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New Samsung site offers up data for evaluating SSD energy efficiency

Samsung offers tips for using DDR3 and SSDs to improve data-center energy efficiency. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Don't discount network technology in the energy-efficiency equation

I haven't much thought about the role of networking equipment in more energy-efficient data centers. But switch maker Voltaire, a specialist in InfiniBand technology, is now co-opting this rallying cry. What gives it the right? Well, for starters, it's worth noting that some flavor of the company's...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Network, Network Technology, Voltaire Inc., Data Centers, InfiniBand, Storage, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Upcoming energy efficiency research from Pew will provide corporate benchmarks

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Tags: energy efficiency

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Upcoming energy efficiency research from Pew will provide corporate benchmarks

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is preparing a report on corporate energy efficiency, to be released in March 2010. Turns out Toyota is the big sponsor of this project, putting up a $1.4 million grant over three years. The data was SUPPOSED to be based...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Is greenhouse gas reporting about to become the next SOX-like IT problem?

The last two weeks have brought a whirlwind of news, from both a global and domestic perspective, that suggest things are about to get really tricky for businesses that have been ignoring the little matter of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reporting. I couldn't possibly list everything but...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Information Technology, Greenhouse Gas, Climate Change, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Verdantix, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-02

New Energy Star TV spec will improve energy efficiency by 40%

Economy going down the tubes...With all of the new TAXES increasing all over I hardly see people running out and buying new TV's...Livin' in a Nanny StateWhy not just let market forces determine how much energy consumption is appropriate? If the advertising literature says I'll save $100 a year...

Tags: Quality, energy efficiency

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

New Energy Star TV spec will improve energy efficiency by 40%

You may want to think twice about buying that new television during some summer-ending Labor Day sales event over the long weekend. That's because the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has raised the bar on what it takes for TVs to earn the Energy Star label. Which means, in short, that...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-04

EPA to schools: Cut energy costs, have more budget for education

Now that school is back in session across most of the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is challenging administrators to address energy efficiency as part of its Energy Star Challenge pledge. The agency estimates the annual cost of electricity for primary and secondary schools at $8 billion. Wouldn't...

Tags: Education, School, Energy Efficiency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Juniper offers up white paper on energy efficiency for networks

The efforts of Cisco and IBM to extend the energy efficiency debate out of the data center and out into the network have been highly publicized, but I've made a pledge to myself to actively explore what other networking equipemnt providers are doing in this area. (Note to any networking...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Fortune Data Centers uses energy efficiency metrics as competitive differentiation

Fortune Data Centers, which opened a new "green" data center in San Jose, Calif., back in April 2009, is wooing prospective tenants with its high efficiency claims -- power usage effectiveness PUE measures of 1.37 at full load -- and its likely certification as the first operational data center in...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-07

What's your energy IQ?

IT services and consulting company Varsity Technologies has operated with a green IT sensibility for quite some time. But now it has translated that philosophy into a formal new service that it is calling Energy IQ. Patrick Ciccarelli, CEO and senior consultant for Varsity, says his Energy...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Information Technology, Varsity Technologies, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Three real examples of intelligent building networks in action

It frightens me somewhat that I first covered Echelon more than 15 years ago, when I used to write about the early convergence of computer networks and facilities networks. Flash forward, and the company offers some of the best practical case studies about how intelligent control networks...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Network, Monitoring System, Echelon, LonWorks, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Optimizing Energy Efficiency for Managed IT

To succeed in the competitive marketplace for managed IT services, DataPipe must deliver outstanding processing performance for its clients while controlling the costs of running its data centers. When the company's IT group designed a new data center, it standardized on the low-voltage Intel Xeon processor 5400 series to deliver...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Information Technology, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Servers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2009-08-01

McKinsey: Saving energy could have huge economic impact

Forget carbon footprint measures for a moment. How much money could be poured back into the U.S. economy if people spent more time worrying about wasted energy consumption? McKinsey & Company has come up with a number in a new report about "unlocking energy efficiency in the...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, McKinsey & Co., Energy Consumption, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Corning: Cables count in data center energy-efficiency equations

Every single piece of equipment or technology or cabling counts when you are trying to eek better efficiency out of your data center, which is one reason you will start hearing more from some of the cabling suppliers about how their products affect your green data center profile. This is...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Fibre, Data Center, Cable System, Corning Inc., Data Centers, Cable, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers

The current economic crisis has most companies scrambling for ways to get the most out of every dollar they spend. However, to date, many of the gains have been illusory due to high server costs, lack of effective virtualization and management, and inefficiencies that make it expensive to power and...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, SAP AG, X86 Server, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-23

Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 servers

Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group RFG explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination.

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Server, X86 Server, IBM Corp.

White papers 2009-06-22

Automated Energy Efficiency for the Intelligent Business

Efficiency is emerging as a major tool to extend the life of existing data centers and ensure that new data centers will deliver the highest ROI. This whitepaper looks at how The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series with Intel Microarchitecture Nehalem empowers IT to maximize the business value of servers...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2009-06-22

Audit finds DOE could do more to amp up IT energy efficiency

Despite its desire for a more energy-efficient world, the Department of Energy is finding out firsthand that getting greener from an IT standpoint isn't as easy as its cracked up to be. An audit by the Office of the Inspector General between July 2008 and April 2009 finds the department's...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Audit, Information Technology, Financial Accounting, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Improve Energy Efficiency and Manage Power Consumption With Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 is designed to provide better energy efficiency and performance by reducing power consumption and lowering overhead costs. Windows Server 2008 R2 helps reduce power usage at the server level, enabling server energy consumption to scale according to workload. It also helps reduce power consumption at the...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Microsoft Windows Server, Power Consumption, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2009-06-01