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Green Grid releases green data center resources

Looks like The Green Grid is getting deeper into the Green IT tools business. The organization has launched a free online site with maps that data center managers in Japan and 33 European countries can use to figure out the extent to which they can use free cooling (the process...

Tags: Data Center, Grid, Green Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Green IT Is Essential to Green Government

Environmentally conscious, or "Green" IT encompasses everything from examining the use of pollutants in the manufacture of technology, to Projections to the Test. The Leadership Group is one of many organizations focusing attention on the growing challenges of improving energy efficiency within data centers. The Green Grid is working toward...

Tags: Data Center, U.S. General Services Administration, Green IT, Leadership Group, Green Grid, Green Electronics Council, Data Centers, Government, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-10-07

The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE

The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to dramatically raise the energy efficiency of data centers through a series of short-term and long-term proposals. This is an update to the very first white paper published by the Green Grid in February 2007 called "Green Grid Metrics: Describing...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Green Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2007-10-24

Green Grid lays out 2007 roadmap

The Green Grid consortium outlined its 2007 deliverables and technology roadmap. But first the group needs to nail down metrics on data center energy efficiency. Green Grid is a non-profit consortium launched in February that includes technology heavyweights such as Intel, AMD, Dell, Sun and IBM to name a few....

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-07

Getting servers off the juice

Datacenter power consumption has become topic du jour. But do you know how much power your servers use or how much it costs? Apparently, many companies still dont. Now several of the top computer industry companies, including Advanced Micro Devices and now Intel, are seemingly putting aside their differences to...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Green Grid Metrics: Describing Datacenter Power Efficiency

The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to dramatically raise the energy efficiency of datacenters through a series of short-term and long-term proposals. For the short term, The Green Grid is proposing the use of Power Usage Effectiveness PUE and Datacenter Efficiency DCE metrics, which enable datacenter...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Green Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2007-02-20

Additional Resources

Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos

google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Green IT strategy has nebulous ROI. So why bother?

I wouldn't bother either, it's embarrassingFinally the smoke screen is beginning to clear:"An internal document from the National Grid, seen by the Sunday Express, says wind turbine energy will at times cost over 3,000 per cent more than conventional power."http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/140456/-250bn-The-real-cost-of-wind-powerIn the real world, not the world inhabited by eco fantasies,...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Green IT, Green IT strategy, ROI

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Carwatchers watching Tokyo

Arguably the Tokyo Auto Show is now more important than the one that opens the calendar year in Detroit. And the show in Tokyo opens officially on October 21, so that means all the competitors are busy seeding the blogosphere with their hints and leaks and hype. There...

Tags: Mitsubishi Corp., Subaru, Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Plug-in, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-17

LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)

LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Gartner research suggests data center energy metrics still mystery to many businesses

The industry can provide more useful toolsWe encourage the IT, electrical & mechanical infrastructure, construction, and data center management industries to continue to work through The Green Grid, the US EPA, and other internationally recognized organizations to develop metrics and reporting standards for data center efficiency and productivity. In addition...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Gartner Inc., data center, industry

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

(A greener home, room by room)

If you really want to go green ...Your house will need additional power wiring. One is to distribute low voltage DC power for LED lighting. A big snafu no one has really addressed with LED lighting is surge supression. I bought two AC powered LED lamps a few years back,...

Tags: Engineering, DC Power, motor

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 14.4.40 (Mobile)

Tee It Up with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. Play as Tiger and other PGA TOUR pros, or create a golfer. Climb the ranks as an Amateur, Pro or Legend in Practice, Challenge and Tournament modes. Show your skills across International courses. Find the fairway with the optional swing meter....

Tags: Mobile, Electronic Arts Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-22

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 14.4.36 (Mobile)

Tee It Up with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. Play as Tiger and other PGA TOUR pros, or create a golfer. Climb the ranks as an Amateur, Pro or Legend in Practice, Challenge and Tournament modes. Show your skills across International courses. Find the fairway with the optional swing meter....

Tags: Mobile, Electronic Arts Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-22

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 35.4.59 (Mobile)

Tee It Up with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09. Play as Tiger and other PGA TOUR pros, or create a golfer. Climb the ranks as an Amateur, Pro or Legend in Practice, Challenge and Tournament modes. Show your skills across International courses. Find the fairway with the optional swing meter....

Tags: Mobile, Electronic Arts Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-22

'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"

Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...

Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...

Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2009-09-08