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JEDDAH - Against a backdrop of construction boom going in Saudi Arabia, and despite the high cost, there is a gradually rising shift toward the use of green building technology, a senior industry executive told the Saudi Gazette in an interview. As the largest market in the GCC at present, the Kingdom has more than $112.8 billion worth of projects expected in 2012, recent data showed. Andy White, event director for The Big 5 Saudi Expo that will take place at Jeddah Centre for Forums & Events on March 10-13, said that despite some budget constraints, still such situation does not "prevent green products from being specified at the design stage even though a greener product will make considerable energy savings throughout the project life."

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RIYADH - Mobily successfully launched an advanced cloud computing environment, the first of a series of clouds, the organization will roll out in the coming few months to maximize the utilization of its infrastructure in a more 'Green IT,' environmentally friendly manner, as well as reduce time to market. The term "cloud" is a generic term used by information technology professionals today to describe the Internet, when coupled with "computing" it gains wider meaning: the availability of "applications," "platforms," and "infrastructure" on the fly. Cloud computing offers organizations IT resources in a cost effective, scalable, reliable, and fault tolerant manner. More important, and in addition to faster provisioning, cloud computing gives organizations easier management and monitoring of their IT resource management and this what Mobily has gained with its first cloud computing setup, which has resulted in a major cut in time to market. (Read Full Article)

APC by Schneider Electric Partners with Internet Villages ...ZawyaIn addition to the strict datacentre industry requirements, IVI's ALBA1 site is ideally suited to take advantage of free cooling technology as well as ...and more » (Read Full Article)