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IBM dominates latest green supercomputer list: Must be the season for lists. Aside from the Greenpeace one I pointed to earlier today, you've also got the latest Supercomputing Green 500 ranking to consider, published by the Green500.org. This is the list that reinterprets the organization's Top 500 high-performance ranking by focusing on...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Supercomputer, List, IBM Corp., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-25
When (if) you shop for electronics this holiday season, consider the latest Greenpeace environmental ranking: Just in time for the Black Friday retail rush at least they hope, Greenpeace has released its 10th Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics! Greenpeace rates major tech gadget vendors on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the best score the company can rate for...; Tags: Greenpeace, Energy Efficiency, Electronics, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-25
Leading Virtualization Performance and Energy Efficiency in a Multi-processor Server. Product Brief for Intel® Xeon® processor7400 series.: Fewer servers. More performance. With the architecture that's specifically built for virtualization, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series gives you more than 40% better performance and up to 38% better virtualization performance than previous generations —within the same power envelope. Intel Xeon processor 7400 series helps provide your...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Performance, Multiprocessor, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Semiconductors, Components; White papers 2008-11-21
The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments: I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Vertal, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-10-06
Building a Greener IT Department: Eco-Friendly Changes Can Yield Real Benefits: Going green can offer companies a wide range of benefits. Some choose to go green to reduce their impact on the environment; others want to reduce operating costs through energy efficiency. Making green changes requires a total company commitment, starting at the highest rungs of the corporate ladder. The promise...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Benefits, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Marketing; White papers 2008-08-05

New Web calculators from APC help you get a grip on the green impact of certain design and technology choices: What tradeoffs do you have to make to achieve certain energy efficiency goals in your data center? How will adding that extra rack, for example, skew your electricity usage? Power management company APC aka the big UPS vendor figures that anyone who can help tell you that...; Tags: Web, Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Blade.org makes energy efficiency a rallying cry: The powers-that-be at Blade.org (now representing close to 200 companies) have made advanced energy efficiency the focus of some of the organization's collaborative working groups. The consortium actually has latched onto what it's calling three megatrends that it highlighted at its recent conference in New York:...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Collaboration, Kell Systems, Data Centers, Groupware, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-29
IBM Systems Energy Efficiency eKit: Becoming more energy efficient. Incorporating eco-friendly practices. Reducing your carbon footprint. It's a crucial part of today's successful business. Learn how to become more environmentally friendly with the IBM Systems Energy Efficiency eKit. In this eKit, you'll discover how to save on energy costs, maintain precious...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; Resource centers 2008-03-29
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers: Achieving Energy Efficiency Through Service Integration: Environmental responsibility has become an important topic of discussion in the last few years - not only in the general public, but in businesses as well. Many major corporations have begun to institute green policies that guide the manner in which they manage their operations. The innovative, new Cisco ASR...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Integration, Routers & Switches, Networking; White papers 2008-02-01
Analysis: Server Side Java energy efficiency versus load: With the arrival of the latest standardized energy efficiency benchmark from SPEC, we have a good way to measure server efficiency.Â In light of the recent controversy overÂ flawedÂ energy efficiency studies that have unfortunately been touted by so many in the pressÂ instead ofÂ SPEC, I thought I'd offer some more in-depth analysis...; Tags: Performance, Java, Workload, Efficiency, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Analysis, Intel Corp., Energy Efficiency, SPEC, Neal Nelson, Performance Management, Servers, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Energy-Efficiency Firm Powers Up Business With Business Management Software: Current Energy provides energy-efficiency consulting, services, and products to residential and commercial customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. Expanding rapidly into new lines of business and geographic regions, Current Energy found that QuickBooks accounting software limited the company's potential. Current Energy wanted to combine robust intercompany accounting functions,...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Accounting, Energy Efficiency, Business Management, Microsoft Corp., Current Energy, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
Energy-Efficiency Firm Powers Up Business With Business Management Software: Current Energy provides energy-efficiency consulting, services, and products to residential and commercial customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. Expanding rapidly into new lines of business and geographic regions, Current Energy found that QuickBooks accounting software limited the company's potential. Current Energy wanted to combine robust intercompany accounting functions,...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Accounting, Energy Efficiency, Business Management, Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management; Case studies 2008-01-01
Closed Loop Lifecycle Planning: Optimizing for energy efficiency in the upcoming technology refresh cycle: Get ahead of the mainstream ideas and learn how to implement a "green" strategy in regards to client computing and the technology refresh cycle. The timing could not be better. This whitepaper will teach you the key areas to consider to 'green' your lifecycle strategy, like platform choices and regulation...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Hewlett-Packard Co., Strategy, Management; White papers 2008-01-01
SPEC launches standardized energy efficiency benchmark: SPEC Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation launched its first standardized energy efficiency benchmark SPECpower_ssj2008 this week which tackles something that the computer industry has struggled to define in recent years.Â With datacenter energy costs spiraling out of control, server customers have struggled to sort out the conflicting messages from technology vendors...; Tags: Performance, Java, Quad-core, Power Consumption, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Energy Efficiency, SPECpower_ssj2008, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-12-14
IBM applies autonomic computing to energy management: IBM has been talking about autonomic computer--the Holy Grail of self-regulating IT, as in the way the nervous system regulates and protects the human body autonomically--since the beginning of the century. To be precise, in October 2001 IBM Research published the "IBM Autonomic Computing Manifesto," with the premise:...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Autonomic Computing, IBM Corp., Automation, Energy Efficiency, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-08
A Power Benchmarking Study on the IBM System z9: Applying Energy Efficiency Metrics to Performance: Over the past few years energy efficiency in the data center has become one of the top concerns for IT managers. As the cost of power grows significantly, the application of energy efficiency to systems performance becomes a metric that can not be ignored. IBM has long been a champion...; Tags: Performance, Benchmarking, IBM Corp., Energy Efficiency, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-10-04
Lenovo's Latest ThinkCentre Desktop Brings Energy Efficiency to the Mainstream: Energy efficiency is the new metric by which businesses are measuring IT operations. Increasingly, energy efficiency is also becoming a factor by which customers and even government regulators are evaluating businesses. By focusing on energy-efficient computing, Lenovo is helping businesses limit energy consumption and boost efficiency. The company has recently...; Tags: IBM ThinkCentre, Technology Business Research, Lenovo Group Ltd., Energy Efficiency, Desktops, Hardware; White papers 2007-09-14
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Ethernet-Connected Devices: A Proposal for Proxying: Being connected to the Internet requires some active participation. When devices fail to do this, they "Fall off the net" and applications break. Today, billions of dollars' worth of electricity are used to keep Ethernet and other connected devices fully powered on at all times only for the purpose of...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Device, Network, Ethernet Alliance, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2007-09-01
Building an energy efficient home computer: You say you want a revolution?Energy efficient data centers are in the news again, with the EPA reporting that data centers use 1.5% of US electricity - almost 6 million home's worth - and doubling in five years. But what about your home data center? My house has 2 wireless...; Tags: Home PC, Disk, Data Center, I/O, System, CPU, Computer, Energy Efficiency, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-08-20
Blade guys have their say about energy efficiency: Blade guys have their say about energy efficiencyBladesWe have alot of blade servers for application middleware. Work well and are easily duplicated and recreated. I wish we'd look into Linux on the Mainframe to consolidate our Linux server population.; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Linux, blade, energy efficiency; Discussion threads 2007-08-09