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Nationwide Convenience/Gasoline Retailer Pumps Up Productivity With Converged Network: Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company with expected annual revenues of US$50 billion. Valero relied on the strong alliance between HP and Cisco to simplify the acquisition and deployment of the new technology, which includes Cisco networking, voiceover Internet protocol VoIP and switching products. Only HP provided a...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Converged Network, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Valero Energy Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance; Case studies
Valero Chooses Cisco Networking Solutions to Prepare for Disaster Recovery: Valero Energy Corp., the largest refiner in North America, has chosen Cisco to provide a resilient communications system in the event of emergency or disaster. This solution combines a Cisco integrated services router with the new Cisco Internet Protocol IP Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT network module. With this solution,...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Valero Energy Corp., Disaster Recovery, Valero, Networking; Case studies

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WiFi, Cancer, and Legal Liability: The big problem with the allegation that cell phones and other RF energy emitters can cause cancer is that there's no good way to know who's right. On one side we have an industry with lots of money and public support and on the other a few lone voices...; Tags: Phone, Industry, Radio, Health Care, Cell Phone, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-26
Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25

Images: NASA uncovers secret of the Northern Lights: NASA's fleet of THEMIS satellites reveal that explosion of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon causes the aurora borealis. by CNET News.com; Tags: NASA, Network Technology, Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-25
Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08: Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 089800 GTX?At $200 dollars, I think that the 9800 GTX is finally able to be considered for the mid-range level card. I was surprised by nVidia and their recent price drops, but after purchasing two of these cards, I have been pleased.Linux...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware 2.0, SoundBlaster X-Fi, Linux, Lol, hardware; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
The little wind turbines that could: The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...; Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
The little wind turbines that could: I have to admit, I'm more used to reading about U.S. tech firms expanding abroad rather than the reverse. But in the case of certain green tech innovations, I suppose it makes sense to flip this idea on its head. Just heard about the example of Proven...; Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Are solar-energy materials in short supply?: Are solar-energy materials in short supply?Need Ink ContractsImprovements in solar photovoltaic sources of materials brings to my mind the need of inks that will allow painting your own photovoltaics in colorful designs and patterns stressing advertising as much as is possible to enliven the circles of users. Inks of N-type...; Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Enterprise communities: build or join?: Enterprise communities: build or join?Online communities that connect clients?Jennifer:Have you ever heard of an online community that connects clients for their mutual benefit? I realize their may be concerns about sharing information with competitors, but I also find that there are opportunities to connect several of my clients for mutual...; Tags: Benefits, Jennifer; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Super-duper green computers: If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...; Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose: The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...; Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22
California greenlights two renewable energy development projects: California greenlights two renewable energy development projectsRenewable - Free Energy for the World – ForeverGore and T. Bone Pickens have the wrong technology.http://www.prlog.org/10091881-renewable-free-energy-for-the-world-forever.html; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, renewable energy; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
More big money for work on wind. Yes, that's $1 billion.: Finavera Renewables which has both wind and wave energy projects around the world has negotiated a deal with an unnamed corporate investor who plans to put up $1 bilion for wind power projects that will create up to 300 megawatts of capacity in British Columbia. The money...; Tags: Alternative Energy, Agreement, mW, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Change The Margins (exe): Paper usage in the United States is at an all time high. The U.S. pulp industry is the 3rd largest consumer of chlorine, 2nd largest consumer of energy, and the largest consumer of water per ton of product. Why do we care? Well, half the trees cut down in the...; Tags: U.S., Indiana, E-books, Document Management, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Saving money with solar tech: Saving money with solar techSaving money through natural sourceWe all know that green energy is the future of all earthlings.Scientist are doing a lot of inventions to generate energy from natural resource, the prices are exhorbitantly high hence a comman man like me is not able to afford / use...; Tags: SAVING MONEY, Govt; Discussion threads 2008-07-21

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Valero Energy Corp.: Valero Energy owns and operates refineries in the U.S., Canada, and Aruba. At Dec 31 2007, Co. owned and operated 17 refineries that produce conventional...; Valero Energy Corp. company page on BNET »