Storage drives are getting all sorts of fine tuning for the green segment. While a single hard drive might not consume the sort of power that would change things dramatically the amount of power saved across a RAID array of…
Read more Western Digital 2TB Caviar, your choice of performance or energy saving
Power Supplies fit into that computing niche of the necessary evil peripheral. The sort of thing which most users don’t give a second thought to and regret it down the line. It can also bite you in the wallet as…
Read more Enermax Eco 80+ Power Supply, Keeping it Green and Sensible
Wherever in the world you happen to be tomorrow at 8:30pm, you’ll be in the midst of Earth Hour. Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In…
Read more Practice Your Light Switch Skills, Earth Hour 2009 is Tomorrow
Where will the next big green tech idea come from? There’s a good chance you may have Uncle Sam to think. Thanks to comparatively flush R&D budgets, militaries might hold the key to an alternatively fueled future. Deron Lovaas, a…
Read more Unlikely Allies: Environmentalists and the Military
According to the GreenFactor study conducted by firms by Strategic Oxygen and Cohn & Wolfe, Dell takes home the honor of being named the greenest brand among IT buyers. Among the factors considered in labeling IT wares “green” are “efficient…
Read more Dell's the Greenest of Them All
Did you know there are Federal standards mandating the procurement of energy efficient IT equipment? There are, and according to the rules, agencies must spend no less 95 percent of their computer and monitor budgets on EPEAT rated hardware….
Read more US Gov't Hearts EPEAT, Virtualization
Going green has plenty of marketing benefits and that socially responsible streak that make everyone feel great inside but for Microsoft the move may mean quite a bit of savings in the long run. The company’s Software Enabled Earth blog…
After dropping flash drives into its Sun Storage 7000 storage arrays, Sun is now eyeing “Flash Driven” rack and blade application servers for the fast performing and energy efficient data storage technology. Sure, they cost more than servers with…
Read more Sun Debuts Flash-y Servers
It lacks an LED backlight, and its share of pixels, but Dell is looking to bring big, energy efficient displays to the masses. Retailing at a cool $350, the G2410 uses PowerNap (low-wattage standby) and Dynamic Dimming (just what…
Read more Dell's Affordable, Green 24-inch Monitor
