Emailing "Monday News Roundup"
- Western Blue and BigFix team up to provide a power management solution that enables managing up to 250,000 PCs with a single server to automate power management, saving up to $50 per PC per year over and above any Microsoft operating system settings.
- CSC’s Virtual Desktop Services enables users to access their desktop and work from anywhere, helping “deliver on green agendas.” Sounds interesting.
- Can coal be saved? These and other challenges are splitting apart the modern environmental movement, according to the WSJ.
- The first carbon-neutral NBA games was played on Tuesday last week, offsetting 449 tons of carbon dioxide with a waste recovery project in India, a waste gas project in Germany, hydroplants in China and solar water heating systems in India.
- If you did not turn off your computer, router, switch, or server during the Earth Hour last weekend, you were not alone. Apparently there was no measurable difference in Internet use during the hour.
- Google’s data centers are at least 3 years ahead of EPA standards in terms of being green.
- Could a bad economy help environmental push (link to http://telephonyonline.com/business_services/news/telecom-providers-environmental-concerns-0403/)? Perhaps. This article explores how U.S. telecommunications providers are beginning to explore savings in data centers and tele-working services to cut costs and help the environment at the same time. Most telling subplot: “An AT&T spokesperson said the company doesn’t offer anything specifically to help enterprises go green.”
- Wireless technologies can help save the environment, especially in managing smart power grids, according to Al Gore, speaking at CTIA 2009.
- The $787 billion economic stimulus package presents a “once in a lifetime” opportunity for tech firms to spend on energy infrastructure updates, including smart grids and energy-efficient data centers, according to USA Today.