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 […]
Power Assure software, Universal Electric gear connect on energy management
The energy management integration train is picking up steam. Today Power Assure announced that its EM/4 software has been certified for use with Universal Electric’s STARLINE Critical Power Monitor meters, which are found in the latter company’s power STARLINE Busway and Raceway power distribution systems distribution equipment for data centers. What does this mean? Essentially, the […]
Schneider upgrades APC InfraStruxure, gives green data centers some love
Schneider Electric, via its APC subsidiary, is making it easier for data center operators to get a handle on their energy consumption. The company’s InfraStruxure line of energy monitoring and management products just got some pretty significant upgrades. PUE! PUE! Foremost among them, at least for businesses trying to benchmark for IT efficiency, is InfraStruxure […]
An eco-button for PC efficiency
Update: IP shenanigans?! Catch the drama over at techETA. If you’re a savvy computer user, you’ve probably already tweaked your power settings. But some folks still need some help, and there’s no shortage of PC power management solutions that caters to them. One such product is efo’s ECO Button. Pictured above, the USB device doubles […]
Nexant banks $43M
Nexant announced today that it added $43 million to its coffers, and that Intel Capital isn’t the only VC that has taken an interest in the smart energy software firm. In addition to Intel, Oak Investment Partners has joined existing investors TeleSoft and Beacon in funding the new round. According to Nexant’s Executive Chairman, Arjun […]
Viridity completes $8M Series B round, lands big customers
Data center energy management firm Viridity Software this week raised $8 million in a second round of funding from Battery Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners, bringing its total haul to date to $15 million. More than just monitoring energy usage — a common enough capability these days — the Amesbury, Mass.-based startup develops software […]
APC dives into power management software with InfraStruXure
West Kingston, RI-based American Power Conversion (APC) is well known as a maker of power distribution and UPS equipment, but now the company is leveraging that expertise into energy management software for data centers. The company has established its own software business operating under the InfraStruXure brand. The suite runs the gamut of energy monitoring, […]
Eaton buys Wright Line
Eaton, an industrial power distribution and control firm, acquired Worcester, Mass.-based Wright Line, a maker of energy efficient server racks, enclosures and hot/cold aisle containment systems. The two companies are a perfect match, according to Jerry R. Whitaker, Eaton’s president for its Electrical Americas division. “Combining Wright Line’s strong enclosure and air management portfolio along […]
Energy Management: Wireless Sensors and the Green Data Center
Virtualization, dedupe and low-power servers are all hailed as the vanguards of the green data center. Indeed, they are key elements in driving energy efficiency in the data center but there’s one that can have a bigger impact: energy management.It…
Follow the Moon Computing Strategy
The notion that computing giants are pursuing ways of reducing the power it takes to cool their datacenters doesn’t come as a surprise. However, this Computerworld story on Google’s chiller-less facility in Belgium makes mention of an intriguing concept that…
