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Energy Efficient Ethernet: Small network power savings add up

2008-04-09 12:26:02 by David B. Jacobs in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Much energy is wasted while the network is idle. The IEEE Energy Efficient Ethernet project aims to deliver major energy savings by combining many small network power savings, both economically and environmentally beneficial
 
Tags: network power savings, network, energy, beneficial, idle
 
 
 
 
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IBM boosts performance, energy efficiency of new mainframe

2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
IBMs next-generation mainframe unveiled Tuesday is 50% faster than its predecessor and can double performance for CPU-intensive jobs, while offering dramatic improvements in energy efficiency, according to Big Blue
 
Tags: energy efficiency, ibms next-generation mainframe, double performance, cpu-intensive jobs, dramatic improvements, tuesday, faster, predecessor, blue
 
 
 
 
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Limit network energy consumption with computer cooling technologies

2008-06-17 00:00:00 by Amy L. Kucharik in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
The more heat generated by a piece of equipment, the more electricity is being wasted. For many networks, as in the data center, reducing the amount of heat generated, and therefore the amount of electricity wasted, can lead to significant monetary savings -- not to mention reducing impact on the environment. In this tip from...
 
Tags: significant monetary savings, technologies, electricity, heat, data center, amount, computer, lead, piece
 
 
 
 
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Energy credits offered as part of IBM's green initiative

2008-06-25 00:35:52 by Sarah Varney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
IBM partners with big utilities to advance energy efficiency in data centers
 
Tags: advance energy efficiency, data centers, ibm partners, utilities
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...energy on impact, tearing targets apart with violent fury In development for more than 30 years, the research is beginning to bear fruit, and may soon spawn more powerful bombs, warheads that tear apart stone and concrete, mines that can be set to stun or kill, and grenades that can swat rockets or mortar rounds out of the sky like flies You...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Green IT The Cart and the Horse

2008-05-23 15:06:03 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...energy-saving solutions that people personally used, but very few institutional examples Not to say that companies arent doing it. I was just talking to a Gartner analyst who had a customer with 2500 servers and ended up virtualizing them 6:1 with a resulting annual power savings of $1.1 million. Very cool. And of course, Opus Interactive ,...
 
Tags: people, power, annual power savings, products, partner products, energypower management features, environment, personal perspective, lip service
 
 
 
 
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Green IT The Cart and the Horse

2008-05-23 15:06:03 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...energy-saving solutions that people personally used, but very few institutional examples Not to say that companies arent doing it. I was just talking to a Gartner analyst who had a customer with 2500 servers and ended up virtualizing them 6:1 with a resulting annual power savings of $1.1 million. Very cool. And of course, Opus Interactive ,...
 
Tags: people, power, annual power savings, products, partner products, energypower management features, environment, personal perspective, lip service
 
 
 
 
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Green IT The Cart and the Horse

2008-05-23 15:06:03 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...energy-saving solutions that people personally used, but very few institutional examples Not to say that companies arent doing it. I was just talking to a Gartner analyst who had a customer with 2500 servers and ended up virtualizing them 6:1 with a resulting annual power savings of $1.1 million. Very cool. And of course, Opus Interactive ,...
 
Tags: people, power, annual power savings, products, partner products, energypower management features, environment, personal perspective, lip service
 
 
 
 
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The hidden gas tax

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2008-06-27 12:02:59 by HASH0x8b3ae34 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...energy costs and I am not sure I believe that. We are seeing huge increases in rice, wheat and other staples. But gas prices are a hidden tax on our economy across the board Have a look at the UPS receipt for a package that was shipped out to me. From a base price of about $22.00, fuel surcharges add another 10 dollars to the bill. That is...
 
Tags: gas, weekly gas bills, fuel, gas tanks, fuel surcharges, tax, gas prices, price, base price