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Today: The Green Grid’s Mark Monroe explains how the group is incorporating more factors into green data center design; VMware brings its virtualization and cloud management tech under one umbrella; and Brigdelux blazes a trail toward cheaper, silicon-based LED lighting. Video: Green Grid’s Executive Director on New Data Center Maturity Model – Environmental Leader Watch […]

Hello again! Back after a long weekend spent in the lovely Sunshine State. Today, Western Digital’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard drive unit still looms large, with not one, but two links devoted to the deal. Western Digital is feeling the pressure as energy efficient flash memory eats into its consumer hard drive business […]

Though its image has to shake off some coal dust, Facebook’s data center in Prineville Ore. is loaded with energy efficiency features. Also, HP and IBM are advancing powerful, low-power computing in the run-up to exascale computing; tape comes to the rescue after Gmail’s cloud fail; and Honeywell leverages open source for the smart grid […]

Apologies for the spotty updates. It’s what happens when you run a one-man show and life pries you away from your keyboard. Today’s first link is about Twitter, unsurprising given current events. (Twitter’s also somewhat to blame for the lack of updates here but I’m reluctant to jinx things by discussing it.) Helen Clarkson penned […]

After a little President’s Day weekend break (and career rumblings), ecoINSITE’s daily roundup of Green IT links is back. Today: The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel makes headway on communications standards; exploring prepay for electrical service; and a look at Finland’s underground data center complex that doubles as a heat source for the city. Also, a […]

Can Intel unseat ARM in the low-power smartphone chip market? Sings point to a rough road ahead. Also, PowerSecure rings up $10 million in smart grid and LED lighting gear orders; an interview with Dean Klein, vice president of memory system development at Micron Technology; and it looks like AT&T is getting serious about getting […]

The next Linksys? Cisco-branded Control4 products are coming. Also, CipherCloud tackles cloud security with a token-insertion appliance that sits between you and your cloud app provider; Intel signals that it won’t cede the mobile chip market to ARM; and what the shrink to 25nm means for NAND solid-state storage. Plus, Texas Instruments bridges Zigbee and […]

Welcome to the Valentine’s Day edition of Today’s Ten. Send a little love this way by “liking” ecoINSITE on Facebook on the right. No commitment, just great Green IT insights! Today, some (green) telecom trends you’ll be gaining traction this year; cloud storage find VC love; and Energizer is getting in the LED game courtesy […]

Happy Friday! Though I try to mix things up, I can’t help but feature three links from Processor today. The magazine has increasingly turned its attention to green computing and this month they’ve delivered a perfect little storm that touches on data center facilities best practices, IT infrastructures and tips for SMBs mulling their cloud […]