Data Storage and the Environmental Benefits of the Cloud

Explore Triple Pundit (Jul 19 2011) Emissions , Cloud Computing , Servers

The team at Microsoft has outlined their latest analysis of data center energy usage and opportunities for efficiencies i... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Accenture   The Green Grid   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Data center build-out guru Mike Manos: Five data center game changers

Explore Data Center (Jun 1 2010) Power and Cooling , Cap and Trade

..., has had a major impact on the data center industry. As general manager of data center services at Microsoft, Manos oversaw Redmond's infrastructure ramp-up to compete with Google and pushed adoption of conta......isms around energy. That will impact the data center industry. Whether the model is copied from the Carbon Reduction Commitment in the U.K. or Waxman-Markey House Bill 2454, they're targeting users in that bill ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Europe   Google

Data Center Greenwashing? Time Will Tell If It Was

Explore Relocate (Apr 29 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Geothermal , Cloud Computing

...et its corporate carbon reduction goals, data centers certainly being a chief priority. Last year, Microsoft built its first mega data center outside the US aimed at making better use of environmental resourc......steam this year especially as the environment takes front seat priority. Just this month, the UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment came into effect, forcing businesses to comply with new government regulations on cutting carbon em... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Iceland   Google

Firms Told To Take Ownership Of Carbon Management

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 15 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

... achieve reductions in CO2 emissions unless they take ownership of carbon management With the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) legislation looming in the UK, senior management figures are being advised to take a hands-on appr......ck in September last year the Carbon Disclosure Project announced it was partnering with Accenture, Microsoft and SAP in order to establish a new global climate change data reporting platform. In October CA's ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Carbon Reduction Commitment   CA

Smart Meters Allow Companies To Monitor Home-Worker Carbon

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Dec 8 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Networking

...er's company where it can be fed into reporting frameworks required by legislation such as the UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment. “With the growing popularity of home-working, the ability to monitor and report on home-workers' c......ssions by 1.2 million tonnes per year by 2020, according to government figures. Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE… (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   Google   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Virtualisation Moves On To Conquer Networks And Desktops

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 26 2009) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers

...rtualisation strategy can help businesses cut greenhouse gas emission and prepare for the impending Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation, as it consolidates existing assets and reduces the demand for hardware which con......ntly the most successful vendor in the enterprise server virtualisation market, but Xen, Citrix and Microsoft have all also been working on solutions that endorse virtualisation and provide end users with choi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Microsoft Corp

Coming Soon to a Data Center near you, Regulation.

Explore LooseBolts (Jul 24 2009) Carbon Reduction Commitment

...ergy efficiency work being done in the United Kingdom for quite some time and developments in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). My recent trip to London afforded me the opportunity to drive significantly harder into t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   Carbon Reduction Commitment