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  Google scraps products, cheap renewable energy initiative

  Google has announced it will ditch some of its products and renewable energy initiative as part of its ‘spring cleaning series’.

  By Rebecca Merrett | 25 November, 2011 10:10

  Tags: google blogs, Google research, renewable energy

• IBM Turns its Headquarters into a Smart Building

  I recently toured IBM's headquarters in Armonk, NY. The 280,000 square foot facility that was built in 1997 during the Lou Gerstner era, is currently serving as a pilot project for IBM's soon-to-be launched Smart Building solution. For an investment of under $200,000 (plus many hours from IBM software engineers), IBM has transformed the building into a smart building.

  By Meredith Whalen | 04 December, 2010 05:29

  Tags: energy, Energy Efficiency/Demand Response, environment, IBM, industry verticals, renewable energy, sustainability, Utility Industry

• Highlights of IDC Energy Insights Clean Energy Outlook

  IDC Energy Insights hosted its semi-annual Clean Energy Outlook in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, September 28th. A series of speakers, including IDC Energy Insights analysts, spoke on a range of topics, many of which touched on renewable energy and the challenges and opportunities of renewable energy integration.

  By Jay Holman | 27 October, 2010 04:10

  Tags: energy, IDC, industry verticals, Policy/Regulation, renewable energy

• Will Offshore Wind be a US Energy Industry Game Changer?

  On Oct. 7, the Department of Energy released "Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States: Assessment of Opportunities and Barriers."  A couple highlights from this 240-page document authored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL):

  By Casey Hogan | 27 October, 2010 04:14

  Tags: energy, industry verticals, North America, Policy/Regulation, renewable energy, U.S. Department of Energy

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  Gadgets harvest renewable energy

  Experiments are under way to harvest free energy through motion and the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones that can be recharged without electricity. One Laptop Per Child has experimented with charging XO laptops through solar power, foot pedal and pull-string. Nokia last week released a kit that draws energy from cycling to recharge phones.

  By Agam Shah | 09 June, 2010 05:32

  Tags: gadgets, kinetic energy, renewable energy, solar power

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  Top 10 Mistakes in Data Centre Operations: Operating Efficient and Effective Data Centers

  For years, the data centre industry has accepted that human operational error, not poor data centre design or engineering, is the number one cause of data centre downtime. Now is the time for companies to evaluate their data centre operations programs. They must be able to clearly articulate operational requirements and design an operations program based on the risk profile of the data centre. However, the road to creating an industry-best operations program will not be easy, especially for those companies whose core expertise is not in business critical facilities. Read on.

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  Data Center Physical Infrastructure: Optimising Business Value

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  Case Study: Svenska Kraftnät safeguards web and ensures communication security with Clearswift

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  Strategy Guide | Is Your Data Centre Up-To-Date, Secure and Energy Efficient?