Juniper Networks will give its R&D efforts a big boost by funneling $50 million into a venture fund to back new companies in virtualization, green IT and other networking fields.
As if significant savings on electricity bills weren't enough, IT managers have another reason to embrace environmentally friendly IT practices: a bevy of federal, state and local tax incentives that could tip the scales to make <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/299268/FAQ_Green_Data_Centers">green IT projects</a> financially attractive.
The South Australia government and the state's Technology Industry Association (TIA) have struck a new deal aimed at reducing electronics and ICT industry greenhouse gas emissions.
The Western Australian Government has put $10 million in funding up for grabs in a bid to further encourage the development of sustainable, low-emission technologies.
Australian green technology company, Solar Gem, has been given a major boost in the US after it took first place honours at an Innovation Shootout competition held at Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Campus.
Acer launched two new laptops on Friday labeled by the environmental group, Greenpeace, as being virtually free of two toxic substances, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFR).
The Federal Government will need to create more than 1000 electronic-waste collection points — some 800 more than currently planned — to meet its 2020 recycling targets.
Organizations seeking ways to conserve energy and profit from being green may find the true gains won’t come from "greening" their data centers, but rather by maximizing the efficiency of their supply chains, said Peter Graf, the chief sustainability officer for SAP.
Alcatel-Lucent wants the telecommunications industry to turn a little more green by developing new equipment that cuts power consumption by a factor of 1,000.
SAP is making good on its commitments to heavily reduce CO2 emissions while at the same time increasing profitability according to its president at SAP Japan, Garret Ilg.
Australia has been ranked in the bottom half of G20 nations for its ability to use ICT to reduce CO2 emissions according to IDC's recently launched ICT Sustainability Index.
Locust Storage came out of stealth last week with the announcement of a 'green' storage product that allows a 90 per cent reduction in power over traditional storage vendors.
Helsinki public energy company Helsingin Energia will recycle heat from a new data center to help generate energy and deliver hot water for the Finnish capital city, it said on Monday.
Computerworld continues the Copenhagen Countdown series by taking a look at how carbon emission management software can help ICT industry reduce green house gas emissions. Carbon emission management software, or CEMS, allows organisations to understand how they are using energy and how they are creating emissions. The software is designed to examine which areas or parts of the organisation are the main culprits of carbon emissions and provide information to help companies decide how to improve energy costs and emission output.
Computerworld continues its Copenhagen Countdown series by taking a look a virtualisation.