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  • City of Melbourne employs the NightWatchman

    Ashe Potter is not only the technical architect at the City of Melbourne; he has been described as a green IT champion by his colleagues. That’s why Potter sought out a wake-on-LAN solution for the council’s 1000 PCs that would save money and electricity.

    Written by Lisa Banks06 Jan. 11 09:00
  • Misconceptions plague the green machine

    Green IT has been given no shortage of attention in past years; among the continuing debates around climate change and sustainability, Green IT inevitably comes to the forefront as either an obstacle to overcome, or an enabler of environmental friendliness in the wider organisation.

    Written by James Hutchinson01 Jan. 11 08:00
  • Research supports claim that cloud is energy efficient

    A new report has added further to the debate as to whether cloud computing is a greener approach to running data centres. A survey by Pike Research has indicated that the energy savings of cloud computing are "substantial".

    Written by Maxwell Cooter10 Dec. 10 11:00
  • Greenpeace rates climate-change leaders and laggards

    Greenpeace International released the fourth version of its "Cool IT Leaderboard" on Tuesday, and Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu ranked atop the list of 17 global high-tech companies.

    Written by Thomas Wailgum10 Dec. 10 05:12
  • APC opens Perth data centre training centre

    American Power Conversion (APC) has opened a new data centre demonstration training facility in Perth to help educate Australian IT professionals about going green.

    Written by Computerworld Staff02 Dec. 10 11:14
  • Green IT: Train staff to think about sustainability

    Frederic Chanfrau, senior vice president of IT for governance, quality and vendor management with Schneider Electric, wants everyone in the company's IT organization to understand three points about going green. First, that energy demands are increasing at the same time as the company must decrease its greenhouse gas emissions; next, that each employee is responsible for helping address this challenge; and finally, that running a sustainable technology shop doesn't necessarily cost more. "They can put their own stone in the building of a greener IT organization," Chanfrau says. But they have to know how.

    Written by Elana Varon25 Nov. 10 02:53
  • CSIRO's supercomputer Australia's "greenest"

    The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) graphics processing unit (GPU) has been recognised internationally as Australia’s “greenest” supercomputer.

    Written by Chloe Herrick19 Nov. 10 15:48
  • Microsoft claims cloud computing does cut carbon emissions

    The thorny question of carbon emissions from cloud computing has raised its head again. There's been plenty of debate as to whether cloud computing is good or bad at curbing carbon emissions.

    Written by Maxwell Cooter09 Nov. 10 01:31
  • Cisco bets state-of-the-art data center on UCS

    Cisco bet big on its UCS products for data centers – and now it's going "all in" with a massive, resilient and green data center built on that integrated blade architecture.

    Written by John Dix09 Nov. 10 02:06
  • Deakin Uni takes course in ‘green’ IT service management

    Deakin University in Victoria is expanding on its environmental sustainability program with an ‘eco’ IT service management (ITSM) project to embed further improvements into business processes.

    Written by Rodney Gedda02 Nov. 10 11:38
  • How project managers can help their companies 'go green'

    Today’s society is prevalent with organisational and social campaigns to “go green”. This is for good reason. It is, after all, our social responsibility to reduce our carbon footprint, to reduce our dependency on non-renewable energies, and to recycle – not to mention the potential financial benefits associated with going green and green products. There are many things that Program and Project Managers of all industries can take to contribute to this worthy cause as part of following good program and project management processes and practices, but what are the “big ticket items”?

    Written by Gary Hamilton, Gareth Byatt and Jeff Hodgkinson02 Nov. 10 11:14
  • Industry warms to Greener internet

    Industry participation in the international GreenTouch consortium attempting to reduce the carbon footprint of global networks has begun to grow, with the addition of US service provider, AT&T.

    Written by James Hutchinson29 Oct. 10 12:50
  • Big Iron 'not dead': BMC

    Despite growth in alternatives to mainframes, big iron will not vanish from data centres any time soon, BMC has claimed.

    Written by Lisa Banks25 Oct. 10 08:00
  • Green IT: A critical industry practice

    Green IT is still at its early stage of development in the industry worldwide. Nonetheless, it is an essential domain for businesses not only to boost corporate environmental responsibility but also to reduce companies' bottom line. This was the highlight of the conference organised by the Green IT Chapter of the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) on 8 October 2010 in Singapore's Nanyang Polytechnic.

    Written by Anushkar Mohinani13 Oct. 10 10:07
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