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Monday News Roundup, March 1, 2010
- A myriad of federal and state tax credits are available for Green IT projects related to data centers, and they don't all have to be new constructions to qualify.
- The EPA is finalizing its Energy Star program for data centers, allowing rating of energy efficiency in data centers, that it plans to launch in June this year.
- Numara Software facilitates the adoption of Green IT by enabling projects to obtain a more precise view of their current energy use and reconfiguring and deploying detailed solutions such as automatic hibernation and wake-up to recapture up to 40% of IT energy spending.
- Concert Technologies releases a podcast discussing its Concert Close program to provide the IT industry's first methodology to reduce truck rolls and travel time to customers requiring nationwide and international technology IT infrastructure deployment, reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
- Google has received permission to buy and sell electricity on wholesale energy markets, just like any other utility company.
- Atrato Inc announces that the U.S. Department of Energy has deployed sixteen Atrato Velocity1000 systems in its Golden Field Office to support implementation of its new virtualized data center, powered 100% by solar energy.
- Global computing and data center industry thought leaders and experts on enterprise computing's productivity, energy efficiency and eco-sustainability will be among featured speakers on topics relating to Green IT trends at the Uptime Institute's fifth annual Symposium this May in New York.
- Raritan announces that Gary Marks, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has been a Channel Chief by Everything Channels' CRN for the second consecutive year for helping grow Raritan's new data center power management solutions.
- ServInt, a provider of managed web hosting for businesses worldwide, celebrated its 15th anniversary this month. The company employs multiple green methodologies to help customers operate with minimal environmental impact.
- amsung Electronics has begun mass producing the industry's first low-power four gigabit DDR devices, expected to bring significant power savings to data centers and server systems.
- Morphlabs Inc. announces it has received accreditation under the MSPAlliance's Vendor Accreditation Program. The MSPA member companies share common goals including achieving Green IT certifications.
- Wyse Technology announces the introduction of a $99 Zero Client to allow schools to optimize IT and financial resources while reducing carbon footprint.
- HP unveiled a host of new services aimed at helping small data-center operators boost performance and cut operating costs by becoming more energy efficient.
- Emerson's energy efficient Global Data Center in St. Louis has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High Performance Building Award from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council.