Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a 'Killer App' for Green Power? Part 1

Explore Renewable Energy World (May 18 2012) Construction , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers

...nd inexpensively offsetting emissions from data center electricity use. Leading IT companies Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, and Dell are among the top purchasers of RECs. In fact, Intel is top green power purchaser in the ... (Read Full Article)

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Microsoft Debuts on EPA Green Power List, Ranking Third

Explore environmentalleader.com (Apr 24 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Emissions

...ir long-time first and second place positions on the Top 50 Green Power Partnership rankings, while Microsoft, which is new to the list, bumped [...] Home » Microsoft Debuts on EPA Green Power List, Ranking Third April 24, 2012 Microsoft Debuts on EPA Green Power List, Ranking Third click to enlarge image Related Stories Microsoft, General Mills Top CSR Brands list HP Leads 100 Best Corporate Citizens List Cisco, Ericsson Top Greenpeace ... (Read Full Article)

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Storage News: New SSD From Intel, Emc, Sgi

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Apr 16 2012) Cloud Computing , Storage

...th best-of-breed virtualization, server, and network technology from EMC alliance partners Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Intel, Microsoft, and VMware.  The initial fourteen VSPEX configurations focus on the ability to accelerate deployme... (Read Full Article)

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What Are the Top 10 Green IT Strategies?

Explore Cloud Computing Journal (Mar 6 2012) Cloud Computing

...m at EcomNets where he grew and strengthened EcomNet’s strategic partnerships with VMware, EMC, and Cisco. “One of the greatest challenges to security in the cloud is management,” noted David Meizlik, Vice...... previous version of CloudBerry Backup that would... As CEO Steve Ballmer has noted more than once, Microsoft’s future plans see the company going “all in” with the cloud. The company’s cloud play, Azure, offe... (Read Full Article)

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Iceland’s Thor Data Centre: In Pictures

Explore TechWeekEurope UK (Feb 17 2012) Geothermal

... turnover of 150 million euros, and experience working with most of the major IT players, including Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, HP, Verisign and Cisco. Skyrr itself dates back more than 50 years to the first government data centre in Iceland. Advan... (Read Full Article)

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Verne Global Officially Opens Green Data Center in Iceland

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Feb 10 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...dedicated IT support team and established relationships with leading solution providers such as HP, Microsoft, Cisco and others will help ensure that Verne Global’s customers have the support needed to succeed,” sa... (Read Full Article)

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New Tenants for Verne’s Modular Colo in Iceland

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 9 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Geothermal

...dedicated IT support team and established relationships with leading solution providers such as HP, Microsoft, Cisco and others will help ensure that Verne Global’s customers have the support needed to succeed,” said... (Read Full Article)

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A New Net

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

...itting in Nicira's boardroom, exchange quick glances and are careful not to name any companies—even Cisco Systems, the world's leading maker of routers and switches. They're being diplomatic; Nicira has already re......f the early 1980s. IBM's PC standard separated hardware and software, making operating systems like Microsoft Windows the focus of innovation while hardware became a race-to-the-bottom commodity. Cisco and other vendors of traditional ... (Read Full Article)

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A CTO’s take on cloud

Explore GigaOM (Jan 24 2012) Cloud Computing

...sses, but for many existing IBM shops — and there are a ton of them — IBM cloud is a no brainer. 2: Microsoft Azure has a tough row to hoe Coyle is of two minds on Windows Azure, the platform-as-a-service (Paa......pace and NASA, it’s achieved critical mass with nearly every IT provider — from Dell, to HP, to Cisco, to Citrix — aboard and Rackspace offloading management to a more neutral ... (Read Full Article)

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Schedule of 2012 trade shows and conferences

Explore TechRepublic (Jan 17 2012)

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Web Host Enteracloud Houses SEO Firm at San Diego Data Center

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Dec 29 2011) Cloud Computing

...ing program. Entercloud's infrastructure comprises of best of breed technologies including VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, Veeam, EMC and Dell, providing Market Target with the reliability and horsepower to continue deliv... (Read Full Article)

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Power-efficient servers could get a shot in the ARM

Explore ITWorld Canada (Dec 20 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers

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Understanding Network Energy Use Is Key to Efficiency

Explore environmentalleader.com (Nov 28 2011) Emissions , Networking , Servers

...elivery, as appropriate, the white paper says. Developed by CSCI members from Broadcom Corporation, Cisco, Intel, Juniper Networks, Natural Resources Defense Council, Microsoft and PowerOne, the white paper is the second in a series of three papers that CSCI is releasing this... (Read Full Article)

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The Green Grid: modularity is sign of maturity

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 15 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing

