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…
iPhone Starts PeaPod's Motor (and Other Stuff Too…)
iPod/iPhone and car integration is nothing new, but Chrysler’s electric car the PeaPod takes matters a bit further. AutoblogGreen scoped out Peapod Mobility at the New York Auto show and found some interesting ways the iPhone will interact with…
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…
Cleantech News Roundup – Friday, April 17, 2009
Sun Catalytix lands funds for “solar fuel” – VentureBeat While little is known about Sun Catalytix’s forthcoming products, its founder, MIT chemistry professor Daniel Nocera, has long been involved in research on hydrogen gas made with only sunlight and water….
About that Earth-killing Spam…
Yesterday, McAfee and ICF shocked us with data that exposed spam’s environmental impact. Jeremy Kaplan at Good Clean Tech isn’t buying it… Business users leave their PCs on all day regardless of whether they’ve finished sorting their inboxes, so…
HP Fattens Thin Client Portfolio
If the IT departments within most businesses were honest with themselves, they would realize that few of their employees require a full-blown, stand-alone tower or workstation to get their work done. So why incur the energy, management and maintenance costs?…
Online Resources: Uptime Institute
What does the Uptime Institute do? Their About Us page puts it rather succinctly: Institute research focuses on data center facilities, the IT and facilities interface, and how both functions affect the cost, reliability and energy consumption of computing. Institute…
Cleantech VC Bright Spot: Batteries
The cleantech VC downturn isn’t all doom and gloom. That is, if you’re developing and producing the advanced battery technologies and fuel cells. Energy storage, it seems, is leading a venture-capital rebound. That may come as a surprise, given that…
