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ZDNet Author Biography: Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist in the New York area with more than 20 years experience covering the high-tech industry. She has a passion for green IT and regularly covers business technology issues and trends. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, The International Herald Tribune...; more about Heather Clancy »

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How Adaptec is trying to make your private or public cloud greener: Adaptec and Intel have dreamed up an SSD caching solution that helps storage arrays in the cloud operate at 5X the I/O speed which slashing power consumption. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Adaptec Inc., Ip storage, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-25
Schneider Electric is latest to draw link between building and network energy controls: Schneider is creating an integrated energy management and intelligence platform called EcoStruxure that combines components across its various business units. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Schneider Electric, Network, Networking, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-24
Intel encourages green tech at the university level: Joint competition by Intel and UC Berkeley uncovers green-tech university research and development. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Green Technology, Intel Corp., Research & Development, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-24
EPA reports positive news on vehicle emissions, efficiency front: EPA says average vehicle-related emissions have declined since 2004, as fuel efficiency has inched forward. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Emission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-23
Cleantech Open: And the award goes to ... EcoFactor: Home energy management technology from Ecofactor, which could play a role in the smart grid, gets big thumbs-up at the 2009 Cleantech Open business plan competition. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Clean Technology, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-23

Video: Adura commercial lighting technology saves on power costs: Adura Technologies lets building owners set up mesh networks that can be used to control commercial lighting. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Video, Mesh Networking, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-23
Holiday LED redux: E-store will accept Home Depot coupon: HolidayLEDs.com will honor Home Depot LED coupons through the end of 2009. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Coupon, Home Depot Inc., Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-20
Spice up your power management: Spiceworks teams up with Intel to release free power management software module for small and midsize businesses. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Power Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-20
Peoplesoft exec pops up at eMeter: Former PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway joins board of smart grid software player. by Heather Clancy; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Corporate Governance, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-19
No shocker: IBM tops list of the greenest biggest computers: You won't be surprised to hear that IBM systems are all over the latest Green500 energy-efficient supercomputer list. Again. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Computer, IBM Corp., Productivity, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-19
Two more utilities join IBM-backed smart grid coalition: IBM's smart grid vision continues to gain clarity; utilities from Brazil and the Netherlands join the vendor's best practices "coalition." by Heather Clancy; Tags: Coalition, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-18
UPS technology leader adds more power monitoring intelligence to latest line upgrade: APC by Schneider Electric updates server-class UPS line with features that allow IT managers to see power consumption at a glance. by Heather Clancy; Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Leader, Monitoring, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Dell shuns paper for bamboo in some packaging: Dell swaps paper pulp and corrugated cardboard for bamboo in certain netbook packaging. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Cloud platform player Voxel pledges unparalled transparency about power consumption: Transparency is a big deal for cloud computing platform company Voxel, which allows clients to track power consumption in real time. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Power Consumption, Transparency, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-17
Your tech cast-offs could benefit new project in Tanzania: Got a piece of technology you want to give away? Well, that's not small beans to Smallbean, which is collectively gadgets for schools in Tanzania. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Bean, Benefits, Human Resources, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-17
Green IT strategy has nebulous ROI. So why bother?: Computer Economics research shows only half of companies are reporting a positive ROI from Green IT initiatives. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-16
More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid: Broadband services could be the gateway to faster smart grid deployment. Here's one technology pointing to an interesting convergence. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Broadband, Grid, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-16
Traveling over the holidays? Using free Google Wi-Fi will benefit Climate Savers: Climate Savers encourages donations for using free Google Wi-Fi over the holidays; Google will match up to $250,000. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Google Inc., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Benefits, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-15
Verne Global pledges greener cloud: No cost premium attached: Why cloud computing will inspire even more attention to green IT. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Green IT, Pledge, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-13
Redemtech's green tech giveaway: You could win some green technology for your favorite school or non-profit with Redemtech's "Serious Good" contest. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Green Technology, Redemtech, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-13