A New Net

Explore Technology Review (Feb 6 2012) Cloud Computing , Networking

...ed decades earlier and was proving unsuited to an era of cyberwarfare. Casado, then a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, had been approached by a U.S. intelligence agency with a thorny problem. Computer networking techn...... what happened to the price of computer hardware in the personal-computing boom of the early 1980s. IBM's PC standard separated hardware and software, making operating systems like Microsoft Windows the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Forrester Research   Google

Power Assure CTO Provides Insights into Data Center Energy Efficiency Rating ...

Explore MyHostNews (Aug 23 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

...nergyStar rating system. To help IT managers more accurately determine when to refresh servers, the EPA created an EnergyStar rating system. But EnergyStar has a fundamental flaw similar to the one found......Capital, and a grant from the Department of Energy. Power Assure partners include ABB, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, Raritan, UL and VMware. Research, evaluate and learn more about website hosting at FindMyHo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Gartner   Cisco

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

The Trigeneration Data Center: What Is It?

Explore Relocate (Jul 20 2011) Power and Cooling , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Servers

... the generation system. Electrical generation alone is generally very inefficient. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), nearly two-thirds of the energy produced by burning coal or another fossil fuel is wasted: “The a......erver racks are cooled via liquid piped to rack doors—a system developed for Syracuse University by IBM. The facility is registered with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the university is ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Syracuse University   IBM

Facts and Figures Behind Greenpeace’s Green Data Center Report

Explore GigaOM (Apr 26 2011) Monitoring

...erage 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 ...... Paradox in action. But the only solid evidence the report cites in that section comes from a 2007 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report (PDF) that finds increasing IT efficiency will flatten or reduce total IT ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Greenpeace   Google

Corporate America Embraces The Green Data Server

Explore cnbc.com (Apr 21 2011)

...ir own data center innovations,” says Woods, referring to information-technology sector titans like IBM But other links in the data management supply chain — data center builders, hosting companies and c......over 3,600 data centers — exploding demand from all kinds of businesses has become a challenge. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates data-center energy usage doubled from the dotcom boom days of 2000 to 2006 and will doubl... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Intel   Gartner

Energy Efficiency Guide: Data Center Temperature

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...ngs compared to the test results,” said the report on the Clustered Systems technology, prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Some are deliberately pushing cooling water temperature even further. IBM deployed a supercomputer cooled by hot water for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   ASHRAE

Sensing the Future of Greener Data Centers

Explore Scientific Computing (Jan 10 2011) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...at play, says Kathy Yelick, associate laboratory director for the computing sciences directorate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Performance is suffering, too. “The heat, even at the chip level, is limiting proce......more careful monitoring of airflow and temperature. For example, a NERSC team recently installed an IBM iDataplex system in a manner so efficient that, in some cases, the cluster can cool the air around ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Department of Energy

Energy efficiency: emerging trend IT execs favor

Explore wistechnology.com (Oct 27 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

... about energy consumption demonstrates corporate social responsibility and smart business. Sources: EPA.gov, IBM.com, McKinsey.com (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Virtualization to supercharge new tablets, smart phones

Explore ITWorld Canada (Sep 29 2010) Cloud Computing

...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

HP publishes first server metrics using TPC-Energy

Explore EETimes.com (Jul 7 2010) Servers

...o publish TPC-Energy results," said Karl Huppler, chairman of the TPC and a performance engineer at IBM Corp. HP used as many as seven power analyzers and two temperature gauges to perform the benchmarks......he software tool. The effort comes as the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a tool to test the energy efficiency of servers. The tools is expected ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Hewlett Packard   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Three Steps To Data Center Management

Explore Product Design and Development (Apr 29 2010) Monitoring , Cloud Computing , Servers

...'s always a laundry list, some open-source (like Nagios) and some from large software vendors (like IBM Tivoli). These IT management tools closely watch over systems, storage, networking, and application......pment, and turn off equipment that isn’t being used. Here’s another reason to act. According to the EPA, enterprises can save up to $4 billion annually in their data centers by becoming more efficient. F... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Gartner   The Green Grid   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

5 Questions Facing Carbon Software Players

Explore Earth2Tech (Apr 28 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...istry and physics of greenhouse gas,” he said. While the US market lacks carbon cap-and-trade, the EPA is seeking to regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act, and the Securities and...... part of corporate earnings statements, he noted. Furthermore, companies such as Wal-Mart, PepsiCo, IBM and many others are asking their suppliers to begin tracking and reporting emissions data as well, ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   U.N.   Europe   Sun Microsystems

Energy Efficiency Metrics Going Global

Explore Relocate (Apr 8 2010) Servers

...centers. Parties to the agreement include segments of the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star program, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, the European Union Code of Conduct, and variou......iency improvement in data centers. Members of the consortium include technology giants such as AMD, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle, as well as other critical companies such as ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   Oracle

US, Europe, Japan agree on data center efficiency ...

