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- The "real skinny" on green computing
- Virtualization also fits in very nicely with the idea of "Green Computing"; by consolidating servers and maximizing CPU processing power on other servers, you are cutting costs saving money and taking less of a toll on our environment. As a decision maker in your company, coming up with ways to...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Power Consumption, Computing, Green Computing, Server Consolidation Initiative, Data Centers, Storage, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Dell hits their green computing benchmark
- Dell reported that they have made dramatic progress on one of their green initiatives as their server power supplies now sport 92 percent efficiency when the server is at a 50 percent load. by Andy Moon
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Consumption, Server, Computing, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Playing your part for a greener IT
- With the increasing emphasis on reducing the negative impact on our environment, you must be wondering if there is anything practical at all that you can contribute. Well, PC World has come up with some tips on how to to minimize your power consumption. The best...
- Tags: PC, Information Technology, Power Consumption, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Ethernet Power Study of Cisco and Competitive Products
- Every Ethernet switch requires electricity to function. Efficiency is the measure of power relative to amount of work performed. When products use more power to perform the same amount of work, they are by definition less efficient. Low efficiency creates increased costs for a customer. Other factors that should be...
- Tags: Power Consumption, Cisco Systems Inc., Dissipation, Ethernet, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Blade servers: Data centre power and cooling issues
- IT managers need to reduce power consumption in IT infrastructure. Blades servers â€" which provide a more efficient form of computing than traditional servers â€" could provide an answer.Read this white paper to see how technology leaders can reduce power consumption through blades, and what type of power and cooling...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Power Consumption, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-03
- Automation Technology for Virtualized Systems
- There has been a recent trend toward consolidating burgeoning systems onto blade servers in order to optimize IT infrastructures, maximize system investment efficiency, and reduce server power consumption. This trend heightens the demand to increase the efficiency of system integration and operation. Moreover, in line with the increased performance of...
- Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Power Consumption, Fujitsu Ltd., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Cisco Integrated Services Router: Reduce Power Consumption Through Integrated Services Delivery
- The Cisco Integrated Services Router is an integrated high-performance network infrastructure platform designed to replace multiple devices in today's existing networking environments. Businesses can consolidate six disparate devices (router, switch, voice IP Private Branch eXchange PBX, security appliance, application acceleration device, and wireless access point) into a single platform, reducing...
- Tags: Router, Network Infrastructure, Network, Power Consumption, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Integrated Services Router, Routers & Switches, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Online carbon footprint and power consumption calculator
- The online carbon footprint and power consumption calculator from Logicalis will help organizations estimate the advantages of virtualization. An excerpt from TechWorld: The tool is only for U.S.-based IT users. Users enter the state location of their data centre, followed by the numbers of PCs, servers,...
- Tags: Data Center, Power Consumption, Tool, Carbon Footprint, Data Center Efficiency, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-12-23
- Hosting Provider Saves Up to 85% of Power Consumption and Improves Server Management by Using Virtuozzo
- ServInt specializes in full-service, high-bandwidth web hosting for business customers. ServInt also provides clients with high-speed Internet access through its Access Services group. ServInt built a successful dedicated hosting business, but wanted to reduce power consumption and better manage their servers. Virtuozzo provided a highly efficient solution for reducing power...
- Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Server Management, Power Consumption, ServInt, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-10-16
- ACP - The Truth About Power Consumption Starts Here
- For years, CIOs never had to worry about the cost of power - that financial cost was always buried somewhere in the facilities budget and companies rarely bothered to connect the dots between energy consumption and IT infrastructure. As the world shifted from propriety expensive mainframe technologies to lower cost...
- Tags: CIO, Data Center, Power Consumption, Data Centers, Mainframes, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2007-09-07
- Western Digital touts cost savings with 'green' hard disks
- The hard disk maker, Western Digital, announced plans for its GreenPower hard disk family with lower power consumption. Ranging in capacity from 320 GB to 1 TB, the hard disks lower power consumption could save up to $100,000 in energy costs for a data center with 10,000 such drives. ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Power Consumption, Western Digital Corp., Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- screen savers power consumption
- Do screen savers use a lot of power and can they be disabled globally to save energy by the IT Department.You forgot the question mark.And also that a computer will still be running, using power, whether the screen saver is running or not.I wouldn't bother - I'd ask users to...
- Tags: david_pendergraph@..., screensaver, power consumption
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Power becoming a major issue as energy costs rise
- Residents of Maryland were recently challenged by their governor to cut their energy consumption by 15% over the next eight years as he pledged to reduce the use of energy by government offices and to increase the energy efficiency of government buildings. This and other energy conservation projects (a quick Google...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Power Consumption, Gartner Inc., Energy Consumption, Energy Cost, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
- Tech giants going green
- Google and Intel have joined forces to form an alliance with the goal of reducing computer power consumption and ultimately greenhouse gas emissions. One of the group's recommendations is to replace inefficient power cables with beefier, more efficient cables that will cost $20 for a desktop or $30 for...
- Tags: Google Inc., Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Greenhouse Gas, Texas Instruments Inc., Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Desktops, Hardware, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Three motherboards for Intel and AMD CPUs: June 2007
- It's June 2007 and we have a whole new generation of motherboards for AMD and Intel. If you're looking to buy or build a new computer, you'll want to read on. See more images of these motherboards at higher resolution.Intel 3-Series ChipsetIntel launched a new set of motherboard chipsets called...
- Tags: Processors, Desktop, Vista, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Intel, Fun Stuff, Energy efficiency, Consumer electronics, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Using Efficient Data Storage and Processing Techniques to Reduce Power Consumption
- The Dynamic strategy for achieving better efficiency is simple: reduce the number of machines, reduce the number of disks, and therefore reduce the network's energy consumption. There is no reason to suffer a performance reduction to achieve these results; the same tactics used to increase energy efficiency can actually improve...
- Tags: Technique, Data Storage, Performance, Storage, Power Consumption, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-06-05
- The University of Utah Supports Cutting-Edge Research by Delivering 50 Percent More Work With Half the Power Consumption
- University of Utah's Center for High Performance Computing CHPC supports the high-performance computing needs of research projects university-wide. The CHPC's aging high-performance computing cluster needed an upgrade; increasing demand for scientific research required a powerful cluster within the university's budget. The CHPC deployed a new high-performance computing cluster based on...
- Tags: High-performance Computing, Power Consumption, High-performance, University Of Utah, CHPC, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Management
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- AMD tries to outdo Intel with Puma: Great computing power for less power consumption
- AMD vs. IntelDo you think that AMD's Griffin notebook chip and Puma platform will take away some of Intel's market share, or will Intel counterattack and release something even better (read = more energy efficient) by the time Griffin and Puma are released in mid-2008?The Pendulum always swingsPuma certainly sounds...
- Tags: Semiconductors, power consumption, Sonja Thompson, Puma, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- AMD tries to outdo Intel with Puma: Great computing power for less power consumption
- According to a recent article by CNET Networks' News.com, Advanced Micro Devices ADM is "prepping an energy-efficient notebook chip, code-named Griffin, as well as a platform based around Griffin called Puma (similar to Intel's Centrino), that will likely allow AMD to better compete in the rapidly growing notebook...
- Tags: Power Consumption, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computing, Intel Corp., Puma, Griffin, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- Reducing data centre power consumption through efficient storage
- This whitepaper outlines how businesses can reduce power consumption by subtracting machines and disks from the power equation by using storage more efficiently. NetApp's approach to this lowers people costs, lowers support and service costs and improves network efficiency and performance.
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Power Consumption, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-18
