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Data centres still lagging behind in IT efficiency

Dynamic power variation is a new phenomenon that is severely affecting the efficiency of data centres, according to APC.
VMware seeks to make cloud provision easy for SMEs

VMware has launched a new service for SMEs helping them to provision cloud services
Energy Star rating for green data centres to launch

The US Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up work on an Energy Star program for data centres that it hopes to launch in June, EPA officials said this week.
HP creates data centre pod

Hewlett-Packard has released a smaller version of its portable data centre, this time based on a standard 20-foot shipping container, half the size of its first model.
Remote cloud control for Microsoft Windows

Quest Software has announced the launch of its first set of Software as a Service (SaaS) Windows management solutions.
Audit looks to tighten datacentre efficiency

It's a pressing problem; how can datacentres be made more energy efficient when managers often have little idea as to the true environmental cost of running their datacentres.
Enterprises struggle with under-used datacentres

Organisations are struggling to cope with the growth of datacentres, but under-use existing infrastructure. Furthermore, a third of ICT departments estimate that they will run out of physical space for data storage within 12 months; 60 percent expect to run out within two years.
Windows and Linux gain ground in datacentres

Windows and Linux operating systems are getting an ever-growing share of datacentres, according to Gartner.
HP puts supercomputer in a 'Shorty'

HP has revealed its take on the "personal supercomputing" trend on Tuesday in the form of the Cluster Platform Workgroup System, based on the recently introduced BladeSystem c3000.
Thin clients win big in Germany

Thin client specialist Chip PC has scored a big win for Microsoft in the German public sector - traditionally thought to be a hotbed of Linux - with what it claimed is Europe's largest single deal for thin clients.

Latest Features

Top 12 most popular green IT products

IT managers are thinking green from the desktop monitor to the recycling bin to the copy machine. Here are the dozen most popular tools and technologies that cut energy costs, boost data centre efficiency and promote green IT practices.
It's not about being green, it's about being efficient

Green computing might be the current flavour of the month but, according to Logicalis's Chris Gabriel, talk of green IT is a misnomer. What companies should really be looking at is improving efficiency - even if that means making some radical changes to the way that they work.
Can the datacentre be green? APC's founder speaks out

APC founder and CTO Neil Rasmussen was in London recently to talk about datacentres, power and efficiency - themes that have become headline news.
Fog lifts from virtualisation battle lines

The battle lines for 2008's virtualisation wars have now been drawn - with the major protagonists being VMware, Microsoft, Citrix - and now Oracle.
What does it take to manage virtual servers?

Virtualisation can help IT managers allocate more resources with less hardware, but not without introducing a slew of management challenges.
Ten virtualisation companies to watch

These technology innovators promise products that boost performance, make management easier or otherwise enhance your virtualisation experience.
Notes from IP'07

More of the exhibitors at last week's London networking fest speak.
Using virtualisation to boost efficiency

One technology that can help companies increase efficiency is virtualisation, which can play multiple roles in the datacentre.
Ethernet for the WAN

Interest is growing in carrier Ethernet - but what is it?
Green IT progress

Green imperatives are not that strong yet for most IT users. But they are attractive enough for suppliers - Onaro, Lenovo, Neoware, Celona - to continue to add green tints to product marketing messages.

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