Explore NetworkWorld.com (Apr 2 2010) Servers

..., an industry consortium in the U.S., the agreement is backed by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the European Union Code of Conduct and the Japan Ministry of Economy, according to a statement fro......e us a common measuring stick for all data centers regardless of their location," said Tom Brey, an IBM employee who is secretary of The Green Grid, in a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   The Green Grid   ASHRAE

Green supplier report: Purchasing counts the carbons

Explore purchasing.com (Feb 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...0% in 2009 compared to 2008, contributing to the company's reduction of GHG emissions as well. * At IBM, the purchasing department works with the company's environmental team in reducing GHGs, according ......s (LFG). Approximately 480 LFG energy projects are operating in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). LFG has one advantage over solar and wind, which are only intermittently available: "Microbes are... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Cool Sensor Technology For Hot IBM Data Center

Explore Relocate (Feb 9 2010) Cloud Computing

...ology the new limit defined by ASHRAE has been raised by a few degrees putting it at 80.6 degrees. IBM has planned to implement this recommendation in one of their latest data centers built at North Car......s, it would surely not have any problems in getting Energy Star certification for its facility. The EPA rating would encourage companies to strive and reach for their certification and the ones ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   ASHRAE   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

How Green Is Green?

Explore Forbes.com (Dec 11 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

IBM says the carbon footprint of a data center tells you how green it is. Look inside almost ......definition of green is still evolving for data centers. While there are ratings on servers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the potential for saving money by cutting energy consumption is already enough of an impetus for c... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cisco   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Is Sandia National Lab's Red Sky Really Able to Deliver a PUE of 1.035?

Explore Perspectives (Nov 22 2009) Supercomputer

... range.  Unfortunately most of the industry has a PUE of over 2.0, some are as bad as 3.0, and the EPA reports the industry average is 2.0 (Report to Congress on Server Data Center Efficiency). A PUE......ly, Red Sky brings the water to the server racks using Sun Cooling Door Systems (similar to the IBM iDataPlex Rear Door Cooling system).   The Sun Cooling Door System is ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Norway   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

How Well Do You Know...Green IT?

Explore Business News & Financial News (Nov 16 2009) Solar , Wind , Servers

...ranked it No. 1 in some aspect of environmental responsibility. A. Hewlett-Packard 1. Greenpeace B. IBM 2. Newsweek C. Intel 3. Environmental Protection Agency Answer: A-2. Hewlett-Packard Co. took the top spot in Newsweek's 2009 Green Rankings of the 500 lar......, due to "an extensive range of climate solutions and action to reduce its own emissions." C-3. The EPA said Intel Corp. was the biggest purchaser of renewable energy ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Hewlett-Packard Co.

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......s, as companies seek to trim spending on electricity and reduce their environmental footprint. The Environmental Protection Agency in 2007 estimated that data centers alone use about 1.5 percent of all electricity in the U.S. and ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   InfoWorld   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM

Novel cooling solution boosts energy efficiency

Explore computerworlduk.com (Sep 11 2009) Servers

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Hewlett Packard   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Novel Way to Cool Data Centers Passes First Test

Explore pcworld.com (Sep 10 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

A team of engineers led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has successfully tested a novel system that they say could greatly improve the efficiency of data c......pment more than they need to. The Lawrence Berkeley engineers, working with Intel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Emerson Network Power, have been experimenting with a way to deliver just the right amount of c... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Hewlett Packard   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Forecast: Mostly Cloudy

Explore Nextgov (Sep 6 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers

...hat offer services to other agencies and charge based on use of the equipment and applications. The Environmental Protection Agency has been virtualizing the Unix servers in its National Computer Center in North Carolina since 2005......n virtualizing the Unix servers in its National Computer Center in North Carolina since 2005, using IBM's logical partitioning. The agency has done the same with its Windows servers and storage systems, ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   IBM