Enterprises of every size are moving applications and infrastructure to the cloud. Maintaining operational awareness is difficult enough within a single cloud…
Read MoreToday, Clint Wheelock turns his attention to the telecommunications industry in the new Pike Research report, “Greener Mobile Networks: Analysis of Carbon…
Read MoreRather than risk overheating critical servers, many data centers “overcool” their facilities. Good news for computer-room air-conditioning (CRAC) unit vendors, but not…
Read MoreKudos to Sony for releasing a sleeker, more energy efficient PlayStation 3. Green gamers will be pleased to know that the new…
Read MoreWe’ve come a long way since the Tweet-a-Watt. Thanks to SmartSynch, the University of Mississipi will soon be providing students and faculty…
Read MoreGiven the monumental challenges in modernizing electrical grids, the last thing utilities need now is bad press. Nonetheless, controversy erupted in the UK last week when the Energy Retail Association (ERA) was accused of lobbying against a requirement to supply a cheap, £15 ($25) digital display along with smart meters. It's a shame that the ERA is taking this stance, frankly. Energy information displays are a drop in the bucket compared to the massive and expensive work required to modernize power grids. Utilities on both sides of the pond should learn from this PR fiasco and concentrate on the opportunities that these dashboards represent. Here's a look at just 5 of those opportunities.…
Read MoreNotice a trend lately? Big tech players putting corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the news. Yesterday, Intel, Dell, HP and Motorola signaled…
Read MoreVirtualization and low-power servers get all the glory, but expect efficient data storage to share the limelight soon. In his new report,…
Read MoreExperts are wondering if shrinking budgets are to blame for the rash of recent IT outages. Sounds plausible, but another culprit, green…
Read MoreKeeping your phone fully charged by placing it on a windowsill beats having to spend your own money to charge it. Yet…
Read MoreDigital distribution scores another win! If you have owned your Amazon Kindle for over a year you’ll be pleased to know that…
Read MoreUtilities are raking in stimulus funds and smart meter manufacturers are working feverishly to imbue the grid with the smarts to redistribute the electrical load down to the household level when consumption rates spike. Envision automatically time shifting that EV charging or dish washing cycle to cheaper overnight hours and you’ve got the idea. It may sound complicated, but efforts to minimize data centers' carbon footprints offer many lessons — and incentives — for just this sort of smart grid innovation.…
Read MoreThe first step toward cutting energy costs is measuring your thirst for electricity. As basic as it sounds, an IBM-backed study conducted…
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