Power management is often described as a low-hanging fruit in establishing a green IT strategy. It seems dead simple: set your desktop and PCs to sleep or power-down after X-number of minutes and bask in lower energy bills. But…
Microsoft Welcomes Everyone Hohm
Disappointed that there was little else to greet you than a sign-up page when Microsoft announced its household power management site Hohm? You weren’t the only one. Luckily, it didn’t take them very long to open the floodgates. If you…
Microsoft's Hohm vs. Google's Powermeter
Wondering what the two tech titans (matrix comparing Google’s PowerMeter and Microsoft’s Hohm and what each has in store for eco-minded homeowners. As it stands now, Hohm seems to have an edge over PowerMeter. Hohm is looking more like a…
Welcome, Hohm – Microsoft's Home Power Play
Slightly ahead of the smart meter invasion and Google’s PowerMeter, Craig Mundie announced that Microsoft is getting into the home energy monitoring game with a free online service called Hohm. “Microsoft Hohm demonstrates how a combination of advanced software and…
Windows 7 Gets Serious About Power Management
Need another reason to love Windows 7? According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will give green IT pros a reason to smile thanks to new power management features built into the OS. Here’s one: New Diagnostics: new tools will help improve…
Shortcut to Windows 7 Power Settings Switching
Hate wading through your control panel to quickly adjust Windows 7’s power settings? How To Geek has a quick and easy guide on switching power profiles on the fly with desktop shortcuts or a hotkey. It takes the tiniest effort…
1E's NightWatchman Coming to Servers
1E is already providing centrally managed power management for PCs, but now the company is eying servers. I know what you’re thinking: better to let those servers just do their jobs. But 1E thinks there’s plenty of potential energy savings…
Google Charms Utilities for PowerMeter
For the majority of folks, the most interaction they have with their utility company is the bill at the end of the month. An arrangement that works as long as you know who’s in charge. But now, with the impending…
Green IT – Did You Know?
Enjoy this short and sweet Green IT-themed slideshow by Henrico Dolfing, a Sharepoint and all-around enterprise collaboration expert. In it, he discusses several of my favorite topics including virtualization, telecommuting and power management. Check it out! Green ITView more presentations…
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, April 28
Intel tops green power purchasing list – BusinessGreen.com Computer chip giant Intel has retained its title as the largest purchaser of renewable energy in the US, topping the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest list of green power purchasers after buying…
