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Cloud Computing Highlighted as an Emissions-Reduction Strategy

GreenerComputing Staff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:24:00 -0700

Companies using outsourced data centers can save thousands of dollars per year in energy costs, as well as make significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent study.

Big Blue Goes Big Green: IBM Tops Greenest Supercomputers

Preston Gralla — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:11:00 -0700

IBM, long known for making many of the fastest supercomputers in the world, has another supercomputer accolade: It dominates the Green500 supercomputer list, with a whopping 18 of the world's greenest 20 supercomputers.

IBM Dominates List of Green Supercomputers

GreenerComputing Staff — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:06:00 -0700

With 18 of the top 20 energy-efficient high-performance computers in the 2009 Green500, IBM has nearly cleared the competition from the ranks of green supercomputing.

Why An Online MS Office Will Be Good for Green IT

Matthew Wheeland — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:28:00 -0700

Beyond being another attempt to edge in on Google's turf, the news that Microsoft is going to offer a stripped-down version of its Office suite online is a good thing for green IT.

Xcel Energy Launches Incentives for IT Managers to Go Green

GreenerComputing Staff — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:01:00 -0700

The electric utility will fund up to 75 percent of the cost of a company's data center efficiency study, and will refund up to $400 per kilowatt saved from implementing an efficiency program.

Will the Feds Manhandle Your Data Center?

Preston Gralla — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:34:00 -0700

The agreement just reached by the G8 to reduce greenhouse emissions may not be a particularly strong one, but it will inevitably lead to increased U.S. attempts to halt global warming. And that means that your data center may be in the cross-hairs.

The State of Green IT

Matthew Wheeland — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:15:00 -0700

John Lamb, an IT architect with IBM and the author of "The Greening of IT," explains the basics of optimizing IT systems, simple steps for getting started, and the many incentives that are making green IT a necessity for companies large and small.

Cisco: Here's why the Smart Grid Will Dwarf the Internet

Preston Gralla — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:34:00 -0700

Recently a Cisco official was quoted as saying that the Smart Grid will be 1,000 times as large as the Internet. That quote, says the Cisco official, was inaccurate -- but she has plenty of good reasons why the Smart Grid will dwarf the Internet.

Greening Your IT, for Newbies or Experts

Matthew Wheeland — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:02:00 -0700

In this excerpt from a longer interview with IBM data center architect John Lamb, the author walks through the steps companies should take when looking at energy efficiency projects, whether they're just starting out or have picked all the low-hanging fruit.

Technology for a Low-Carbon Future

ClimateBiz Staff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:15:00 -0700

This report from the Climate Group finds that scaling up energy efficiency and renewable energy while avoiding deforestation can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the short term, and are much-needed steps to achieve global climate goals.

Yahoo! Abandons Carbon Offsets in Favor of Efficiency

GreenerComputing Staff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:00 -0700

Yahoo! today said it will no longer purchase carbon offsets for its operations, focusing its climate strategy on reducing the energy used by its data centers.

Have Chinese Spies Hacked into the U.S. Power Grid?

Preston Gralla — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:33:00 -0700

More bad news on the security front for the Smart Grid: The Wall Street Journal reports that the electric utility industry is negotiating with a defense contractor to determine whether spies from China and elsewhere have already hacked into the U.S. power grid.

Tapping into the Value of Being Virtually Green

Rob Watson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:21:00 -0700

Certain principles can be broadly applied across industries. Take the principle of load diversity and full capacity utilization. This principle is used to great effect in the power sector, data centers -- and in some instances, buildings.

Federal Government Lagging Behind in Adopting Virtualization

GreenerComputing Staff — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:50:00 -0700

A new report from CDW Government finds that although awareness of virtualization's cost and environmental benefits is widespread in government agencies, only 20 percent are actually putting the technology to good use.

Cisco: Smart Grid May Be "1,000 times larger than the Internet"

Preston Gralla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:41:00 -0700

There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid -- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spokesperson last month said that the grid could end up being up to 1,000 times the size of the Internet.