... deployment.” Nearly all major IT vendors sell modular data centers. They include HP, IBM, Dell and Cisco, among others. So do major infrastructure vendors, such as Emerson and PDI. There are also large co......ced by multiple major Internet companies and providers of Cloud-based services. This group includes Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Download The Green Grid’s whitepaper on modular data centers here. (Read Full Article)

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Data Center Energy Efficiency Needs To Include Software And Networking, Expert Says

Explore Network Computing (Aug 22 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers

...co. The initiative was co-founded by Intel and Google, and includes tech industry giants such as Microsoft, VMware and Cisco Systems, as well as Dell and Samsung, which were co-sponsors of the conference. The group's goal is to redu......n’t had as much focus historically," she says, adding that a group within the initiative, including Cisco and Juniper Networks, is focusing on that issue. "These are arch-rivals working ... (Read Full Article)

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Microsoft’s Muglia Heads To Juniper

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jul 26 2011) Cloud Computing , Networking

Former Microsoft executive Bob Muglia will work with Juniper to compete with Cisco and HP in networking Juniper Networks is hiring former long-time Microsoft executive Bob Muglia to head up its newly formed software division, an indication of the importance......of that software with their hardware – as a key differentiator in its competition with the likes of Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. Central to that portfolio is the Junos Networking operating ... (Read Full Article)

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A Roadmap to Green IT

Explore Greentech Media (Apr 13 2011) Servers

...l location. It claims it can save large businesses $30 to $60 a year per PC. We’ve been waiting for Cisco or Microsoft to buy them. Servers and processors. SeaMicro has created a server composed of 512 or 256 Intel Ato... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Google   Norway   General Electric

More Green than you can shake a stick at by Doug Moheny

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Apr 11 2011)

...Day celebrations.  Bill Weihl will once again be appearing, along with representatives from Yahoo!, Cisco, Microsoft, and a bunch of VC and energy firms.  Om Malik will be moderating a discussion of greener data cent... (Read Full Article)

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Tech Titans Back OpenFlow Networking Standard

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 22 2011) Networking

... they say will accelerate innovation and make it easier to manage their far-flung networks. Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo have teamed with telecom giants Verizon and Deutsche Telekom to... The world’s ......t. Look beyond the six founders, and the membership reads like a Who’s Who of the networking world: Cisco, Brocade, Juniper Networks, HP, Broadcom, Ciena, Riverbed Technology, Force10, Citrix, Dell, Ericss... (Read Full Article)

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IBM's Social Software: Unfriending Cisco, Google...

Explore Forbes.com Blogs (Jan 30 2011)

... Google’s Android, RIM’s Blackberry, and several Nokia devices. IBM’s Social Software: Unfriending Cisco, Google… Jan. 30 2011 - 11:59 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments By QUENTIN HARDY Image ...... push into building a more collaborative enterprise. The work on Lotus, which is compatible with Microsoft’s Sharepoint, seems like a fancier version of many of the key elements of Google Apps, allowing rea... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Nokia   Google   Cisco

IBM Joins Crowded Market With Virtual Desktop Platform

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Jan 26 2011)

...M in this sector, including such longtime competitors as Hewlett-Packard, VMware, Wyse, Oracle, and Cisco Systems. Oh, and don’t forget all those brazen newcomers that include Kaviza, nComputing, Wanova, eG Innova......s on the new product. Nor did we cite Virtual Bridges, which is supplying the management interface. Microsoft is providing the Windows interconnect. “Yes, we’re always pretty deliberate with the partners we ch... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Oracle   Cisco   Hewlett Packard

Intel, Other Top Companies Unveil NewCloud Mission: Open Data Centers

Explore PC World Philippines (Jan 9 2011) Cloud Computing

...resents a community of the most critical providers of technology in the cloud, including Canonical, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, EMC, Enomaly, Eucalyptus Systems, Gproxy, HP, IBM, Intel, Joyent, Microsoft, NetApp, NetSuite, Novell, Parallels, Red Hat, Univa and VMware. (Read Full Article)

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Dutch Web Host LeaseWeb Expands into US with New Data Center

Explore Web Host Industry Review (Nov 22 2010) Cloud Computing

...umber of customers sign-up." LeaseWeb will continue to partner with companies such as Dell, HP, Microsoft, VMware, Cisco, Juniper and APC for its US launch. These services will be supported and maintained by LeaseWeb's o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Cisco

Can Containers Remake Data Center Geography?

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Nov 11 2010) Container , Networking

...also features a well-known name that’s been quieter about its container ambitions: networking giant Cisco Systems, which has helped provision containers for customers like NASA, and has also marketed its own conta......g. The container is getting integrated into the mainstream in a very serious way. It’s not just the Microsoft data centers in Chicago and Virginia. It’s taking the show on the road.” The Geography Problem ... (Read Full Article)

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