, software, tablet, Windows 8

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