France, for a Moment, Becomes Focus of Digital Optimism

Explore The New York Times (Dec 11 2011)

...antitrust regulators, and Paris, where he opened the Internet giant’s new headquarters for southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Google’s move from a plain office building into a palatial, 107,640......a mobile application that helps people round up their friends. George F. Colony, chief executive of Forrester Research, went so far as to declare that the World Wide Web, as used on a PC running a ... (Read Full Article)

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Google Agrees to Allow Owners of Wi-Fi Routers to Opt Out of Database

Explore The New York Times (Nov 15 2011)

...se of battery power. But while Google’s collection of Wi-Fi location data has been controversial in Europe, analysts in the United States were skeptical that many owners of routers would bother to remove th......ld be more than happy to have it plotted,” said Chenxi Wang, principal analyst covering security at Forrester Research. “It doesn’t hurt them in any way.” Jacob Kohnstamm, the chairman of the Dutch Data ... (Read Full Article)

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Six ways to cool your data centre efficiently and cheaply

Explore features.techworld.com (Sep 5 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...ere you can get very efficient evaporative cooling," says Rich Fichera, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, along with hosting companies, have been sussing out si......sibly another network device or two. For example, one way transit from the data centre to London or Europe adds 18 milliseconds, and to the United States about 40 milliseconds. ISAAC KATO IS INSPIRED BY ICE... (Read Full Article)

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Could Servers Replace Household Boilers?

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jul 27 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...rend, or moving with it? Older forms of heating Image:paulinedana Right now, most people, including Forrester Research and eWEEK Europe, argue that moving to cloud computing services can save energy, by centralising servers, and using ... (Read Full Article)

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GreenWise poll: will 2011 be significant for green business?

Explore Green Wise (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...le energy sources become more commercially viable and attractive but a number of governments across Europe, notably Spain and Germany, are removing Feed-in Tariff provisions as they have become 'over-subscr......ronment in terms of carbon emissions. The forecast for software spending looks stable. According to Forrester's 2010 To 2012 Global Tech Industry Outlook, software will lead hardware as the largest category of... (Read Full Article)

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What Role Can IT Play In Corporate Sustainability?

Explore Reuters.com (Oct 13 2010) Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...r the next month I am back on the road (again), speaking at several green IT events in the U.S. and Europe. The audience at these events is primarily CIOs and IT leaders, with some representation from facil......o do something different. My pitch to IT organizations, at events and in the work I do directly for Forrester clients, is to think beyond the IT organization, to challenge themselves ... (Read Full Article)

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Why Intel is a Likely Winner of Tech Recovery

Explore GigaOM (Jul 21 2010)

... of a second half economic slowdown, corporate spending on information technology is on an upswing. Forrester Research, in its most recent quarterly update, notes that during 2010, the IT market will grow 7.9 percent w......ound 9.9 percent to $753 billion, thanks in part to a big upsurge in demand for computer equipment. Europe will grow by about two percent, down from previous forecast of five percent. Why ... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centers in the downturn by carol wilson

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Aug 17 2009)

...ne in their own revenues. How will that affect hosted data center services? Two new studies from Forrester Research, released this week, show interesting trends in how businesses are cutting back. The two reports, “......ications: 2009” were based on interviews with enterprise and SMB IT executives in North America and Europe. While everyone expects data center traffic to continue to grow exponentially for the foreseeable ... (Read Full Article)

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