A concept that has been getting popular as computer get faster and have large hard drives is virtualization. The basic idea behind virtualization is that a virtual computer can take up part of an existing computer and have no knowledge of other possible virtual computers on the same machine.
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Going Green Through Computer Virtualization
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Submitted by paystolivegreen on Wed, 2008-08-06 23:10. | Tags: technology | green | servers | technology | virtualization
So Far, So Green
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Everyone is talking about greening the data center although few are actually doing so. This article sheds a little light on the companies putting their money where their mouth is.
Submitted by Klaus26.2 on Wed, 2008-06-25 14:49. | Tags: technology | data center greenness | data centers | energy efficient | virtualization
Where is Microsoft\'s Green story? - Computerworld UK - The Voice of IT Management
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Microsoft is determined to lose a reputation for workload inefficiency, and the some of its story makes for great motherhood and apple pie tale but why was there no menmtion of green issues at its bigges EUropean end user event? A day and a half and the only conversation about greening was at the dinner table....
Submitted by e5rebel on Wed, 2007-11-14 13:04. | Tags: technology | computers | ComputerworldUK | computing | Green IT | Microsoft | virtualisation | virtualization