Nexsan has taken its AutoMAID technology - which throttles back the power usage of hard drives that are not currently being accessed - and applied it to a SAS array, claiming to be the first supplier with an energy-efficient SAS storage system.
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Nexsan paints SAS green
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Submitted by radhikapraveen on Tue, 2008-06-03 08:42. | Tags: technology | AutoMAID technology | Bryan Betts | ComputerworldUK | Nexsan | SAS | SAS arrays | Storage | Techworld | techworld green it
IBM shows the way to greener supply chain
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IBM has introduced a carbon-emissions modelling tool, aimed at helping businesses analyse the environmental impact of supply-chain decisions and to devise alternative business practices.
Submitted by radhikapraveen on Fri, 2008-05-23 14:16. | Tags: technology | carbon emissions modelling-tool | Carbon Tradeoff Modeler | ComputerworldUK | environment | Green IT | IBM | IBM Global Business Services | Matthew Broersma | Techworld | techworld green it
Is carbon the hoover of the environment?
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Why do so many people talk about carbon footprints, when what they mean is energy efficiency and power consumption?
Submitted by radhikapraveen on Fri, 2008-05-09 10:20. | Tags: architecture | 3Com | Bryan Betts | carbon | carbon footprint | ComputerworldUK | Hoover | techworld green it
Datacentre used to heat swimming pool
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Heat from a datacentre built in a bunker is being collected and transferred to the nearby pool as part of an innovative energy efficiency project undertaken by GIB-Services, a Swiss IT co-location company.
Submitted by radhikapraveen on Thu, 2008-04-10 09:39. | Tags: architecture | computerworld uk | Datacentre | GIB | Green IT | heat | jon brodkin | network world | swimming pool | Swiss army | Techworld | techworld green it | zurich
