If you don want to pay a king’s ransom to outfit your PC with an energy-saving SSD — or you simply might not want to make the capacity trade-off — the next best thing to do is invest in an…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, April 21
Tom Friedman to data centers: ‘Get ready for carbon tax’ – TechTarget If there’s anything a data center manager can take from a Tom Friedman talk on disappearing sea ice and petro-dictatorships, it’s this: A carbon emission tax on…
Oracle-Sun Deal's Green Lining
Wondering what will become of Sun’s data center greening initiatives now that it’s getting gobbled up by database giant Oracle. The good news, according to Channel Insider, is that they’ll continue for the time being. Sun’s partners will get a…
VMware Pursues Private Clouds with vSphere 4
While there is still a lot of work to be done in getting businesses to change their one-app-per-box ways, VMware is already looking at the horizon and chasing clouds. VMware unveiled vSphere 4, which the company is billing as the…
EcoRAM at the Heart of Virident's GreenCloud Servers
I mentioned Spansion’s EcoRAM in today’s Green IT roundup and became intrigued. Luckily, VentureBeat was there to satisfy my curiosity. EcoRAM, developed by startup Virident and built by Spansion, uses flash memory chips to replace dynamic random access memory and…
Green IT News Roundup – Monday, April 20
Demo: How CloudRack Optimizes Energy Use – Data Center Knowledge The CloudRack C2 employs cabinet-level power distribution technology and fans in the rear of the enclosure, enabling server trays that contain no fans or power supplies. In this video from…
Green IT Glossary: Massive Array of Idle Disks (MAID)
MAID was born from the simple idea that not all storage is the same. “Mission critical” data best earns its keep on the fastest and most expensive storage arrays. They operate 24/7 and are given priority when it comes to…
Green IT Strategies for Beginners
Jenaly Technology Group’s CTO, MJ Shoer, explores some Green IT basics by focusing in on three ways businesses can improve their impact on the environment and cut the cost of their tech operations. Covered are server virtualization, electronic documents (aka…
Federal Agencies Meeting 95 Percent EPEAT Goal
As of last year, agencies within the federal government were required to make 95 percent of their IT purchases Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certified. How are they doing so far? According to Government Computer News, surprisingly well. “Thirteen…
IBM Targets Low-Power, 28nm Chips
Watch out Intel… IBM, which has enjoyed a cozy relationship with AMD, is looking well past 32nm and is setting its sights on 28 nanometers (nm). Expect chips to get smaller, faster and you guessed it… more energy efficient. Preliminary…
