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Cloud computing: is it the perfect cover for criminals?
Yes, says Dom Monkhouse
Your marketing budget could disappear in a cloud, warns a data centre guru. And it's all because nebulous conditions are great for mounting a DDOS raid that could empty your purse in no time
Trinergy could save you hundred thousand on electric bills a year, claims Chloride
Saves 536,000kg CO2
Chloride has developed a way for IT and data centre managers to save £100,000 off their vast electricity bills, cut their carbon footprint by half a million Kilos of CO2 and offset the purchase of the kit against tax. 
SGI turns up the heat in the data centre but saves on fuel bills
Efficiency breakthrough
SGI has invented a way to make data centres hotter and yet more efficient. By creating technology that can tolerate higher temperatures, it is cutting the cooling footprint of machine rooms.
Extreme Networks launches BlackDiamonds that burn less fossil fuels
The switch that sleeps
Extreme Networks has claimed it can dramatically undercut the running costs of the kit from its rivals Cisco and Foundry. The new BlackDiamond blade chassis uses only a third of the energy that its power hungry Cisco equivalent needs. And it only burns a third of the fossil fuels that are consumed by the Foundry product.
The lights are going off all over England's data centres
At least they should be
Data Centre managers could be operating in the dark soon, to cut the power bills and save the planet. 
Computers are eating the world
Says a report
Next week, the Hambleton Group will launch its annual report on green technology.After a sneak preview, EcoIT can reveal that the verdict on the IT industry's record of sustainable energy forms is pretty poor. "We are constantly burning more and more fossil fuels, and eating up the earth's precious resources, for diminishing intelligence. returns," says one passage.
We asked some of the IT industry's leading lights for their response.
Green data centres are a fantasy reports Onstor
Board don't like them
Though chief executives and CIOs might get excited about greening the data centre. the board don't share their enthusiasm, according to new research from ONStor.
How to get a green light for an environmentally friendly data centre
Item 1. Save Money
We're all worried about the environment. But not as much as we worry about the electricity bills.The cost of power, from fossil fuels, is only going to go up, so we're being forced by self interest to find new forms of power.
Western Digital launches eco-friendly drives
Sustainable market awareness
The coming months will be marked with different product launches that will put the accent on "environmental" awareness, according to a report we saw in www.Theinquirer.net.
Greenwash: Our Guide to Carbon Offsetting Schemes
Kelly Smith, managing director, Smartbunker
The Bad news: data centres are on the increaseThe Good news: we've learned to cut their appetite for fossil fuels
California Surges Ahead on Solar Technology
Britain under cloud
Installations of Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems in California will more than double from 2008 because of incentives from the US stimulus package, in marked contrast to the downturn in the UK, says a new report from IT-footprint.more...
Office blinds could slash your heating bills and cut your carbon footprint
Look good too
People always look for complicated answers when tackling their carboon footprint. But sometimes you only have to look out the window for inspiration.
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Apple is not green, but IBM is the planet's friend says report
Seriously?
A new 'green scorecard' put together by an organic climate change lobby group, ranks IBM as the most environment friendly IT supplier, with Apple being surprisingly last.
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Japs invent a way to make parts from scrap wood
Make a mounting out of mohogany
Car makers and consumer electronics manufacturers could benefit from using components made out of wood. Maybe we%u2019ll see motherboards made out of mahogany and gear boxes made from great oaks. more...
Compliance makes Diodes greener and cleaner
Carbon credit to Certero!
Semi conductor manufacturer Diodes asked asset management experts Certero to tighten up its software licence management. An unexpected bonus was that it slashed its client’s carbon footprint and power emissions. more...
Kick the jerks out of the boardroom, says angry conference man
Decent meetings impossible
Jerky images, stilted sound and lengthy downloads are all a thing of the past for online business meetings, thanks to some clever new software.more...
Fatal error forces virtual show to close down and restart
Murder at the Virtual World Forum
it was business continuity as usual in London this morning, as a murder forced the closure of the venue of Virtual World's Forum at London Bridge this morning.
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