Global Switch will add further data centre capacity in Sydney
07 February, 2011Global Switch will build an additional $300 million fully fitted data centre in Sydney having received Part 3A Major Projects approval from the NSW Department of Planning. The 34,000 m2 new data centre - Sydney 2 - will be adjacent to Global Switch's existing data centre in Sydney, which is already the largest facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere with 42,000 m2 of space.
AIIA releases key green technology white paper
29 September, 2010The Australian Information Industry Association today released a white paper examining the critical role that technology will play in the reduction of CO2 emissions and the development of a low-carbon economy.
Report finds IT could do better when it comes to green IT
07 September, 2010Fujitsu's research report Green IT: Global Benchmark contains findings of the first multicountry survey to determine the maturity of green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.
prReports finds IT could do better when it comes to Green IT
07 September, 2010Fujitsu's research report Green IT: Global Benchmark, contains findings of the first multi-country survey to determine the maturity of Green IT practices and technologies in large IT-using organisations in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and India.
Extreme Networks XNV data centre virtualisation life cycle management
02 September, 2010 byThe XNV network-based dynamic data centre virtualisation life cycle management solution provides visibility, control and automation of virtual machines (VM) to the network administrator.
PUE gains validity as a data centre energy measurement
31 August, 2010 by Christian Bertolini*The government has recently announced plans to green its ICT, including reducing the PUE of its data centres from 2.5 to 1.9 by July 2015. Christian Bertolini, Chief Technology Officer, APC by Schneider Electric, issues a response to the government’s green ICT plans and the validity of PUE.
HP rewards recycling of old technology
27 August, 2010HP launches Replace, Recycle, Reward campaign for old technology.
CA (Pacific) ecoSoftware 2.0
02 July, 2010 byThe ecoSoftware 2.0 version of CA’s energy, carbon and sustainability management software is designed to help organisations reduce carbon emissions, manage natural resource consumption and cut energy costs.
Green IT partners combine for more accuracy
02 June, 2010Connection Research and ComputersOff.ORG have announced a cooperative agreement to work together on green IT accreditation and market analysis.
CrimTrac opens green data centre
31 May, 2010CrimTrac gets cleaner, greener way of securing law enforcement data within the Canberra Data Centre.
Raritan Dominion PX rack PDUs range
14 May, 2010 byThe Raritan Dominion PX range of rack power distribution units allows real-time remote power monitoring of current (amps), voltage, power (kVA, kW) and energy consumption (kWH) with ISO/IEC ±1% billing-grade accuracy.
Hewlett-Packard energy-efficient systems
12 May, 2010 byHewlett-Packard has announced a number of products to assist businesses to manage power costs, including the Compaq 8100 Elite Desktop PC series that features 89% energy-efficient power supplies, supports energy-saving technologies such as solid state drives (SSDs) and offers the company’s power-management solutions.
Improving data centre efficiency
01 April, 2010Clearly, improved electrical efficiency within the IT room - the ‘greening of the data center’ - is now a priority. APC’s Gordon Makryllos outlines why data centres are so energy inefficient and offers practical tips that they can use to become ‘green’.
Cooling tough economic times
01 April, 2010The global financial crisis is the focus of almost everyone’s attention. Its effect on the ICT sector remains uncertain; however, it has taken the impetus off ‘going green’. Server Racks Australia’s Simon Dunphy elaborates on ways to move forward in the server room and data centre in times of reduced budgets and the need for increased efficiencies while also going green.
The crucial role of the data centre
01 April, 2010The topic of sustainability or green IT remains a key focus for everyone in the industry this year. On the bright side, doing business is more accessible than ever before. Advances in technology have reduced transaction costs, created broader access to global markets and advanced technologies, and levelled the playing field among small businesses, large corporations, emerging economies and industrialised nations. IBM’s Mark Latchford tracks the positive changes in sustainable IT.
