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  Five ways to improve data center power efficiency you might not have thought of

  LAS VEGAS -- While few doubt the importance of maximizing the energy efficiency of their corporate data centers, executive vice president of data center technology for Las Vegas-based Switch, Mark Thiele's talk at Interop this week showcased just how much companies might still be missing. 

  By Jon Gold | 11 May, 2012 00:41

  Tags: tips, power, list, Interop, hardware systems, green IT, Green data center, environment, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

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  Shell Oil targets hybrid cloud as fix for energy-saving, agile IT

  DALLAS - Two years ago, Shell Oil's IT subsidiary found itself in a somewhat ironic situation. It was facing staggering energy costs.

  By Lucas Mearian | 04 April, 2012 23:34

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, applications, BI and Analytics, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, environment, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, hewlett-packard, internet, shell, software, storage

• National e-waste recycling scheme signs second provider

  The Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform (ANZRP) has become the second service provider to join the national e-waste recycling scheme, following DHL Supply Chain earlier this month.

  By Diana Nguyen | 28 March, 2012 13:11

  Tags: Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform, e-recycling, e-waste, green IT, National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme, Product Stewardship Regulations

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  Monitoring the key to streamlining efficiencies?

  Effectively monitoring data centres – their systems, applications and servers – can not only help streamline process but also enable quicker responses to failures.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 27 March, 2012 14:38

  Tags: data centres, energy efficiency, green IT, HP, monitoring

• NextDC reduces its carbon footprint with solar

  NextDC has moved to reduce the carbon footprint of its data centres through adopting photovoltaic technology to power its M1 data centre, based in Port Melbourne.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 20 March, 2012 09:43

  Tags: carbon tax, data centres, green energy, green IT, NextDC

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  U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

  In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab has begun building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 February, 2012 23:10

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, dell, environment, Green data center, green IT, hardware, hardware systems, Mainframes and Supercomputers

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  In Search of an Energy Yardstick

  Earlier this fall, Google made an announcement that in many ways foretells the future of data center efficiency metrics. The search giant not only disclosed its total power consumption and carbon emissions (mostly attributable to its data centers), but also released estimates of its per-user and per-search energy consumption. With this information -- and given that a billion Google searches occur per day -- it was possible to calculate that searches account for 12.5 million watts of the company's 260 million watt total.

  By Mary Brandel | 31 January, 2012 04:59

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, environment, freemium, Google, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, infrastructure management, Kaiser Permanente, management, networking, The Green Grid

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  Aussies worry about recycling phones

  A majority of Australians are putting off recycling their mobile phones because they're concerned about protecting their personal data.

  By AAP | 08 November, 2011 17:56

  Tags: green IT, mobile phones, recycling

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  Facebook-led foundation pushes for open data center tech

  Facebook and several of its high-tech partners are rethinking how companies can handle big data with low-cost computing centers.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 28 October, 2011 05:44

  Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, applications, collaboration, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, dell, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, environment, Facebook, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, hewlett-packard, Intel, Red Hat, software, Web 2.0 and Web Apps

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  Test Aims to Disprove Data Center Dogma

  Since January, David Filas, a data center engineer at Trinity Health, has been running decommissioned servers, networking gear and storage systems in a simple generator shed on the grounds of the healthcare provider's headquarters in Novi, Mich.

  By Patrick Thobodeau | 25 October, 2011 00:59

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, environment, freemium, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, health care, industry verticals, servers, Trinity Health

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  While we wait for cold fusion, let's update the ECPA

  Well, last week's Backspin on Rossi's E-Cat power generator was fun. Between that column and a blog posting I made on the topic over at Forbes, I've had more than 100 comments and an insane number of page views which all goes to show just what a hot topic alternative energy is.

  By Mark Gibbs | 24 October, 2011 15:29

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, energy, environment, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, industry verticals

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  Microsoft strong-arms hardware makers into social responsibility

  After years of failing to get Microsoft to adopt a formal environmental sustainability policy, shareholders seem to have won: Microsoft will now insist its hardware suppliers comply with the company's social responsibility requirements.

  By Julie Bort | 14 October, 2011 07:42

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, environment, Green data center, green IT, Greenpeace International, hardware systems, Microsoft, software

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  South East Water embraces Green IT

  Under constant pressure from both the global financial crisis and climate change, Australian water utility South East Water (SEW) identified a need to clean up its carbon footprint.

  By Chloe Herrick | 13 October, 2011 11:48

  Tags: green IT, Virtualization

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  Australia lagging on Green IT: Report

  A new report has found that sustainable ICT initiatives are stagnant and on the decline worldwide, with Australian organisations underperforming in Green practices.

  By Diana Nguyen | 20 September, 2011 11:03

  Tags: green IT

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  Top 8 ways feds (and corporate users) can take advantage of green IT

  How does the federal government go about implementing green IT? According to a report out today from the Government Accountability Office, the feds have adopted a number of practices that are useful not just for government IT but all manner of private and public company IT groups as well. These include everything from dedicated funding for green products, to improved employee training and reducing use of paper.

  By Michael Cooney | 09 August, 2011 03:41

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, energy, environment, government, Green data center, green IT, hardware systems, industry verticals