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Government Demands Green IT Metrics As Standard

The UK Department for Work and Pensions says it won't pay extra for information about the carbon impact and efficiency of IT products and services

UK Will Get Tough on “Sweating” IT Assets

Green IT is not just about energy efficiency, the length of time that equipment is used is also key to improving sustainability, according to the government

UK Claims World’s First “Mandated” Green IT Targets

An update to the Greening Government ICT strategy this July will include 10 "mandated targets".. but will that mandate be backed with penalties?

Extreme Brings Hibernation To Network Blades

If your blades can go to sleep, then your hot standby network can be a bit cooler, says Extreme Networks

3Com Launches New H3C Brand and Enterprise Switch

Updated: There's life in 3Com yet. It's pressing its home-market advantage... from its Chinese customer base

Sustainable Supply And the Trouble With Tantalum

There's more to sustainable IT than low-power servers. consider the materials with which your equipment is made, and you may get a shock, says Simon Perry

Compellent adds SSD, reveals technology roadmap

SAN-in-a-box specialist Compellent has revealed its technology roadmap for the next two years. It includes SSD, which the company said will deliver big cost, energy and efficiency savings.

BCS Launches “Formal” Green IT Qualification

Issues such as the impact of environmental legislation and reducing carbon emissions will be covered in the three day course and exam

Siemens Offers Whole-Company Green IT Consultancy

Siemens IT for Sustainability could be what the IT department needs to green the other 90 percent of the company

Met Office Wants Green DC Supercomputers

The government's weather prediction department would waste less energy if it avoided converting from DC to AC current - but it still needs more power

BA: Too Much Vendor “Bollocks” In Green IT

The chief information officer of BA defended the airline's green efforts - while sniping at "greenwash" from IT vendors

Green IT Is Mainstream: Now Comes The Hard Part

The move to greener IT is unstoppable - even in a recession. But IT departments have a tough job getting their message with the other 90 percent of the company, says Forrester's Chris Mines.

SSDs Could Save Equivalent Of Gambia’s Entire Power Usage

SSD market researcher iSuppli says the increased deployment of SSDs could enable the world's data centres to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by a whopping 166,643 megawatt hours from 2008 to 2013

Green PC Specialist Sets Sights on Server

PC power management specialist 1E is launching a product aimed at the server

Deutsche Bank: Blades Key To Green Data Centres

The banking group believes that providing they are deployed in the right way, blade servers are most efficient way to turn energy into computing power

London Olympics Says No To Open Source

Despite a mission to make the games as financially and environmentally sustainable as possible, the organisers of London 2012 have ruled out any significant use of open source software

IBM Makes Its SMB Blades More Dynamic

Upgrades to the BladeCenter Express product should let smaller businesses save power and mix operating systems, IBM says

Desktop Power Cuts Beat Server Savings

Desktop management are a quicker green hit than server consolidation, says Andy Lawrence. Oh yes, and IT managers should rule the world too (or at least manage their buildings)

Nvidia Makes Green Claims For Supercomputing Cluster

Using the Nvidia cluster means both access to computing capacity and reduced power consumption, the company says

Green IT Services – Worth £3.2 Billion in 2013?

Massive growth, says Forrester - despite other reports which say users are lukewarm about Green IT

Rackable Cleared To Buy SGI

But court insists on a higher price for a Silicon Valley pioneer

Did The Recession Kill Green IT?

The bandwagon was just getting rolling when the economic recession kicked in. Is that the end for Green IT? Not at all, says The 451 Group's Andy Lawrence.

Smart Grid Meters Use IM

Intelligent meters are using the XMPP "presence" standard to keep a better grip on power usage

Intel Recognised For Green Power Usage

The chip maker leads the way when it comes to renewable energy

Digital Investment Could Create 700,000 UK Jobs

The LSE is calling on the government to invest in digital infrastructure to help escape the recession

How To Run An Efficient Data Centre

The technology to make data centres more efficient is well-proven - but it's only implemented on a minority of data centre servers. Our new practical How To Guide will help you cut costs