when the sun comes back, how much will it do for us - by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Jan 8 2012)

...But solar farms could have a role in providing some of the power needed by data centers. Facebook,  Apple and IBM have all made moves here, and they are not just a token gesture. However, solar may be more usefu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Nokia   Facebook

2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

Explore Wired News (Dec 30 2011)

... alike. Out of necessity, the huge Internet players — Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, and Apple — are finding ways to use greener energy and get more out of the energy they use. Google has contin......d from the servers. PUE: 1.15 Clear plastic walls help this HP data center keep its cool. Photo: HP IBM: Auckland, New Zealand IBM’s new down under data center uses environmental monitoring and a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Iceland

Facebook and Greenpeace Make Peace on Renewable Energy

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Dec 15 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...'s commitment to renewable energy raises the bar for other IT and cloud computing companies such as Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Twitter," Casey Harrell, senior IT analyst for Greenpeace International said in a s... (Read Full Article)

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Greenpeace, Facebook Announce Truce

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Dec 15 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...ommitment to renewable energy raises the bar for other IT and cloud computing (8) companies such as Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and Twitter,” said Casey Harrell, Senior IT Analyst for Greenpeace International. ”... (Read Full Article)

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Green Q&A: What impact does online time have on the environment?

Explore Home - San Jose Mercury News (Oct 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...npeace examined energy sources for the 10 largest IT companies involved in cloud computing, finding Apple, Facebook and IBM especially guilty of getting significant amounts of power from coal-fired power plants. (Facebook h... (Read Full Article)

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AMD Names Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Oct 19 2011) Cloud Computing

...velopment for the company's switching and routing businesses. Prior to Cisco, Papermaster served as Apple's senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering responsible for the iPod and iPhone hardwar......le for the iPod and iPhone hardware development. He has also held many senior leadership roles at IBM, serving on the company's technical leadership team and overseeing development of key microprocess... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Cisco   IBM

What's behind Iceland's first major data center

Explore ITworld (Oct 14 2011)

...he sea in southeastern North Carolina with her two children. abennett shared This week in pictures: Apple gets Siri-ous on LinkedIN mavis19 asks What's your favorite Siri voice feature on the iPhone 4S? ba......How to manage a mess of cables Will Tomas has just joined ITworld Darius Damalakas commented on Has IBM kicked OpenOffice.org to the curb? kburns asks Should I opt my brand and other trademarks ... (Read Full Article)

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Watch out tech world. This CEO knows consumers

Explore GigaOM (Sep 23 2011) Cloud Computing

...ouch to one of Silicon Valley’s most storied brands. A brand that many thought had a chance to give Apple a run for its money. A brand that many have relied on for personal technology at home and even more......rvalued brands in the data center. It does so much, yet seems to lack the awareness of players like IBM, Cisco, Oracle, VMware, and EMC in their efforts to ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Oracle   Cisco

14 Cloud Services Players Scrutinized For Green Credentials

Explore zdnet.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...ulders above its rivals for its carbon reporting standards. With carbon-conscious customers such as Apple, HP, IBM, Puma, Microsoft, SAP, and Siemens, Akamai appreciates the need to be on top of its own footprint.”... (Read Full Article)

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Google keeps its Googlers going via green buildings

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Aug 19 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Solar

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

Adopt 'right balance' for green clouds

Explore zdnetasia.com (May 23 2011) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind , Cloud Computing

...on involved in the storing and transmitting of data among 10 global IT companies, including Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo. However, it did concede that its findings were gleaned from "limited" informa......t's developers? http://t.co/qtCBEzd Sony subsidiary So-net reports data breach http://bit.ly/lfhKmd IBM launches Hadoop-based analytics software - ZDNet Asia http://bit.ly/lt5wFN Thai Blytes blog by Jon ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

Facts and Figures Behind Greenpeace’s Green Data Center Report

Explore GigaOM (Apr 26 2011) Monitoring

...eport card last week? While much of the coverage of the report focused on the A-to-F grades ranking Apple, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM and others, the report also laid out some broad categories where IT giants can be lauded for doing ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

greenpeace shifts its sights to apple - by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 25 2011)

...to how “dirty” electricity supplies are - in effect, how carbon-intensive their operations are. And Apple was ranked as “dirtiest”.  For more than a year, Greenpeace has been engaged in a campaign again......the data centers of ten companies altogether - the full roster is Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Akamai and Amazon. I think there are three interesting side issues thrown up by t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Amazon.com

Greenpeace Study Targets "Dirty Power" in Cloud Computing

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Apr 21 2011) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing

...d and evaluates both good and bad energy choices made by top IT companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, and Yahoo!. Titled "How Dirty is Your Data?," the report details the large amount of electricity ......class recognition for transparency, Yahoo! had the strongest infrastructure siting policy, and IBM and Google demonstrated the best overall approach to reduce their current footprints. Cook argues t... (Read Full Article)

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Is HP Ready to Take on Amazon in the Cloud?

