http://www.eweek.com Green IT - RSS Feeds en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:58:12 -0500 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:58:12 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:10 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Green-IT-Company-Viridity-to-Come-Out-of-Stealth-Mode-474386/?kc=rss - A new company coming out of stealth mode Nov. 9 is looking to give enterprises a clearer view into their IT infrastructure and applications to enable them to create more energy-efficient environments and drive down power and cooling costs. Viridity is developing a software product of the same na...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Green-IT-Company-Viridity-to-Come-Out-of-Stealth-Mode-474386/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:13 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/IBM-Sees-Green-IT-Pastures-in-Emerging-Markets-110707/?kc=rss - IBM recently inked three large-scale deals to help companies overseas design and build energy-efficient data centers, the latest examples of the hunger for green IT in emerging markets. IBM Nov. 5 announced a $5.4 million deal with Cosan, a sugar-energy group based in Sao Paulo, to redesign its...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/IBM-Sees-Green-IT-Pastures-in-Emerging-Markets-110707/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:23 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/LTE-Connected-Car-Shows-Off-Navigation-Status-Monitoring-YouTube-358500/?kc=rss - The best way to think about the LTE Connected Car, a proof-of-concept vehicle displayed for reporters in New York Nov. 3, is that it's a smartphone on wheels. Just as multifunctional devices such as the Apple iPhone or the Palm Pre have taken the traditional function of a phone making calls and...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/LTE-Connected-Car-Shows-Off-Navigation-Status-Monitoring-YouTube-358500/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:12:29 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/How-to-Cut-IT-Energy-Consumption-Using-Business-Service-Management/?kc=rss - Imagine buying a case of soda for a party at your place Friday night. You discover your refrigerator is full, so you buy another refrigerator and put it in the garage to store the soda. Then you buy a few cases of other drinks and another refrigerator. You buy some hors d'oeuvres and, of course...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/How-to-Cut-IT-Energy-Consumption-Using-Business-Service-Management/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:39:47 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Fords-NewAge-Approach-to-Future-Transportation-for-the-Masses-743528/?kc=rss - Electricity as a power source for motor vehicles goes back much further than most people think. At the turn of the 20th century, about one-third of the several hundred motor vehicles in New York City were electric-powered. In 1914 the year World War I began the president of the Minnesota Buggy...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Fords-NewAge-Approach-to-Future-Transportation-for-the-Masses-743528/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:37:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Cisco-Makes-Presence-Known-at-Climate-Change-Confab-237025/?kc=rss - When the United Nations Climate Change Conference, aka COP15, opens in Copenhagen Dec. 7, Cisco Systems will be there ... and there and there, as its telepresence and conferencing technologies extend the global reach of the climate change delegates. Cisco's GCCMP (Global Climate Change Meetin...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Cisco-Makes-Presence-Known-at-Climate-Change-Confab-237025/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:42:18 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Nuclear-Bunker-Becomes-High-Tech-Green-Data-Center/?kc=rss - Video Content....]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Nuclear-Bunker-Becomes-High-Tech-Green-Data-Center/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:44:11 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Obama-Names-Clean-Energy-Grant-Winners-871966/?kc=rss - President Obama announced Oct. 27 quot;the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history quot; with $3.4 billion in Smart Grid Investment Grant awards, said a statement by the Department of Energy. The funding is quot;part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, an...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Obama-Names-Clean-Energy-Grant-Winners-871966/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:31:36 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Ford-Previews-Parade-of-New-Electrical-Vehicles-831783/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Ford-Previews-Parade-of-New-Electrical-Vehicles-831783/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:54:27 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Motorola-GE-Are-Part-of-WiMaxBased-Smart-Grid-Program-866673/?kc=rss - Motorola, Grid Net and GE Energy Services are among a number of partnering companies tapped to develop a WiMax-based smart metering program in Australia. The program, which aims to bring smart meters to almost 700,000 homes and businesses in the state of Victoria, will be the first WiMax-based 4...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Motorola-GE-Are-Part-of-WiMaxBased-Smart-Grid-Program-866673/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:33:46 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Newest-USAF-Environmental-Satellite-Launched-188965/?kc=rss - The U.S. Air Force launched its latest meteorological satellite Oct. 20. The DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft accommodates larger sensor payloads than earlier generations and is used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Newest-USAF-Environmental-Satellite-Launched-188965/?kc=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:30:42 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Unused-Servers-Cost-Businesses-25B-Annually-Study-582507/?kc=rss - About one in six servers worldwide are doing nothing useful for their companies, wasting about $25 billion a year, according to a survey of global IT managers. The study, conducted by Kelton Research and commissioned by automation software maker 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy, found that about ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Unused-Servers-Cost-Businesses-25B-Annually-Study-582507/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:27:32 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Bill-Gates-Announces-120-Million-to-Help-Stop-African-Hunger-378430/?kc=rss - Bill Gates announced during an Oct. 15 keynote address at the World Food Prize event in Des Moines, Iowa, that an quot;ideological wedge quot; of environmentalism was hurting the fight against hunger in Africa. The World Food Prize, according to its Website, is an international award designed t...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Bill-Gates-Announces-120-Million-to-Help-Stop-African-Hunger-378430/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:02:44 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/How-to-Green-Your-Data-Center-Without-a-Forklift-823097/?kc=rss - By now youve heard so much about green IT that youre likely tired of it. You already know that your operation cant afford to replace its data center. In fact, your budget cant support anything new that doesnt have an immediate payoff. On the other hand, a dramatic cut in energy costs would help your...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/How-to-Green-Your-Data-Center-Without-a-Forklift-823097/?kc=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/HP-Touts-Four-Green-Data-Centers-426947/?kc=rss - Over the past few years, the issue of power and cooling costs for data centers has moved from being an afterthought to the forefront in the minds of IT administrators. Businesses are seeing as much as half of their IT budgets being spent to keep the facilities powered, cooled and lit, according ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/HP-Touts-Four-Green-Data-Centers-426947/?kc=rss