items tagged with Green IT
The software upgrade that could cut CO2 by a million tonnes a year
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-12-16 01:44:21
Vodafone Germany has become the first Ericsson cellular infrastructure customer to implement a software upgrade in its base stations that shuts down parts of the base station to reduce power consumption when network traffic is low.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-12-16 01:44:21
Vodafone Germany has become the first Ericsson cellular infrastructure customer to implement a software upgrade in its base stations that shuts down parts of the base station to reduce power consumption when network traffic is low.
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Paper-and-planet-saving-printing made easy
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy conservation technologies
2007-12-12 03:08:56
How often do you print out draft documents at high quality, wasting toner, or one-up instead of two-up, wasting paper, because you forget, could not be bothered or didn't know how to set up the printer? Well, now there's an easy way to do all these things.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy conservation technologies
2007-12-12 03:08:56
How often do you print out draft documents at high quality, wasting toner, or one-up instead of two-up, wasting paper, because you forget, could not be bothered or didn't know how to set up the printer? Well, now there's an easy way to do all these things.
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Hitachi puts a green spin on long-term data storage
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-12-09 23:59:28
Hitachi Data Systems and Data Íslandia have formed a global partnership to offer disc-based archival data management services located in Iceland, claimed to be powered totally by carbon-neutral electricity. They are offering organisations an environmentally friendly way of handling what is colourfully describes as 'digital toxic waste'.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2007-12-09 23:59:28
Hitachi Data Systems and Data Íslandia have formed a global partnership to offer disc-based archival data management services located in Iceland, claimed to be powered totally by carbon-neutral electricity. They are offering organisations an environmentally friendly way of handling what is colourfully describes as 'digital toxic waste'.
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Backlight news drives Apple rumours
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-12-04 21:12:05
Expectations of a January debut for a new, extra-slim Apple notebook received a boost with a report of increased deliveries of LED backlight units.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-12-04 21:12:05
Expectations of a January debut for a new, extra-slim Apple notebook received a boost with a report of increased deliveries of LED backlight units.
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Macquarie Hosting picks Sun servers on green credentials
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-12-04 00:27:17
Macquarie Telecom's hosting division has changed its preferred server supplier to Sun Microsystems after a like-for-like comparison with major competitors, including Dell and HP showed, it could reduce power consumption by up to 60 percent.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-12-04 00:27:17
Macquarie Telecom's hosting division has changed its preferred server supplier to Sun Microsystems after a like-for-like comparison with major competitors, including Dell and HP showed, it could reduce power consumption by up to 60 percent.
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NComputing finds down-under disty, targets Aussie schools
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Distribution
2007-12-03 22:04:01
NComputing has appointed Ingram Micro as its distributor in Australia, and expects the company's network of integrators and resellers help it reach target markets including education.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Distribution
2007-12-03 22:04:01
NComputing has appointed Ingram Micro as its distributor in Australia, and expects the company's network of integrators and resellers help it reach target markets including education.
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Greenpeace slammed by flame retardant manufacturers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy conservation technologies
2007-12-03 17:46:31
An international body representing manufacturers of brominated flame retardants has hit out at Greenpeace for its campaign to stop their usage, claiming they save many lives. However serious concerns remain and some major manufacturers are moving to eliminate them.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Sustainability
Category: Energy conservation technologies
2007-12-03 17:46:31
An international body representing manufacturers of brominated flame retardants has hit out at Greenpeace for its campaign to stop their usage, claiming they save many lives. However serious concerns remain and some major manufacturers are moving to eliminate them.
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Here comes the 'bright green' consumer: vendors take note
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2007-12-03 17:39:38
According to Forrester Research, 12 percent of US adults, about 25 million people, are willing to pay extra for consumer electronics that use less energy or come from a company that is environmentally, but another 96 million don't care about the environment or global warming.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2007-12-03 17:39:38
According to Forrester Research, 12 percent of US adults, about 25 million people, are willing to pay extra for consumer electronics that use less energy or come from a company that is environmentally, but another 96 million don't care about the environment or global warming.
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Greenpeace sinks the slipper into Nintendo
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-11-27 20:50:25
Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics gives Nintendo an unprecedented score of 0 out of 10. So what?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-11-27 20:50:25
Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics gives Nintendo an unprecedented score of 0 out of 10. So what?
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Naughty Nintendo: ranked top for toxicity by Greenpeace
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-11-27 17:25:36
Nintendo has been added to Greenpeace's quarterly ranking of leading IT manufacturers according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling and has debuted as the first global brand to score zero across all criteria.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-11-27 17:25:36
Nintendo has been added to Greenpeace's quarterly ranking of leading IT manufacturers according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling and has debuted as the first global brand to score zero across all criteria.
