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    Energy-efficient Ethernet: A greener choice for 2010 04 March, 2010 03:56:00

    Data center managers and equipment vendors looking for greener alternatives will begin to benefit this year from a major initiative aimed at reducing the power consumed by Ethernet equipment. IEEE 802.3az, or the Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard, will implement low-power idle (LPI) modes for the full range of Ethernet BASE-T transceivers (100Mb, 1GbE and 10GbE) and the backplane physical layer standards (1GbE, 4-lane 1GbE and 10GbE).
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    Data Centers Want an MPG Rating for Energy Efficiency 15 April, 2009 09:26:00

    Car buyers can easily compare two vehicles using the miles-per-gallon rating stuck to the window. Enterprise IT groups looking to improve the energy efficiency of their data centers aren't so lucky -- yet.
    These days, with the shock of US$150-per-barrel oil only a year old, consumers in the market for a car will likely pay much more attention to a pair of numbers: The vehicle's two miles-per-gallon ratings.
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    Four things to watch post-CES 16 January, 2009 08:59:00

    Consumer trends worth watching
    As the dust settles from the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, here are four trends worth looking at based on some products that were announced at the show. On my radar screen for the year:
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    Getting a grip on ICT spending 22 October, 2008 15:23:00

    Gershon’s findings could give this industry a shake-up
    After months of speculation, the Gershon review into the Federal Government’s ICT procurement strategy hit the streets last week.
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    Change is coming 23 April, 2008 09:43:00

    Green channel editorial
    In putting together this special ARN Green Channel guide, our journalists spoke to a broad cross-section of the local IT community about a number of different matters relating to technology and the environment.
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    Ellison hypes Oracle's data warehouse appliance 08 October, 2008 09:57:00

    Oracle and HP recently joined the petabyte battle with all guns blazing
    The high-end data warehousing wars are fast upon us. Vendors are launching ever more scalable DW solutions. And they're delivering them with more aggressive -- and slippery -- performance claims.
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    Survey: Technology key to SMBs' green strategy 03 October, 2008 09:07:00

    Research finds that 63 percent of small-to-midisze companies employing green tech enjoy savings of US$19,200 on average
    Motivated to help the environment as well as their businesses, SMBs are increasingly embracing green practices. One of their primary approaches: employing green technology, according to recently released survey results from KRC Research.
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    Profiting from reduced IT energy dependency 01 October, 2008 09:54:00

    The EU's Emission Trading Scheme provides a lucrative market for companies committed to reducing their carbon footprints
    While I applaud any company's attempt to be environmentally responsible and implement "green" projects, I remain skeptical of long-term commitments to green initiatives that don't decrease costs, fatten the bottom line, or polish the organization's image.
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    Editorial: Place your bets 01 October, 2008 17:18:00

    The past year has seen more column inches dedicated to the concept of green IT than just about any other topic you could name in this industry.
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    Going green, virtually speaking 01 July, 2008 09:41:57

    If you're going green, plan to go virtual. And make it a mandate
    Broadly speaking, there are two main reasons for companies to go green. The first is to reduce energy costs, thereby saving the company money. As one IT executive put it to me recently, "Green computing is all about saving greenbacks."
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    The green networking metrics conundrum 15 May, 2008 20:58:44

    Lack of standards makes it hard to truly measure how efficiently infrastructure uses power
    All datacentre products claiming to be green are not created equal. That's because metrics to determine how green equipment is usually are vendor-driven and measuring energy efficiency can be a chore for network architects.
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