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Monday News Roundup, March 15, 2010
- Data center operator Equinix has been granted LEED certification for its 2009 retrofit of its SV2 International Business Exchange facility in Silicon Valley.
- Binghamton University professors believe that just-in-time provisioning of IT resources and just-in-time cooling are the keys to achieving greater efficiency in data centers.
- Neuwing Energy Ventures, a provider of financially focused and environmentally responsible commercial energy strategies, announces that it has successfully registered the first voluntary Energy Efficiency Certificates (EECs) in the newly launched APX North American Renewables Registry.
- Major industry leaders in the European data center sector will meet at the sixth annual conference taking place in April in France. They plan to set the agenda on exploiting green technologies over the coming year.
- Ca Inc. announces three new partnerships for its expanding ecoSoftware business unit, including Global Green Consulting Group, Opto 22, and TrendPoint Systems. The software suite offers a comprehensive solution for sustainability management, carbon management, environmental assessments and operational energy management.
- VYCON, a designer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-speed energy storage flywheel systems, announces that Network Products Guide has named its flywheel systems winners of their 2010 Product Innovation Awards within the power backup category.
- BDNA, which publishes the BDNA catalog consisting of information regarding Green IT, announces the addition of Amit Golan as vice president of products.
- APX Inc., the leading infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets, announces that it has now extended its registry services to include both renewable energy and energy efficiency certificates for voluntary markets.
- According to a new survey sponsored by Persystent Software, 45% of employed adults in the U.S. who have a work computer are not conscientious about turning it off when they are not using it.
- WhipTail Tech, provider of SSD-based SAN appliances, announces it has signed an exclusive European distribution and support agreement with Consolidate IT to offer huge advantages to enterprises dealing with strict Green IT concerns.
- A national survey of over 100 senior IT professionals found that there are three factors driving demand in the UK data center market - security, power and price.
- Three venture capitalists will be judges for the Startup Launchpad, a contest to pick cool applications for leveraging IT against climate change run at Green:Net 2010.