Categorised as: Green Computing
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Earth Hour 2011 and its new online platform News
24.03.2011 Earth Hour is this Saturday, 26 March, at 8.30pm (local time) when lights will switch off for one hour all around the globe, but it’s also about extending the sustainability... -
Ricoh launches new carbon and cost-friendly printer News
24.03.2011 Want to reduce your office’s carbon footprint and save on space? Released just in time before Earth Hour this Saturday, this new colour printer from Ricoh also has a nifty ECO...Categories: Sustainability, Printing Services, In the Workplace, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Enterprise, Energy, Green Tech -
Renewing Ireland – developing renewables and the challenges News
24.03.2011 The Irish Wind Energy Association’s annual conference kicked off today, with the IWEA's CEO Michael Walsh pointing to how red tape and bureaucracy is hampering job creation and...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Financial Services, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Green TechTags: Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Smart Grid, ESB, Bord Gais, European Commission, ComReg, IFSC, Green IFSC, -
Desktop virtualisation rollout slashes ICT costs by 85pc News
24.03.2011 An IT project that involved the storing of Ace Express Freight’s desktop environment on a central server rather than on individual physical devices has slashed IT administration...Categories: Virtualisation, Servers, IT Management, Investments, Green Computing, Deals Done, Computers -
Top 10 US utilities by DSM investment News
23.03.2011 Demand-side management (DSM) is on the cusp of a smart-grid evolution that will transform the way homes and businesses use electricity – that’s according to a new report from... -
Institutes of tech reveal ‘Innovation Island’ progress News
15.03.2011 The umbrella body for Ireland’s 13 institutes of technology (IoTs) have unveiled details of 19 thriving industry-led collaborations between their researchers and industry partners. -
Datapac in €170k deal with Sam McCauley Chemists News
15.03.2011 ICT provider Datapac has secured a five-year contract worth €170,000 to provide a managed print solution for all Sam McCauley Chemists across Ireland.Categories: Resources, Hosting Services, Hardware, Green Computing, Enterprise Applications, Data Management -
2010 revenues generated by renewable energy – US$60.2bn in the US News
09.03.2011 Renewable Energy & the Smart Grid, a report just released by smart-grid experts Zpryme and ICP, says that to optimise smart grid potential in the US, more renewable resources...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Green Computing, Green, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech -
Siemens expands wind-energy portfolio in US News
07.01.2011 Siemens has signed its largest onshore wind turbine order ever as it enters into a contract with MidAmerican Energy for 258 units in Iowa, providing clean energy for circa...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Energy, Green Tech -
Utility firms lead US$950bn charge towards sustainable IT News
04.02.2011 Sustainable IT is set to become one of the hottest topic areas for CIOs in 2011 and Irish energy firms ESB and Mainstream Renewables are in the vanguard of a movement that could...Tags: Intel, SAP, Microsoft, ESB, NUI Maynooth, IVI, IT-CMF, Video Conferencing, Virtualisation, Sustainability -
Greenpeace campaign to ‘green’ Facebook by 22 April News
10.02.2011 Greenpeace has set Earth Day as the deadline for Facebook to ‘unfriend coal’ and instead power up its data centres with renewables. Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo has met with Randi... -
EU urges smartphone makers to drive common ‘charger’ for all News
09.02.2011 The European Commission said today that its dream of a common mobile phone charger for all by the end of this year is tantalisingly close and that 14 major manufacturers,...Tags: Research In Motion, LG, Samsung, iPhone, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Apple, European Commission, EU, Micro USB -
'Cloud has raised awareness of energy usage' - BlueSky Carbon News
08.02.2011 Charles Ellis, managing director of clean tech start-up BlueSky Carbon, spoke of the company’s recent deal with The K Club, the fusion of cloud and clean energy and Ireland’s...Tags: Cloud, Cloud Centre, Green, Ireland, US, China, SME, Data centres, Eamon Ryan TD, Clean Energy -
Businesses urged to respond to CDP 2011 questionnaire News
07.02.2011 Businesses are being urged to participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) 2011 Questionnaire in Ireland, which examines climate change practices, emissions reduction...Tags: Irish Stock Exchange -
Dublin scientists generate electricity from waste News
04.02.2011 A team of Dublin-based scientists have discovered a way of splitting layered materials resulting in a whole family of new nanomaterials which have exceptional properties...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Computing, Green, Energy -
Affordable computer reuse scheme for Irish schools News
27.01.2011 The Environmental Protection Agency and Camara Education have launched the ‘Camara Ireland’ computer reuse project to help address the computer usage shortfall in Irish schools,...Categories: Sustainability, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech -
Intel and SAP in stg£1.7m ‘smart grid’ R&D venture in Belfast News
27.01.2011 Chip giant Intel and business software giant SAP are establishing a stg£1.7m ‘smart grid’ R&D operation with the support of Invest NI. The new venture aims to focus on the role...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Mobility, Green Computing, Green, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Greening your supply chain News
26.01.2011 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 2011 Supply Chain Report reveals how companies such as PepsiCo have reaped US$60m in energy savings as a result of their carbon-management...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Energy, Green Tech, CIO, Business Intelligence -
Obama calls for investment in tech, education, clean energy News
26.01.2011 America’s economy will focus on industries such as technology, clean energy and science education, US President Barack Obama said, describing it as their generation’s “Sputnik...Categories: Web, Science, Resources, Research, R&D, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Green Computing, Green, Education, Economy, CommunicationsTags: Barack Obama, Obama, US, Clean Energy, Government, Education, Research, Google, Facebook, China, Electric Cars -
Microchips that ‘harvest’ their own energy News
20.01.2011 A research team based in the Netherlands and China has succeeded in making a microchip that has an efficient solar cell placed on top of the microelectronics, meaning the chip...