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items tagged with Sustainability

Dell turns to bamboo for sustainable packaging
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2009-11-17 17:56:07
Dell has adopted packaging made from bamboo for its Mini 10 netbooks. Bamboo is said to be a sustainable alternative to traditional packaging materials.


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Datacom achieves highest rating in green IT readiness index
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-27 03:40:29
Australian IT professional services company, Datacom, has achieved the highest Green IT readiness rating yet achieved by any organisation in Australia in the RMIT University-Connection Research Green IT Readiness Index.


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Canberra computer recycling day looms
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2009-10-01 01:03:38
Canberra residents will soon have an opportunity to responsibly dispose of unwanted computer equipment. Dell and the Australian National University are organising another recycling day.


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Telstra's tools to make Australian IT greener
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-16 19:11:13
Telstra and the World Wildlife Fund Australia have produced a white paper and a set of tools to enable Australian enterprise and government organisations to estimate the environmental and financial benefits of ICT investment.


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Green IT agenda a top priority for governments
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-13 03:57:53

In the midst of the world financial crisis, green IT still remains a top priority on the IT agenda of governments and is growing in importance for the public sector, according to a report released by Ovum after the recent G20 summit in London.


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Give your gaming a green tinge
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy conservation technologies

2009-04-02 19:56:16
See all those little red lights on your electrical equipment?  Remember all those “black balloon” adverts?  Feeling too lazy to flick the switch at the point after a gaming session?  If so, there are a couple of new products about to hit the Australian market that might save your hip pocket as well as your ever-polluting soul.


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Not easy being a Green IT manager in Australia
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-03-17 00:53:16
Despite large volumes of rhetoric Australian IT managers are doing a woeful job of implementing Green IT policies, according to a new report. To make matters worse, the vast majority of senior IT executives are not even in the early stages of formulating, let alone implementing a Green IT policy.


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Cisco aims for lead role in connected cities of the future
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-03-09 13:50:17
Following hot on the heels of its 'Intelligent Urbanisation' initiative Cisco has signed an MoU with Metropolis, an association comprised of 106 of the world's largest cities, to develop its 'Vision 2030' for sustainable cities around the world.


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New technology enables solar cells to be printed like money
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2009-02-19 04:22:15
While US printing presses are working overtime trying to create enough dollars to meet demand, Australian researchers are developing a way to use the same process to harness the energy of the sun.


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Keeping cool using the summer heat
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy conservation technologies

2009-01-26 22:33:02
Scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are researching ways to use the sun’s energy to cool homes and offices.


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Apple shareholders propose, directors oppose
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-01-08 21:20:06
Apple shareholders are putting four motions to the company's annual meeting on February 25, but the board of directors is opposing each and every one of them.


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Recession proof your enterprise with Linux-based virtualisation
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2008-11-23 06:43:17
Businesses everywhere are looking to cut costs in the grip of reduced consumer spending, decreased advertising and a general slowdown of trade. Linux can aid you in cutting your infrastructure costs - no matter your platform of choice.


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Video game consoles waste $1 billion in energy, not!
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy conservation technologies

2008-11-20 17:48:52
A report has been released blaming gamers for a US1$billion waste in electricity via their beloved consoles.  But checking out the report further highlights a gross assumption.


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How green is your charger? The answer's in the stars
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Technology

2008-11-20 05:10:42
Five of the leading mobile handset vendors have joined forces to introduce a common rating system to indicate the efficiency of their mobile phone chargers.


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Fujitsu helps clients check green credentials
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-11-12 18:22:35
A new online diagnostic tool offered by Fujitsu helps its clients move towards environmental sustainability.


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Reduce your Linux PC's power consumption through smart activity monitors
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-11-10 18:41:56

A new tip in IBM's developerWorks shows you how to monitor application usage, system attributes, and user activity to more effectively use the power-management systems of your Linux laptop or desktop computer.


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Australia to host global energy decentralisation event
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy generation

2008-10-19 23:27:14
Australia is to host a distributed energy conference in November, organised by the CSIRO. The event, hosted in Sydney, will focus on ways to generate renewable and other sources energy closer to the places that use them.


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How to save 12 percent on your power bill instantly
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Sustainability

Category: Green IT

2008-10-14 18:56:41
In a typical household, over 12 percent of the power bill goes on the small amounts of power consumed by devices in standby mode.  Are you a gamer?  Well ratchet that figure up considerably further.  TrickleStar have a device to save that waste.  iTWire spoke to co-founder Bernard Emby recently.


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Comms Alliance clamours to be heard in climate change debate
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Policy & Regulation

2008-09-13 23:25:28
Communications Alliance, the peak body representing Australia's telecommunications industry, is not happy that the ICT industry has not been included in the climate change/carbon reduction debate by the Australian Government.


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New energy order arrives: photosynthesis produces Hydrogen from sea water
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Sustainability

Category: Alternative energies

2008-08-18 23:03:56
Scientists at Monash University in Australia, together with Princeton University and the CSIRO, have discovered a new way to produce Hydrogen from water using artificial photosynthesis. The process, which uses chemicals found in plants, works even under low light conditions and with ordinary sea water, according to the lead researcher.


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