Green IT

Reviews If you thought Intel's Atom was only good for netbooks and NAS appliances then think again. Dave Mitchell reviews Boston's Green Power 2200-T to see how it's used these processors to squeeze eight independent server nodes into a 2U rack chassis.

By Dave Mitchell Published 31 May 11

Analysis Along with the energy-saving demands of the green agenda, today’s unfavourable economic climate has pushed cost management back to the top of the boardroom agenda. The effect on IT and procurement departments is that they must now ensure technology investments not only demonstrate an organisation’s social responsibility credentials, but also reduce the price of doing business.

By ITPro Published 31 January 11

News Pike Research claims that cloud is more energy efficient than data centres, others disagree.

By Stephen Pritchard Published 10 December 10

News Hydro-power and natural air cooling are key features of Yahoo's new data centre.

By Eric Doyle Published 20 September 10

News IBM has introduced new technology which lets wireless communications be placed onto a single power-management chip.

By Tom Brewster Published 16 September 10

News If Tesco is using IT to promote environmental efficiency, the rest of the industry should take notice.

By Stephen Pritchard Published 2 September 10

News IBM adds a deep-sleeping mode to its Power chips.

By Eric Doyle Published 24 August 10

News IT departments appear unaware of need to register under energy efficiency scheme.

By Eric Doyle Published 16 August 10

News Does a snazzy colour scheme really improve productivity, or is it the tech that counts?

By Stephen Pritchard Published 27 May 10

News HP researchers think a farm of dairy cows could power a 1MW data centre.

By Nicole Kobie Published 19 May 10