Explore internetnews.com (Mar 14 2011) Cloud Computing

...azon Web Services, the company also plans to have an online app marketplace that would compete with Apple for consumers, SMB and enterprise applications and services. Hewlett Packard's CEO had his big co......o has to catch up? Apotheker said in response to a press question about competing with the likes of IBM on the enterprise side. While he often spoke about broad, strategic plans, Apotheker seemed to bris... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Hewlett Packard

Who's the leader of the pack? The power of green awards. By Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 1 2010)

...vited 28 big ICT players and persuaded 19 to actually take part. It’s not much of a surprise to see IBM at the top of the list - given the company’s very public support for sustainability at its Start Su......he rankings this year perhaps indicates there is power in the green consumer lobby - though the way Apple has been content to slide suggests that we shouldn’t expect ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Nokia

25 new IT companies to watch

Explore IDG News Service (Oct 25 2010) Cloud Computing

... rise of giants like Intel and Microsoft but also the demise of several mainframe vendors not named IBM, says Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with the Yankee Group. But predicting which new company will disti...... first startup in this market, as it will have to contend against the likes of Fusion-io, which has Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak as its chief scientist. But Virident is claiming to offer faster performan... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Larry Ellison

Virtualization to supercharge new tablets, smart phones

Explore ITWorld Canada (Sep 29 2010) Cloud Computing

...that has since attacked several industrial control systems, sig ... By: Mikael Ricknas (21 Sep 2010)Apple Inc. could be preparing to enhance the iPhone's image search and video calling capabilities, or eve......pularity of open source software, particularly Linux. With the powerful technology alliance between IBM and SAP, DB2 continues to meet and exceed the requirements of today’s enterprises. Heterogeneous en... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Fujitsu   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Is Apple About to Unleash the iDataCenter?

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Sep 1 2010) Cloud Computing

...and is expected to employ 50 workers upon completion. Here are some technical factoids gleaned from Apple’s job postings: + Apple says that its “data center environment consists of MacOS X, IBM/AIX, Linux and SUN/Solaris systems.” + The Maiden facility will have a “heavy emphasis” on hig... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Oracle

The Technology Inside Apple’s New iDataCenter

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 21 2010) Cloud Computing

...hanical technicians, systems administrators and security staff. Here are some factoids gleaned from Apple’s job postings: + Apple says that its “data center environment consists of MacOS X, IBM/AIX, Linux and SUN/Solaris systems.” + The Maiden facility will have a “heavy emphasis” on hig... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Oracle

Google unveils new cloud data storage for developers

Explore ITWorld Canada (May 19 2010) Cloud Computing , Storage

...s improving employee awareness of the company’s products, the long-term view of status symbols like Apple’s iPad and the future growth of Canada’s enterprise software sector. IT professional Cameron McKay,......electively to yield better results at lower costs. This white paper offers concrete examples of how IBM IT Service Management helps companies optimize processes that extend across traditional IT silos, w... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Amazon.com   Sun Microsystems

Earth Day warning for green IT

Explore UK technology news, reviews and analysis (Apr 22 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...ources of energy such as coal, and look to cleaner, renewable energy sources. The report pointed to Apple's North Carolina facility which uses just 3.8 per cent of renewable energy compared with 50.75 per ......ers and facilities managers. Large corporations have also taken steps to improve energy efficiency. IBM announced new management system requirements yesterday designed to improve sustainability across it... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Gartner

Hey Greenpeace, the cloud (and tech giants behind it ...

Explore ZDNet Technology News (Mar 31 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

...d (and tech giants behind it) will be greener Posted by Larry Dignan @ 11:44 am Categories: Amazon, Apple, Cloud computing, Datacenter, Facebook, Google, Green Tech, Hardware Infrastructure, IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo, virtualization Tags: Greenpeace, Data Center, Coal, Data Centers, Storage, H... (Read Full Article)

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Earth Hour: Is it Time to Virtualize the Electrical ...

Explore ReadWriteWeb (Mar 29 2010) Cloud Computing

...ssing is calculated in megahertz. We can see how important the work is at Intel and others (AMD, IBM, Apple) to get higher processing per energy consumption at the core. This post is part of our ReadWriteClo... (Read Full Article)

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