Innovation

Facebook Defends ‘Green’ Data Centre

Greenpeace may not "Like" it, but the Oregon data centre is more efficient where it is, says Facebook

14 years ago

Ovum Slams Government’s ‘Hasty’ Smart Meter Rollout

Ofgem's prospectus on smart metering is not all it's cracked up to be, according to analyst firm Ovum

14 years ago

Sustainable Practices Can Lead To Business Savings

Sustainability will be 'critical' to businesses, bringing cash savings as well as carbon cuts, according to Capgemini

14 years ago

Greenpeace Asks Facebook To ‘Unfriend’ Coal

Greenpeace's director, and 500,000 Facebook users, ask the company to use clean energy

14 years ago

VMware Unveils Do-It-Yourself Cloud Building

Running on VMware's bread-and-butter vSphere platform, the new management controls include management, security, data centre services and consulting

14 years ago

Microsoft Partners With University On Sustainability Tool

The company is planning an online tool to help companies quantify energy savings from its new Windows 7 operating system

14 years ago

Cisco Donates To Areas Hit By Asian Floods

The networking specialist is providing remote healthcare services to Indian villages hit by flooding

14 years ago

PC World and Currys Offer Old Computer Trade-In

PC World and Currys are offering cash for old working laptops, desktops, and Macs as part of a six day…

14 years ago

‘Zero Clients’ Could Cut Bills And Emissions

One PC can serve applications to many users, in a radical thin client system which could help small businesses and…

14 years ago

Green Data Centres: A Quest For PUE-rity

The PUE efficiency measure is barely three years old but may be obsolete, says Andrew Donoghue - but it's the…

14 years ago

Desktop Virtualisation – Worth The Cost?

Centralising desktops and getting rid of PCs is a green move which could save money, but users should watch the…

14 years ago

Apple Spurns O2’s Green Phone Ranking

The UK's first eco mobile phone rating scheme launched today, examining the overall environmental impact of devices during their lifespan

14 years ago

IBM Introduces Sleep Mode For Power Chips

IBM will add a deep sleep mode to its Power line of chips in which the processors draw virtually no…

14 years ago

UN Tech Experts Help Pakistan Flood Victims

Around 945 victims have been given access to mobile and satellite calls to connect with friends and families abroad

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Doubt The Cloud

Years of hype haven't convinced eWEEK Europe readers. Half our poll don't trust the cloud. Next: how are you going…

14 years ago

US Environment Agency Targets E-Waste

The Environmental Protection Agency has added the safe disposal of electronic waste to its list of top priorities

14 years ago

Silly Season: Electricity From Waste Server Heat?

It's not perpetual motion, but the idea of generating electricity from server heat is a very wasteful way to save…

14 years ago

Greenwave: Smart Meters Need Smart Sockets

With increasing pressure to reduce carbon outputs, Tom Jowitt talks to a company that is using technology to help the…

14 years ago

Chip Start-Up Focuses On Probability Processing

Many now ubiquitous applications are not looking for the yes/no answers, but rather the best guess answer from among a…

14 years ago

Environment Agency Plants Itself In Green Data Centre

The UK Environment agency is using Capgemini's Swindon data centre, claimed to be the world's greenest with a PUE of…

14 years ago

Solihull Council Goes For Thin Clients

Thin clients instead of PCs saves on management costs and cuts Solihull council's carbon footprint

14 years ago

IBM Announces New Power7 Systems

The new systems are part of a year-long rollout of workload-optimised systems for the demands of emerging business models such…

14 years ago

New Boundary Touts PC Energy-Saving Solution

New Boundary Technologies has a new energy saving solution for businesses concerned with running their office computers more efficiency

14 years ago

SAP Backs Government Calls For CRC Registration

The business IT specialist is hoping to benefit from what the government admits is “complex” legislation

14 years ago

Computer Aid Pushes For Computer Re-Use Targets

Too much focus on recycling means that hardware which still has a useful life is being needlessly scrapped, the IT…

14 years ago

Time IT’s Thin Red Line Turned Green

IT security is often ring-fenced in IT budgets. But maybe it’s time to tear down that fence and save cash…

14 years ago

Virgin Media Business Launches 10Gbps Service

Virgin Business Media is looking to assist businesses dealing with large data loads with the launch of a faster high-capacity…

14 years ago

Hawking Team Uses Supercomputer To Explore Space

COSMOS is using one of the world's fastest supercomputers to analyse its data and research into the origins of the…

14 years ago

Windows Will Be Big In The Cloud, Says Rackspace

Linux rules the cloud, but users want greener servers for Windows too, says hosting provider

14 years ago

Newcastle Data Centre Achieves BREEAM Excellence

A new data centre being built in Cobalt Park in Newcastle has achieved a BREEAM Excellent rating, even before completion

14 years ago