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Is Microsoft a danger to the environment?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-26 08:42:48
As many commentators have alluded to in numerous articles for the past two decades Microsoft and Intel have a very special relationship often referred to as the Wintel alliance. The question is in a world concerned with climate change and global warming can the world afford to allow the Wintel alliance to continue?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-26 08:42:48
As many commentators have alluded to in numerous articles for the past two decades Microsoft and Intel have a very special relationship often referred to as the Wintel alliance. The question is in a world concerned with climate change and global warming can the world afford to allow the Wintel alliance to continue?
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Ericsson deploys latest solar powered cellular base station
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-11-25 06:12:53
Ericsson has completed the first deployment, in Indonesia, of a new solar-powered cellular base station.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-11-25 06:12:53
Ericsson has completed the first deployment, in Indonesia, of a new solar-powered cellular base station.
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Orange makes for a greener city
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-11-25 06:09:58
Orange (aka France Telecom) has built a trial network for the city council of Cagnes-sur-Mer that uses communications technology to enable the council to monitor and control a variety of environmental parameters in the city and its environs.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-11-25 06:09:58
Orange (aka France Telecom) has built a trial network for the city council of Cagnes-sur-Mer that uses communications technology to enable the council to monitor and control a variety of environmental parameters in the city and its environs.
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CIOs caught in a green sandwich
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-11-22 19:13:46
Information and communication technology will be crucial to how organisations become 'greener' and CIOs are being pressured for solutions: from CEOs on one side and customers /supply chain on the other, but the major IT vendors have not caught on to the opportunity, says Gartner analyst, Simon Mingay.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-11-22 19:13:46
Information and communication technology will be crucial to how organisations become 'greener' and CIOs are being pressured for solutions: from CEOs on one side and customers /supply chain on the other, but the major IT vendors have not caught on to the opportunity, says Gartner analyst, Simon Mingay.
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Blue Gene is greenest supercomputer
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2007-11-21 23:45:24
The Green500 list reranks the well-known Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers according to the number of floating-point operations delivered per watt, and IBM Blue Gene systems take nine of the top ten spots.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2007-11-21 23:45:24
The Green500 list reranks the well-known Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers according to the number of floating-point operations delivered per watt, and IBM Blue Gene systems take nine of the top ten spots.
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Nokia Siemens Networks touts its green credentials
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-11-19 23:46:05
Nokia Siemens Networks has jumped on the 'Green IT' bandwagon in a big way announcing new energy-efficient products and setting an ambitious goal of connecting the world in a way that creates a net positive impact to the environment by maximising the use of telecommunications.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-11-19 23:46:05
Nokia Siemens Networks has jumped on the 'Green IT' bandwagon in a big way announcing new energy-efficient products and setting an ambitious goal of connecting the world in a way that creates a net positive impact to the environment by maximising the use of telecommunications.
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Telstra sees opportunities from global warming
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-11-19 23:10:50
Telstra has plunged into the climate debate big time, releasing a commissioned report into the potential of telecommunications to reduce travel and hence greenhouse gasses, to control power-consuming devices and other applications.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-11-19 23:10:50
Telstra has plunged into the climate debate big time, releasing a commissioned report into the potential of telecommunications to reduce travel and hence greenhouse gasses, to control power-consuming devices and other applications.
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BT to make massive wind farm investment
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-11-19 23:07:56
BT has unveiled plans to invest £250 million in wind farms that will generate up to 25 percent of its existing UK electricity requirements by 2016.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-11-19 23:07:56
BT has unveiled plans to invest £250 million in wind farms that will generate up to 25 percent of its existing UK electricity requirements by 2016.
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D-Link adds 'Green Ethernet' technology to SOHO switches
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-11-19 23:06:00
D-Link claims to have become the first networking company to introduce 'Green Ethernet' technology to SOHO switches.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-11-19 23:06:00
D-Link claims to have become the first networking company to introduce 'Green Ethernet' technology to SOHO switches.
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Organisations paying only lip service to sustainability.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-11-19 23:03:57
One third of respondents to an international survey have admitted that their company makes sustainability efforts only in markets where it is perceived to have an impact on customers’ perceptions of the firm, and a similar proportion admitted that their company’s sustainability efforts mostly centred on communication, rather than actual change.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2007-11-19 23:03:57
One third of respondents to an international survey have admitted that their company makes sustainability efforts only in markets where it is perceived to have an impact on customers’ perceptions of the firm, and a similar proportion admitted that their company’s sustainability efforts mostly centred on communication, rather than actual change.
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