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    1. Data Center Sustainability Takes Center Stage at The Green Grid's Annual Technical Forum

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Mar 12 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

      Data Center Sustainability Takes Center Stage at The Green Grid's Annual Technical Forum “Data Centers have fundamentally changed the way we work, communicate, and live in the global economy,” said Rob Bernard, Microsoft representative and Board member of The Green Grid. “Organizations of all sizes have the opportunity to transform data centers from an operational burden to a source of economic prosperity and ecologic sustainability. The Green Grid is taking steps to ensure that any organization using a data center can move forward with confidence in knowing that we are making substantial progress in regional alignment in the area of sustainability, and we welcome and encourage active participation from others to assist us in this journey.” (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Microsoft Corp

    2. Direct Access to Power Could Provide Fortune's Customers with Lower Power Costs, More ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Oct 26 2010) Emissions

      Direct Access to Power Could Provide Fortune's Customers with Lower Power Costs, More ... Fortune Data Centers, which provides premium wholesale data center space for corporate customers, announced today that the company has received approval from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to transfer to Direct Access (DA) power service, which allows eligible PG&E customers to competitively source electricity directly from energy suppliers other than PG&E. Fortune Highlights Significance of Direct Access to Power Fortune Data Centers' CEO, John Sheputis, says he believes the development means Fortune's San Jose facility is the first multi-tenant data center in California positioned to offer Direct Access and its benefits to tenants. Unlike many data center providers that mark up power costs, Fortune's tenants receive 100 percent of the benefit from better power prices and all of the savings that result from energy-efficiency. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   LEED

    3. Titan Energy Worldwide Announces Acquisition of Stanza Systems, Leading Smart Grid Development Company

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Oct 20 2010)

      Titan Energy Worldwide Announces Acquisition of Stanza Systems, Leading Smart Grid Development Company Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. (OTC.BB:TEWI - News), a leader in distributed power generation products and intelligent energy management services, announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Stanza Systems, a leading network communications and Smart Grid development company based in Houston, Texas. The acquisition of Stanza gives Titan Energy a platform for the development and management of its remote monitoring and automated controls systems for onsite power generation in the $4 billion demand response market. For more information, please see the Company's Form 8K which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, www.sec.gov. (Read Full Article)

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    4. EMS Unveils New Ruggedized Micro-Modular Data Center

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Oct 6 2010)

      EMS Unveils New Ruggedized Micro-Modular Data Center The increasing demand for outdoor computing resources in remote locations of the world has led Elliptical Mobile Solutions to introduce a more ruggedized version of its C3-S.P.E.A.R. Micro-Modular Data Center. The C3-S.P.E.A.R. Rugged Terrain, dubbed C3RT, provides tremendous versatility, reliability and durability in a 24U form factor, according to EMS CEO Bill Stockwell. Fully deployable in a matter of weeks, the C3RT provides a complete turnkey solution that can operate in remote or nonstandard locations around the world where power and network connectivity exist, he said. (Read Full Article)

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    5. IBM North Carolina Data Center Recognized for Green Design

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 22 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing

      IBM North Carolina Data Center Recognized for Green Design IBM announced today it has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification for its new data center located at the company's Research Triangle Park campus. Â The new facility, which is the company's most technologically advanced green data center, officially opened in February 2010 and is IBM's first LEED Gold certified data center. Â (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   IBM   LEED

    6. Force10 Unplugs the Competition in Data Center Energy Consumption; Its' Switch/Routers Consume Up to 52% Less Power ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 8 2010) Cloud Computing

      Force10 Unplugs the Competition in Data Center Energy Consumption; Its' Switch/Routers Consume Up to 52% Less Power ... Force10 Networks, Inc., a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business, today announced that its ExaScale™ E-Series® chassis-based core switch/router consumed significantly less power than comparable Cisco and Juniper switches based on independent tests conducted by The Tolly Group and compared to vendor-published data. This demonstrated power savings advantage in both Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 GbE line-rate switching configurations enables data centers to lower energy consumption and related costs, and can contribute toward earning the recently announced data center Energy Star rating. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), data centers account for approximately 1.5 percent of total U.S. electrical consumption at a cost of $4.5 billion annually. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Juniper Networks

    7. AppliedMicro Low Power 10GBASE-T PHY Provides Data Centers with Immunity to Electromagnetic Interference

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jul 12 2010) Cloud Computing

