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Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules: I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-08
TerraPass gets more granular with its carbon-crunching calculator: Popular carbon offset Web site TerraPass has updated the online calculator you can use to keep track of your carbon footprint. The update now includes options for tracking the differences between many different hybrid fuels from biodiesel to flex fuel ethanol to compressed natural gas. So, if you select some...; Tags: TerraPass, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-08
SynapSense gets a grip on your data center's environmental profile: I was invited by a local hosting provider to give a presentation last Friday about green data centers. As I was gathering the data to illustrate some of the trends I wanted to highlight, I was astonished to discover that very few companies apparently measure their server power consumption very...; Tags: Data Center, Server, Wireless, SynapSense, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Sun creates its own solar system of eco partners: Going back to my roots in writing about and for IT resellers, VARs and systems integrators with today's entry. That's because Sun Microsystems became one of the first high-tech companies a few weeks back to include its business partners in its ability have a green tech dialogue with its customers....; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Retail, Virtualization, Channel Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Power cord clutter: A picture is worth a thousand words: For your rainy Sunday viewing pleasure, here's a link to a compendium of photos that were submitted as part of Green Plug's first "What's Under Your Desk" contest. The Earth Day campaign was part of a visibility effort meant to reinforce interest in the company's universal power cord technology. You...; Tags: Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-04

TechTurn specializes in hand-me-downs with a tech twist: One of my neighbors actually set a television out curbside as garbage a few weeks back, which reminded me that in spite all of the media coverage about green tech over the past year (guilty as charged), there's still a big problem with how to handle electronic gadgets at the...; Tags: Life, TechTurn, Capital Structures, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-02
A matter of solar scale(s): I go on and on sometimes about the importance of measurement and monitoring AND YET the one thing I don't have in my own house is a scale. I'm sort of perpetually the same weight, it just sort of moves around to different places depending on whether I'm exercising. ...; Tags: Scale, E-mail, Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Construction, Online Communications, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Day in the sun: HP San Diego solar project on track for August: Hewlett-Packard has snagged some kudos from the Uptime Institute for a solar power project in San Diego that is expected to go online in August. It actually got an award from Uptime for "Green IT Beyond the Data Center," as well as overall IT Strategy. Here's more deets. ...; Tags: Panel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Recruitment & Selection, Groupware, Data Centers, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Maybe 'lean' and not 'green' should be the rallying cry: We're being treated to all sorts of green data center management stats this month, which is handy, as I'm preparing a presentation for later this week. So, I'll take them one batch at a time. First up: Talked to some folks earlier this month about a joint survey released by...; Tags: Data Center, Energy Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Suitably impressed: HP snags a SmartWay nod: Hewlett-Packard has a proclamation to make: It is the first company to have been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use the so-called SmartWay logo. What this means, simply, is that HP has adopted and enforced certain policies within its surface transportation network that...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Transportation, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Turns out it's harder to be green when you have a lot of green: Turns out there's some truth to that phrase "filthy rich," at least when it comes to your environmental footprint. Web site TGDaily reports today about a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that proves (surprise, surprise) that your typical billionaire like tech titan Bill Gates...; Tags: Footprint, Ton, Carbon Footprint, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Leading with LED: Some random smatterings of information to report today, related to the adoption of LED technology. First off, the folks that gave away all those LED holiday lights at the end of last year are saying thanks with a $1,000 donation to a non-profit organization with a mission...; Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-26
Some thoughts from Intel's green queen: Lorie Wigle: Here's a stat about Intel that you might not have heard: The company is currently the largest purchaser of alternative energy: an estimated 1.3 BILLION (yes, billion with a B) kilowatt-hours in annual green power usage, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest Top 25 list. That's roughly 46 percent...; Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, KWh, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Podcasts, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Softchoice screens for green: IT reseller Softchoice, which carries roughly 350,000 products in its database, has added a feature to its Web site that helps buyers filter for green purchasing criteria. The service is made possible through a partnership between EPEAT (the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) and CNET Channel. (A...; Tags: Product, CNET Channel, Business Structures, Retail, Web Site Development, E-business/E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Finance, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-23
An Earth Day Valentine for smart metering technology: Welcome to my own personal Earth Day morning nightmare, in which I have just wasted all 10 minutes worth of water trying to get the hot water heater to trigger at my hotel. I have to run a three-hour-long panel session in a mere three hours, and I'm the sort...; Tags: Echelon, Haaser, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Earth Day: Is the impact worth the build-up?: At the high-tech industry conference where I spent most of my day holed up in meetings on Monday, there was nary a mention of Earth Day. Surprised? I was, but that's naive little ole me. Then again, I spent the day with VARs and integrators, companies that rarely exercise the...; Tags: Xerox Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Polycom Inc., Transportation, Retail, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Hitachi tests its own green IT theories with new data center project: Hitachi Group is celebrating Earth Day with the groundbreaking of an expansion to its data center in Yokohama, Japan. The new wing boasts technology advances that are part of the massive technology company's CoolCenter50 project. It also plays into the company's corporatewide Harmonious Green Plan, which calls...; Tags: Data Center, Theory, Hitachi Ltd., Green IT, Hitachi Group, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Making the most out of Earth Day, the green tech way: As you can imagine, my colleagues and I have been deluged with special promos and greenwash marketing campaigns related to the Earth Day event on April 22. I've combed through the e-mails and wanted to mention the following campaigns and programs that might interest you as a green IT buyer....; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Green Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Keep your travel profile a little greener with Rearden: I am writing this blog in a state that was just smacked by the collapse of one of its local airlines (Aloha), which took both employees and customers very much by surprise. Meanwhile, many of the people I was with at last week's Cisco Partner Summit in Honolulu didn't find...; Tags: Rearden Commerce, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-14
When should you tackle that data center rationalization project?: So here's a question: When, exactly, should a data center be overhauled? What is the best rational for a data center manager to use with upper management to undertake such a project? And just how big of a deal should said data center manager make out of the green element...; Tags: Data Center, Server, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-13