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Articles mentioning both Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Cisco
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A New Net
Explore Technology Review (Feb 6 2012) Cloud Computing , Networking
...des 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......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 ...
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Comment Mentions: Amazon.com Forrester Research Google
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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......Point Judith 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 ...
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Green power buyers? You might be surprised - By Doug Mohney
Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Nov 3 2010)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Top 50 list of Green Power Buyers this week. Intel has the top spot with Kohl's Depa......nts (BFRs). Maybe Dell could buy some credits for Facebook's data center to balance the scales?
Cisco is only at number twelve on the list (270 million kWh), but I feel they should get some credit sinc...
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Comment Mentions: Greenpeace Intel Cisco
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Force10 Unplugs the Competition in Data Center Energy Consumption; Its' Switch/Routers Consume Up to 52% Less Power ...
Explore Yahoo! Finance (Sep 8 2010) Cloud Computing
...Scale™ E-Series® chassis-based core switch/router consumed significantly less power than comparable Cisco and Juniper switches based on independent tests conducted by The Tolly Group and compared to vendor......n contribute toward earning the recently announced data center Energy Star rating. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), data centers account for approximately 1.5 percent of total U.S. electrical consumption at a cost...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Juniper Networks
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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......e emerging field is incorporating data from building automation and energy metering systems such as Cisco’s Building Mediator, IBM Maximo and HP facility management systems, he said. Enterprise software gi...
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Comment Mentions: U.N. Europe Sun Microsystems
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Networks go green and save you money
Explore IDG News Service (Apr 19 2010) Networking , Servers
...you money (19.04.2010 kl 21:37) Twitter's ad scheme, Kin phone, ACTA unveiled (16.04.2010 kl 21:06) EPA, industry to meet on greener storage (14.04.2010 kl 19:03) Data centers push back on US efficiency ......switch, fully configured: 13kW/rack * Fully loaded rack of servers, average load: 4kW/rack Sources: Cisco, HP Critical Facilities Services Also, networking power use at the rack level ...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Accenture Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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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...... giants such as AMD, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle, as well as other critical companies such as Cisco, Google, and Texas Instruments. According to its website (http://www ...
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Green supplier report: Purchasing counts the carbons
Explore purchasing.com (Feb 11 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind
...ching to fluorescent light bulbs, companies are exploring a variety of more complex solutions. * At Cisco, collection of energy-use data has become a standard business process, according to the company's ......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...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory IBM
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Companies Not Helping Themselves With Data Centre Efficiency
Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Feb 8 2010) Servers
...he survey of 151 data center managers was completed last November but had to undergo vetting by the Environmental Protection Agency before being publicised. The survey of data centre managers and IT decision-makers also confirmed t......sion-makers also confirmed that despite the best efforts of the Green Grid, Save Energy Now and the EPA's Energy Star Program, the industry does not yet have a consistent process for measuring energy ...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco The Green Grid Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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How Green Is Green?
Explore Forbes.com (Dec 11 2009) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers
...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......heir carbon footprint than on the perceived return on investment. See Also: IBM: Back To The Future Cisco Software Takes On Microsoft, IBM IBM Bets On Beijing
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory IBM
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Energy-Efficient datacenter Designs
Explore Network Computing (Nov 17 2009) Cloud Computing , Servers
...ower-sucking cost centers and represent an opportunity for IT to save the company some cash. A 2007 Environmental Protection Agency report states that about half of electrical costs in data centers goes to powering environmentals l......s more efficient than AC power because DC distribution goes through fewer conversions. A paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows that DC distribution systems are about 7% more efficient than "best in class ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Cisco The Green Grid Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Copenhagen Summit Slammed For Ignoring IT
Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 11 2009) Emissions
...ompany 1E. “With no clear directives coming from UK government on green data centre strategies, the EPA still finalising its Energy Star for Servers ratings and the EU Data Centre Code of Conduct still b......ther campaigners have booked a slot on 16 December in the COP15 teleconference programme, set up by Cisco to lobby for greater awareness of the power of IT in the COP15 proceedings However, others commente...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Green ICT
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AltaTerra Research Sees Growing Interest in Carbon Reduction Strategies for ...
Explore PR.com (Oct 29 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions
... and Energy Strategy at Yahoo!, Andy Broer, Senior Manager, Infrastructure Critical Environments at Cisco, Mark Thiele, Director of Business Operations at VMware, and Ben Machol, Program Manager for Clean ......s at VMware, and Ben Machol, Program Manager for Clean Energy and Climate Change Office at the U.S. EPA. Don Bray, co-founder and President of AltaTerra Research, organized the panel and moderated. AltaT...
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Comment Mentions: Yahoo Cisco Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Chapter 1: Going Green in the Data Center
Explore NetworkWorld.com (Jun 30 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cap and Trade , Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Emissions
...al activities that several major companies pursue today. Chapter 1: Going Green in the Data Center Cisco Press By Douglas Alger , Network World , 06/25/2009 Newsletter Signup * Share/Email * Tweet This * ......ng amount of power and their appetite is growing. An August 2007 report by the United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates that U.S. Data Center power usage doubled in 6 years, consuming 61 billion kilowatt hours...
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Comment Mentions: Cisco Hewlett Packard Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Grading Google's carbon neutral claims
Explore Technology News (May 7 2009) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Cloud Computing
...duce its total global GHG emissions by 7 percent from 2005 to 2012, according to a listing with the Environmental Protection Agency. Comparing footprint size You could keep sifting through all the corporate sustainability reports a......here are some organizations that have tried to come up with a way to make it easier to compare. The EPA lists companies that have joined its Climate Leaders initiative and their stated goals ...
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Comment Mentions: Apple Nokia Amazon.com
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