      AppliedMicro Low Power 10GBASE-T PHY Provides Data Centers with Immunity to Electromagnetic Interference Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, or AppliedMicro (Nasdaq:AMCC - News) today announced the Triveni APM9689x product family, the industry’s smallest dual and quad port, low power 100/1000/10GBASE-T physical layer ICs (PHYs) with MACsec (Media Access Control Security engine) and energy saving modes such as EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) and WOL(Wake-on-LAN). Triveni is the first 10GBASE-T PHY to cancel interference due to walkie-talkies, cell phones and other wireless devices to solve a critical technology challenge for robust, high-speed Ethernet connections for the data center. Cost effective 10Gbps Ethernet links are rapidly becoming critical in enterprise and data center applications. The 10GBASE-T technology provides up to 100m of data center cabling and offers a lower cost alternative to top-of-rack and short-reach optical solutions. A recent report by The Linley Group expects the 10GBASE-T market growth to accelerate in 2011 and could nearly double in annual revenue over the next ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Data Center Efficiency

    8. Google Network Architects Present Efficient Enterprise Data Center Using InfiniBand

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jun 29 2010) Cloud Computing

      Google Network Architects Present Efficient Enterprise Data Center Using InfiniBand During a recent presentation at the ACM IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), scientists from Google, Inc. (Google) proposed an energy proportional data center using a unique Butterfly Topology architecture built with 40Gb/s InfiniBand switches and adapters. By taking advantage of the inherent flexibility of the InfiniBand interconnect (from 2.5Gb/s to 40Gb/s per port) to optimize data center utilization and minimize power consumption, the proposed InfiniBand network demonstrated an 85 percent reduction in power. “The proposal for a high-performance enterprise data center built on InfiniBand is a logical step for this technology. Mellanox InfiniBand technology reduces power consumption in the datacenter to maximize energy efficiency thus driving a higher overall return-on-investment for businesses across multiple markets,” said Eyal Waldman, chairman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX - News) (TASE: MLNX). “As the InfiniBand industry-leader, we see this proposal as evidence of expansion of InfiniBand ... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Google   Mellanox Technologies

    9. Federspiel Controls to Enable Major Reductions in Energy Usage at State of California Data Centers

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Mar 25 2010)

      Federspiel Controls to Enable Major Reductions in Energy Usage at State of California Data Centers Federspiel Controls, Inc. has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to cut data center energy usage by more than 25%. The project will fund the installation of the company’s enterprise energy management systems at twelve State of California, Department of General Services (DGS) data centers across the state. “These Recovery Act projects will improve the efficiency of a strong and growing sector of the American economy. By reducing energy use and energy costs for the IT and telecommunications industries, this funding will help create jobs and ensure the sector remains competitive,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “The expected growth of these industries means that new technologies adopted today will yield benefits for many years to come.” (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Steven Chu   Department of Energy

    10. The Wellcome Trust Signs Definitive Agreement to Invest in Verne Global

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jan 18 2010) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint

      The Wellcome Trust Signs Definitive Agreement to Invest in Verne Global Verne Holdings, ehf, parent company of Verne Global, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement for an equity investment from the Wellcome Trust. The Wellcome Trust’s investment will fully fund the completion of the first phase of Verne Global’s wholesale data center campus in Iceland. With this investment, the Wellcome Trust, a medical research charitable foundation based in London with US$21 billion of assets and an AAA/aaa credit rating, will become the largest shareholder in Verne Holdings, ehf. “Large scale customers face a critical need to reduce substantially the power costs and carbon footprints of data centers,” said Dominic Ward from the Wellcome Trust's Investments Division. “Verne Global is breaking new ground in using Iceland’s natural green resources to mitigate both increasing emissions and rising energy costs." (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Iceland   Verne Global   Jeff Monroe

    11. Ark Continuity Opens Next Phase at One of the Most Secure, Available ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Dec 15 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling

      Founded on meticulous research and development, Ark Continuity, a leading developer of high integrity data centres, today announces the successful completion of integrated systems testing (IST) of its SQ17 data centre. This allows customers to commence the technical fit-out or relocation of their data suite. IST marks the conclusion of the first phase of the Spring Park Data Centre Campus: a new model for sustainable data centre infrastructure based on standard scalable, predictable, low energy building blocks. Andrew Lawrence, Research Director, Eco-efficient IT, for the 451 Group commented: "In the UK there is very strong demand for third party, high availability and energy efficient data centre space. A lot of businesses and investors have announced plans to build these kinds of data centre in recent years, but only a few have actually fulfilled their promises. Ark Continuity has constructed an excellent facility that, by using natural geological features, can lay ... (Read Full Article)

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    12. AT&T Joins U.S. Effort to Reduce Energy Usage Intensity

