Green IT and concern for the environment are getting lots of attention in the IT industry but seemingly productivity and not environmental concerns are the biggest driver for Australia’s small business owners switching to high-grade video conferencing for meetings.

Innovative Australian technology has been utilised in Boeing’s latest passenger jet, the long-range twin engine 787 Dreamliner, which Qantas and its low-fares subsidiary, Jetstar will start flying in 2012 and 2013.

IT services company, Kroll Ontrack and ethical waste recycler, TES-AMM are working together to support two Queensland schools with an innovative community recycling initiative.

Power products and services group, APC by Schneider Electric, has appointed a new chief for its services business with responsibility for the Pacific regional and Australian and New Zealand markets.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been included in the Newsweek Green Global 500 Ranking, coming in at Number 13. The Newsweek Green Ranking places companies based on their actual environmental footprint, management of that footprint and sustainability communications. The analysis provides a reliable, cross-industry framework for comparing the environmental commitment and performance of major companies.

Data centre owner/operator, Metronode, has been selected for the Federal Government’s panel for the provision of greenfield data centres to government agencies, with the company’s two greenfield sites in Melbourne and Canberra selected as part of the panel.

Australian company, Carbon Revolution, is already taking advantage of federal government financial incentives to encourage the development of clean technologies, with the commercialisation of the world’s first one piece carbon fibre automotive wheel.

Did Apple drop Mac OS X in favour of Windows? Did the Liberals go into coalition with the ALP? No, but Ruslan Kogan has spoken out in support of arch-enemy Gerry Harvey!

The Federal Government has been waxing lyrical about a new $923 million photovoltaic solar power plant soon to commence construction in Australia. The new solar farm at Moree near the NSW-QLD border will occupy 1200 hectares (12 square kilometres) with a capacity of 150MW, making it the largest in the world. In the scheme of power generation, is this plant of any significance?

A comprehensive report by WorldFish Center and Conservation International states that aquaculture is less damaging to the environment and more efficient than the production of livestock such as cows and pigs.