University of Melbourne gets Green IT benefit from security
The University of Melbourne has reported an unexpected side benefit from deploying network security — saving money.
The University of Melbourne has reported an unexpected side benefit from deploying network security — saving money.
The old adage ‘you can’t improve what you can’t measure’ seems particularly apt when it comes to bringing data centres up to a point where their power consumption, and corresponding carbon emissions, can be properly reported back to the business.
Brisbane's Western Suburbs State Special School has partnered with technology security firm Kroll Ontrack to reduce the volume of materials produced by IT products.
Facebook and several of its high-tech partners are rethinking how companies can handle big data with low-cost computing centers.
Since January, David Filas, a data center engineer at Trinity Health, has been running decommissioned servers, networking gear and storage systems in a simple generator shed on the grounds of the healthcare provider's headquarters in Novi, Mich.
Well, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/101411-backspin.html">last week's Backspin</a> on Rossi's E-Cat power generator was fun. Between that column and <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2011/10/17/hello-cheap-energy-hello-brave-new-world/">a blog posting</a> I made on the topic over at Forbes, I've had more than 100 comments and an insane number of page views which all goes to show just what a hot topic alternative energy is.
After months of speculation, details of the Federal Government’s carbon tax have finally emerged and now industry, consumers, politicians and lobby groups are in the thick of debating its costs and consequences.
After years of failing to get <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> to adopt a formal environmental sustainability policy, shareholders seem to have won: Microsoft will now insist its hardware suppliers comply with the company's social responsibility requirements.
Under constant pressure from both the global financial crisis and climate change, Australian water utility South East Water (SEW) identified a need to clean up its carbon footprint.
In part two of this feature Computerworld examines Green messaging by the major vendors including product effectiveness and competitive strategy.
With ever-increasing storage capacity and escalating energy costs, the small to medium business (SMB) sector is looking for solutions to address both the capital and operational costs of storage.
A new report has found that sustainable ICT initiatives are stagnant and on the decline worldwide, with Australian organisations underperforming in Green practices.
Three-quarters of Asia-Pacific government CIO and IT managers recognise the need for a dedicated office to plan and execute an overall ICT sustainability strategy.
How does the federal government go about implementing green IT? According to a report out today from the Government Accountability Office, the feds have adopted a number of practices that are useful not just for government IT but all manner of private and public company IT groups as well. These include everything from dedicated funding for green products, to improved employee training and reducing use of paper.
Data centers have been using less electricity than you think ... or at least, compared with what they have in the past.