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Dec 3 2009) Emissions

      AT&T Joins U.S. Effort to Reduce Energy Usage Intensity T&T* yesterday joined the U.S. Department of Energy's Save Energy Now LEADER initiative, which asks that companies pledge to reduce their energy intensity by 25 percent or more during the next 10 years. Save Energy Now LEADER is an ambitious national public-private initiative to drive significant energy intensity and carbon emission reductions across the U.S. industrial sector. AT&T is among more than 30 companies making this initial pledge to reduce energy intensity. Related Quotes Symbol Price Change T 27.52 +0.17 This commitment follows the recent appointment of AT&T's first director of energy, John Schinter. Yesterday, Schinter joined Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi as well as other participating companies at a pledge-signing ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, DC. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Steven Chu

    13. Reportlinker Adds Green Telecom Networks

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Nov 23 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Wind , Networking

      Reportlinker Adds Green Telecom Networks Energy consumption is one of the leading drivers of operating expenses for both fixed and mobile network operators. Reliable access to electricity is limited in many developing countries that are currently the high-growth markets for telecommunications. At the same time, many operators have adopted corporate social responsibility initiatives with a goal of reducing their networks' carbon footprints, and network infrastructure vendors are striving to gain competitive advantage by reducing the power requirements of their equipment. All of these factors will continue to converge over the next several years, creating significant market potential for greener telecom networks. These market drivers are manifesting themselves in several ways within the global telecom industry. The large equipment vendors are creating highly-efficient network elements that consume far less power than in previous hardware generations. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Cisco   Hewlett Packard

    14. Raritan and Innovative Research Help Data Centers Become More Energy Efficient by Three-Dimensional Simulation of ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Oct 19 2009) Cloud Computing

      Raritan and Innovative Research Help Data Centers Become More Energy Efficient by Three-Dimensional Simulation of ... Raritan Inc. -- a leader in data center infrastructure and power management solutions -- today announced that information gathered and stored in its data center asset management solution, dcTrack(TM), can now be imported easily into the industry's leading 3-D simulation tool based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) -- Innovative Research's TileFlow(TM). By having 3-D simulation capability for airflow and temperature distribution in data centers, companies can obtain a clearer picture of their data center's cooling and energy use and help identify areas for energy conservation and operations improvement. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   LEED

    15. Advantage Interactive Offers One Month Free Colocation in New UK Data Centre

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 30 2009) Power and Cooling

      LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading UK Internet Service Provider, Advantage Interactive Ltd., is offering new customers one month of free colocation to celebrate the public opening of its new green data centre. In January 2009 Advantage Interactive Ltd. completed the construction of a £2 million state-of-the-art data centre in Hertfordshire. Since the construction, the data centre has undergone rigorous testing to ensure the highest levels of performance and efficiency have been achieved. Mark Boost, Managing Director, Advantage Interactive Ltd., said “We've invested heavily in technology, network infrastructure and people to provide the highest level of full redundancy across all major components. We offer a fully tested suite of services which are extremely high performing, reliable, scalable and cost effective.” (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Interactive Data Corporation

    16. Five Key Considerations in Disaster Recovery Planning From SunGard Availability Services

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 21 2009)

      Five Key Considerations in Disaster Recovery Planning From SunGard Availability Services WAYNE, Pa., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Business and technology environments are more complex than ever and the reliance on information technology is firmly entrenched in the success factors of most organizations. Being prepared to respond to situations -- both planned and unexpected -- that threaten to disrupt essential business systems and processes, is a major corporate concern. A recent survey commissioned by SunGard Availability Services and conducted by Harris Interactive, found that disaster recovery planning is a priority for many organizations. Eighty-six percent of IT executives said they have a disaster recovery plan in place at their organization. While the economy has impacted IT budgets overall, 43 percent of IT respondents indicated the economy has not impacted their disaster recovery investment (including planning) -- with another 33 percent saying investment in disaster recovery has become more important. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Oracle   SunGard

    17. The Green Grid and NYSE Euronext to Lead Industry Forum on Data Center Efficiency: Save the Date

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 2 2009)

      PORTLAND, Ore.----The Green Grid, in collaboration with the NYSE Euronext , will host a prominent industry discussion and forum at the NYSE Euronext facilities in New York City on Friday, October 2, 2009. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   New York Stock Exchange

    18. Second-Generation Verari Forest Container Solution Chosen by Qualcomm for Data Center Expansion

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 1 2009) Construction , Container , Power and Cooling

      Second-Generation Verari Forest Container Solution Chosen by Qualcomm for Data Center Expansion SAN DIEGO----Verari Systems®, a premier developer of scale-out blade-based computing and storage platforms for the data center with the highest density, availability, and energy efficiency in the market, today announced that Qualcomm selected Verari’s FOREST Container for its most recent data center expansion. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Uptime Institute   Department of Energy   Microsoft Corp

