Green IT

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  • How to assess the carbon footprint of your storage arrays
    With the government finally putting a price on carbon, IT managers around Australia will now have to pay close attention to the efficiency of their storage arrays. Clive Gold, Vice-Chair of SNIA ANZ, explains the rationale behind the association’s new Emerald program, and how you can use it to assess the impact of the carbon price on your own equipment.
  • PUE gains validity as a data centre energy measurement
    The government has recently announced plans to green its ICT, including reducing the PUE of its data centres from 2.5 to 1.9 by July 2015. Christian Bertolini, Chief Technology Officer, APC by Schneider Electric, issues a response to the government’s green ICT plans and the validity of PUE.
  • Why green is green
    The business benefits of eco products can rival the environmental advantages. Here’s why - and what it means to product design teams.
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  • CA (Pacific) ecoSoftware 2.0
    The ecoSoftware 2.0 version of CA’s energy, carbon and sustainability management software is designed to help organisations reduce carbon emissions, manage natural resource consumption and cut energy costs.
  • Recycling self-assessment tool
    Australian e-cycling specialist Greenbox has launched a free self-assessment tool for businesses to help them rate their recycling programs.
  • Online environmental assessment
    The Sustainability Assessment Tool helps organisations determine how their IT department aligns with environmental strategies.
  • Desktop PC
    The dc7900 desktop PC includes power-saving technology to reduce operating costs as well as a company’s impact on the environment.
  • Cooling system
    Server Racks Australia (SRA) is set to release the iPAMM cooling system for server racks, designed to cater to increasing CPU density and power dissipation requirements.
  • Power management
    inTechnology Distribution has announced the availability of BigFix Power Management, which enables IT administrators to monitor, manage and control the power conservation settings of computers and monitors, meaning that companies can save on energy costs while becoming more environmentally friendly.
  • Remote power control with power management
    The MPC-Series managed power controllers allow secure power management of rackmount equipment via IP, external modem or local terminal. Power at each outlet can be remotely switched on/off individually, as a group for dual power supply servers or with a time delay. Models are available with 8, 16 or 20 controlled power outlets.
  • Customisable relationships
    Summer 07 is Salesforce's customer relationship management application that incorporates platform-as-a-service (PaaS) functionality.
  • Power distribution
    The Cyclades PM 42 intelligent power distribution unit (IPDU) provides switched, remotely manageable three-phase power to equipment racks in data.
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  • Businesses don’t see benefits of going green
    Most companies are not taking action to make their operations more sustainable, believing such ‘green’ activity to be a burden on the business, and are missing out on the benefits of sustainability in the process.
  • Report finds IT could do better when it comes to green IT
    Fujitsu's research report Green IT: Global Benchmark contains findings of the first multicountry survey to determine the maturity of green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.
  • HP rewards recycling of old technology
    HP launches Replace, Recycle, Reward campaign for old technology.
  • Green IT partners combine for more accuracy
    Connection Research and ComputersOff.ORG have announced a cooperative agreement to work together on green IT accreditation and market analysis.
  • IDC will report on green IT in Copenhagen
    IDC sizes the potential reduction in greenhouse gases from focused use of information and communication technologies with the results to be announced prior to the United Nations' COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
  • Green IT gains in current economic times
    According to a report just published by independent market analyst Datamonitor, the global economic recession may prove to be a significant upside to the market for green IT.
  • Storage power measurement specification
    The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has put out its initial green storage power measurement specification which is designed to classify storage systems.
  • Data centre provider goes green with power
    Disaster recovery provider Interactive will turn its entire operation over to green power in November 2008.
  • Telstra carbon emission calculator
    Telstra has launched a sitelet that allows users to calculate how much carbon they could save by using telecommunications like videoconferencing, rather than flying or driving to meetings.
  • Asia–Pac telcos lag behind in green race
    Telecommunications operators in the Asia–Pacific region are failing to address the issue of carbon emission reductions, according to research from Ericsson Australia and New Zealand.
  • IT can't battle carbon emissions alone, says AIIA
    The whole of Australia must rally behind the local IT industry in its attempt to transition to a low carbon economy, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has said.
  • Equipment energy efficiency update
    Members of the AIIA Environmental Special Interest Group are working with the Australian government’s Equipment Energy Efficiency Team to develop standards both for equipment energy efficiency and labelling in the Australian marketplace.
  • Industry heavyweights join forces to launch green initiative
    Intel, Dell, Google and Microsoft all joined forces to launch the Climate Savers Computing Initiative in Australia.
  • Asia Pac CIOs are turning green
    The subject of Green IT is experiencing a swell in local interest.
  • HP sets recycling target of 900 million kg
    Having met its goal six months early to recycle 453 million kilograms (one billion pounds) of electronics, HP today announced that it has set a new goal for another 453 million by the end of 2010.
  • Breaking the green barriers in Brisbane
    Brisbane-Cisco Networkers, the annual conference for the ANZ region, has attracted over 1900 delegates, 20% more attendees than 2006.
  • NetApp joins The Green Grid
    Network Appliance has joined The Green Grid, a non-profit, technology-driven consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centres and business computing ecosystems.
  • Carbon trading opens up opportunities for IT
    Speaking at the AIIA Business Briefing in Sydney yesterday, Bruce McCabe said the issues of sustainability and carbon trading and accounting will provide opportunities for the industry.
  • Calls for energy star rating system
    The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has delivered an ICT carbon emissions audit, revealing that ICT use by Australian businesses generated 7.94 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2005, which is the close equivalent to the civil aviation and metal production industries.
  • Energy and telco markets lead the way on eco responsibility
    Almost two thirds of businesses have environmental or green practices in place, according to a survey of Sun Microsystems’ Australian and New Zealand customer base.
  • Queensland government awards 'green' IT contracts
    In a deal that purports to save the Queensland government $20 million over the next 12 months, Australian-based IT services company Data#3 has been announced as one of three successful tenderers for the provision of IT equipment and associated services for the government.
  • Next G leads to greener business, study says
    A study has claimed that the Next G mobile broadband network can reduce companies’ environmental impact, thanks to the way it changes the business users’ behaviour.
  • NetApp turns over a green leaf
    NetApp has joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Green Storage Initiative, which is intended to advance energy efficiency in networked storage technologies.
  • Green computing reduces C02 emissions
    Userful has announced that in the last year its software has saved over 13,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions - the equivalent of taking 2300 cars off the road.
  • EDS to cut emissions by 1000 tonnes
    A technology services group will implement a program to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
  • inTechnology promotes green business
    inTechnology has launched its computersoffaustralia website, a national initiative to reduce information and communications technology industry carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Case Study (3)
  • Hyundai’s printing system makes eco-sense
    Throughout its 20 years in the Australian automotive market, Hyundai has continued to evolve itself and its market offering to reflect the company name, a Korean translation for ‘modern era’. It is a company that reflects the spirit of innovation fostered and celebrated since its inception.
  • Renewtek goes carbon neutral
    Renewtek is a technical consultancy and IT project delivery specialist with offices in Melbourne and Sydney
  • Power and cooling gives five nines
    FirstMac is a wholesale residential mortgage provider and claims to be one of Australia's largest non-institutional lenders of home mortgages
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