Roundup: The Open Data Center Alliance

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 28 2010) Cloud Computing

.... It will set best practices and standards that allow enterprises to proceed with cloud operations. InfoWorld – The group’s formation is notable for couple of reasons: First, it signals that cloud computing ha...... of flexibility. This vision arguably butts heads with the direction taken by major vendors such as IBM, HP, Cisco, and the like, who would like nothing more than to lock customers in to their own techno... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Cisco   The Green Grid

Leading EU Broadband Providers Commit to Energy Saving

Explore The New York Times (Sep 28 2010) Emissions , Networking

...elefonica and Turk Telekom among others, have joined heavyweights such as Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone and Cisco in the voluntary plan to help cut carbon emissions. The new s......nt Stories From the IDG News Service * CIO-New IT Drilldowns on Virtualization, Mobile, SOA * Visit Infoworld's Green Tech Center * Network World's Cisco Subnet-The Independent Voice of Cisco Customers Brit... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Intel   Norway

Water Cooling Returns to IBM Mainframe

Explore The New York Times (Sep 1 2010)

IBM next will will begin shipping a computer with something that customers have not seen in a new mainf......e Systems Stories From Computerworld * CIO-New IT Drilldowns on Virtualization, Mobile, SOA * Visit Infoworld's Green Tech Center * Network World's Cisco Subnet-The Independent Voice of Cisco Customers The ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   InfoWorld   IBM

Dell Hawks Its New Modular Data Center

Explore The New York Times (Aug 31 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nt Stories From the IDG News Service * CIO-New IT Drilldowns on Virtualization, Mobile, SOA * Visit Infoworld's Green Tech Center * Network World's Cisco Subnet-The Independent Voice of Cisco Customers The ......ame with its modular data centers if demand is sufficient. Server makers including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and SGI also sell modular data centers, as does power equipment vendor Active Power. Collocation pr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Hewlett Packard   InfoWorld

IBM data center gets deep energy retrofit

Explore Technology News (Sep 17 2009) Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing , Servers

-IBM's "green" data center here is kind of like a techie version of the "This Old House" television show......in 2002, covering IT and Web development. Before that, he was executive editor at IT publication InfoWorld. E-mail Martin. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   InfoWorld   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Green IT's New Frontier: "Power-Capping" the Data Center

Explore greenercomputing.com (Aug 13 2009) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

... in two ways: Lower utility bills, and less real estate needed for their data center. Ted Samson at InfoWorld has an excellent article about power capping that's well worth the read. The following section from......vestment, can add up very quickly. Intel isn't the only company with power-capping technology. AMD, IBM, Dell, and HP all have it as well. Anyone operating a data center should start investigating the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   InfoWorld   IBM