    19. VirtenSys Raises $16 Million in New Round of Funding

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Aug 11 2009)

      VirtenSys Raises $16 Million in New Round of Funding VirtenSys™, Ltd, the leader in delivering innovative PCI Express®-based I/O Virtualization (IOV) switches for data centers, today announced that it has received $16 million in new funding. The funding follows strong customer and end-user traction for the company’s I/O virtualization products, and will be used to grow the company’s revenues and broaden its markets and operations worldwide. Participation in the series C funding round included all of the existing investors: Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), Celtic House Venture Partners (CHVP), and Gimv. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Gartner   Netherlands

    20. Miercom Reports 3Com's H3C Enterprise Switches Are Industry's Most Energy-Efficient, Using up to 40% Less Energy than ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Aug 3 2009) Networking , Servers

      Miercom Reports 3Com's H3C Enterprise Switches Are Industry's Most Energy-Efficient, Using up to 40% Less Energy than ... 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS - News) today announced Miercom, a leading provider of independent test services, evaluated the company’s H3C® S7506E and H3C S5500-EI enterprise networking switches and determined they lead the industry in energy efficiency, using up to 40 percent less energy than competing products. Miercom evaluated “the overall environmental impact and business enabling green benefits” the products provide to customers and rated them “Miercom Green Certified.” The complete reports with the testing results for the H3C S7506E and H3C S5500-EI switches can be downloaded at H3C 7506E and 3Com S4800G/H3C S5500-EI, respectively. (Read Full Article)

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    21. Active Power Releases White Paper Comparing Energy Efficiencies Across Different UPS Topologies

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jul 14 2009) Servers

      Active Power Releases White Paper Comparing Energy Efficiencies Across Different UPS Topologies In its most recent white paper “High Efficiency UPS Systems for a Power Hungry World,” Active Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW - News), inventor and manufacturer of the most energy-efficient uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems in the world1, discusses energy efficiency variances among different UPS systems available in the market today. The white paper also explores system efficiencies in lab tests and actual field evaluations, drawing upon independent studies by multiple research organizations. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    22. The Green Grid Appoints Lawrence Vertal as Executive Director

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jul 8 2009) Power and Cooling

      PORTLAND, Ore. & TOKYO----At a press conference in Japan today, The Green Grid announced the appointment of Lawrence Vertal as Executive Director. In this new role, Mr. Vertal will champion the organization's mission to advance energy efficiency in data centers and the broader ecosystem of business computing. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Europe   Sun Microsystems   Intel

    23. Brocade Delivers High-Performance, Cost-Effective Data Center Server Connectivity and Consolidation Solutions for Hp ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jun 2 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers , Storage

      Brocade Delivers High-Performance, Cost-Effective Data Center Server Connectivity and Consolidation Solutions for Hp ... Brocade® (Nasdaq:BRCD - News) today announced that the Brocade 4 and 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) have been successfully tested on the HP ProLiant server platform, and the HP StorageWorks Modular Storage Array (MSA) and Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) disk storage platforms. The new Brocade 8000 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switch, which enables the consolidation of storage and IP networking ports at the server edge, will also be offered by HP to its customers. The Brocade 8000 connects to HP servers to help meet the performance and cost requirements of next-generation data centers. The Brocade FC HBAs are an ideal complement to the HP ProLiant server platform, delivering a new class of server connectivity capabilities that meet the needs of HP ProLiant server customers and help them make their data centers more efficient, reliable, and adaptable. Brocade HBAs are designed to extend I/O performance ... (Read Full Article)

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    24. ZT Systems Introduces Servers Featuring New Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor for Outstanding Data Center Performance and ...

      Explore Yahoo! Finance (Jun 1 2009) Cloud Computing

      ZT Systems Introduces Servers Featuring New Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor for Outstanding Data Center Performance and ... ZT Systems today launched new server solutions featuring the Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor (codenamed “Istanbul”). Custom engineered for individual clients, these new ZT platforms provide cutting-edge, cost effective solutions for data center environments. “ZT Systems is pleased to work with AMD on the launch of these new processors,” said ZT’s Bob Anderson, Executive Vice President. “Our customers are keenly aware of how their server choices affect both operating and capital expenses in the infrastructure-scale datacenter, and have been extremely pleased with the performance of ZT’s AMD Opteron processor-based solutions in this regard. We expect that ZT servers powered by new Six-Core AMD Opteron processors will further exceed our customers’ expectations in key metrics for energy efficiency and performance.” ZT Systems utilizes extensive experience with infrastructure-scale data centers to generate innovative, cost effective solutions to unique challenges. ZT engineers work with data center engineering and business teams to design ... (Read Full Article)

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