In business, you sometimes just outgrow your own brand. In an outwardly visible sign that Carbonetworks has expanded beyond measuring greenhouse emissions, the company today changed its name to ENXSuite and welcomed a new chief executive. In a phone interview…
Free Utility Speeds SSDs for XP
In light of the well-received Windows 7, it’s hard to ignore that XP is getting on in years. Nonetheless, it’s still pretty prevalent in netbooks. Part of the problem for netbook owners is that XP is an OS developed well…
Kraft Foods: 50 Millions Miles Saved
GPS and software has helped shipping companies like UPS cut down on fuel costs. Now Kraft Foods has revealed that since 2005, the company has saved 50 million miles by streamlining its logistics operations.ClimateBiz reports:Aside from using different shipping means,…
CA Targets vSphere 4 and Cisco Nexus 1000V Management
Wondering what CA has in store for virtual servers and private clouds running vSphere 4 and Cisco Nexus 1000V hardware? CA today announced that it is streamlining the management of VMware vSphere 4 platform on Cisco Nexus 1000V infrastructures by…
Can Cloud Computing Trigger Broader Open Source Adoption?
Cloud computing services may just be providing the nudge SMBs need to migrate to open source platforms and trim costs. At least that’s the thinking of Alex Vuchnich at AccountingWEB.com. He makes a good case. After all, web services hide…
Virtualization 101: Emulation and Virtualization, Apples and Oranges
For the uninitiated, it may be hard to tell the difference between emulation and virtualization. The overarching concept is similar to a degree, but as you can probably already tell, they are worlds apart when talking about their purpose 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…
HP's Power to Change Desktop Widget – Nags You to Shut Down, Nicely
Testing the ability of positive reinforcement to effect change, HP is trying to help PC users go green with a novel little software widget for Windows desktops. HP’s Power to Change widget encourages users to turn off their PC’s…
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 News Roundup – Tuesday, May 12
Cisco Beckons Carriers to the Cloud – Light Reading Cisco is announcing a blueprint called Unified Service Delivery (USD), which it claims will simplify the carrier data center and let carriers make better use of virtualization — the technology that…
