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Is ARM the future of green servers?

November 7, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

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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

Linux Ships on a Third of Dell Netbooks

August 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

An interesting little factoid emerged today.  According to David Finch, nearly a third of the netbooks sold by Dell ship with Linux, Ubuntu to be precise.OSNews reports:Even though Dell is only the fifth-largest manufacturer of netbooks in the world, it…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: Dell, Linux, netbook, Ubuntu

Is Google Chrome OS a Too-Thin Client Operating System?

July 10, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

John Gruber at Daring Fireball wrote a juicy post titled “Putting What Little We Actually Know About Chrome OS Into Context.” It’s a refreshingly sober take on the recent Google Chrome OS announcement, which spawned hyperbolic editorials. (Nuclear bomb, anyone?)…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chrome OS, Cloud Computing, Follow Friday, Google, Linux, Twitter, web applications

Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, June 25

June 25, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Virtualization: The coming display protocol wars – Washington Technology The future of desktop virtualization may hinge on display protocols. VMware and Citrix take different paths: Which company is likely to win? SOA vendors see cloud computing writing on datacenter walls…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: application virtualization, Cloud Computing, desktop virtualization, Green IT, Linux, LTSP, News, roundup

Green IT News Roundup – Monday, June 15

June 15, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Apple, Dell And HP Scrambling For Top Green Spot – RedOrbit “It’s really a green arms race, in which they’re trying to one up each other,” John Spooner, an analyst with Technology Business Research, said to Reuters News. “The good…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, Fedora, Green IT, Hyper-V, Linux, News, roundup, Virtualization

Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, June 10

June 10, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

HP Designs New Server for ‘extreme’ Scale-out Computing – PC World The servers also omit features that HP says often aren’t required by large Internet companies, such as redundant power supplies and advanced management software. “In many cases these companies…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, datacenter, Dell, Fedora, Green IT, HP, Linux, News, roundup, Tendril

Green IT News Roundup – Friday, May 22

May 22, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Between the barbecues and all that running around, remember why we celebrate this holiday. Survey queries virtualisation benefits and cost savings – Techworld.com However, 55 percent admitted to the network analysis vendor that they experienced more…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Cloud Computing, Green IT, Linux, News, roundup, SSD, Ubuntu, Virtualization

SiCortex – Green, Open Source High Performance Computing

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Curious about the vendor mentioned in the story about the new computers used by Royal Military College of Canada aircraft engineers, I pointed by browser to Maynard, MA-based SiCortex. I’m glad I did… Befitting the affinity many scientists and researchers…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Green IT, high performance computing, HPC, Linux, open source, SiCortex

Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, May 14

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Oracle Snaps Up Virtual Iron, Plans Virtualization Push – ChannelWeb Oracle said Virtual Iron’s dynamic resource and capacity management technology complements the core features of Oracle VM by providing tools for capacity management, power management and easy virtualization integration with…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: computer, Green IT, Linux, notebook, Oracle, PC, server, solid-state drive, SSD, Virtual Iron, Virtualization

IBM: Mainframes are Green, Really

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

On the surface, it would seem counterintuitive to consider mainframes–the hulking computing flagships of IT–as a green technology. But that’s exactly IBM’s message and it does have its merits. While you may have to make some accommodations in you datacenter…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: datacenter, energy efficiency, IBM, Linux, mainframe, server consolidation, server virtualization, System z, Virtualization

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