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Posted in Green Computing on May 15th, 2008
That wise prophet Kermit once said, “It’s not easy being green.” Actually, it is, but you wouldn’t get that impression based on some of the “green solutions” we’re seeing in the market.
Isn’t the easiest way to reduce power and cooling to remove those things that create demand for power and cooling? Physical devices are the [...]
Posted in Green Computing on Apr 2nd, 2008
The parallel between computing as a true utility (like water or electricity) has often been made, but seldom realized. In the past, utility offerings have been more like financial models by offering computing capacity on demand…when you turn it on, you start paying for it. But that is just a financial model (not a true [...]
Posted in Green Computing on Apr 6th, 2007
A “darkened” or “dark” data center has been designed to eliminate the need for human intervention so that system admins and managers can deal with mission critical development and process improvement projects vs. spending all their time fighting fires. These “lights out” data center initiatives have allowed managers to achieve the following:
Lower TCO - By [...]
Posted in Green Computing on Mar 15th, 2007
In 2005, “green” data centers were only for the most bleeding edge IT shops that had their current energy requirements under control and could invest in forward thinking initiatives. Well for the rest of us, our number just came up…it’s 2007 and it’s time to go green!
We can all agree: server sprawl is a very [...]
Posted in Green Computing on Jan 23rd, 2007
Even though it is the middle of winter (at least in North America) and oil prices are at a 12-month low, people are still talking about energy. The new Congress announced it will focus on energy independence and sources of alternative energy – with goals of reducing the cost and environmental impact of producing energy. [...]