/// Tag Archives: energy consumption
Are Environmental Targets Nothing More Than A Distraction?
January 05, 2012
Are the UK’s largest companies bearing the brunt of misguided carbon reduction policies? When town centres and office buildings still blaze with light at 2am,...
Why Is PCPM Overlooked, Despite The Cost Savings?
January 04, 2012
PC power management (PCPM) is overlooked by organisations, despite the cost savings it can deliver. Average power consumption savings of 40 per cent are being...
Minimising risk as well as improving efficiency in the data centre
November 15, 2011
Energy consumption has become a priority focus for any IT Manager. From escalating costs to carbon footprint concerns, gaining insight into power utilisation is...
Public vs Private cloud: Business drivers remain the same
August 02, 2011
It’s an interesting move by Red Hat to enter the platform-as-a-service market with an open-source alternative particularly as they will initially be using Amazon’s EC2...
Taking a holistic view of data centre energy matters
July 04, 2011
One of the biggest challenges facing Facilities Managers (FM) in data centres is achieving a more balanced and optimised approach to power, energy and environmental...
Keeping it lean: How the financial services industry is tapping IT for operational efficiency
May 09, 2011
In the financial services world, operational efficiency is essential for paving the road to success. With regular legislative changes, and shifts in economic and public...
It Will Pay To Go Green
November 10, 2010
The emergence of the smart grid has brought with it a raft of new companies all trying to get a piece of what will be,...
Who Said Green IT Had To Be Taxing?
October 28, 2010
Unveiling the UK Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review last week, Chancellor George Osborne announced a major change to the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). The Chancellor stated...
Tackling The Tenth Waste On The Manufacturer’s Lean (And Green) Journey
September 14, 2010
I’m always amazed at how the topic of lean manufacturing continues to be ultra-relevant and topical to just about every manufacturer I talk to. I...
Energy Efficient Clouds
September 07, 2010
In May 2010, the Energy Bill was presented to Parliament by Energy secretary, Chris Huhne. The Bill contains the Government’s proposals to reduce the UK’s...
Today Is Power IT Down Day
August 27, 2010
To raise awareness of the impact of IT energy consumption, Friday August 27 is “Power IT Down Day“. The idea is this — turn...
Power Monitoring Gizmo Helps Reduce Energy Consumption
August 24, 2010
Data centre managers rejoice. 2bm has launched the iMeter, an advanced environmental and power monitoring solution designed to help businesses monitor and reduce power consumption...
Making IT Green
June 14, 2010
When it comes to energy consumption across the network, organisations need to look further than just the data centre. Organisations must be vigilant with energy...
Top Tips For Businesses Wanting To Transform Technology
May 28, 2010
A business needs to look at the whole company before considering change. For example, what applications are needed, what’s used regularly, and what’s used sporadically...
Will Cloud Computing Lead To Global Smog?
May 19, 2010
Today has seen the release of the Greenpeace report: “Make IT Green – Cloud Computing and its contribution to Climate Change” catch the...
