Tagged: Green IT
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The Tech Week Ahead News
19.04.2010 Financial results and technology events taking place the week of 19-23 April. -
The business case for green IT News
30.12.2009 While green IT is linked to lower carbon footprints and good corporate social responsibility, for most companies the main benefit is the financial savings, writes GORDON SMITH.Categories: Clean Tech -
Tesco invests in eco software to reduce carbon footprint News
30.09.2009 Grocery retail giant Tesco has invested in eco software that will automate its efforts to meet ambitious carbon footprint reduction targets.Categories: CIO -
Irish clean-tech entrepreneurs tipped for major growth News
29.09.2009 The Irish clean-tech sector has experienced 200pc growth in exports and this week 12 start-ups in the area are in Silicon Valley, the nerve centre of the burgeoning clean-tech...Categories: R&D, Clean Tech -
Ireland’s cloudy climate an asset for cloud computing News
25.09.2009 I never thought I would see the day that Ireland would be grateful for its cool Atlantic climate, but yesterday the world’s biggest software giant Microsoft gave US$500m worth...Tags: MSN, Software as a Service, Green IT, Data centres, Cloud Computing, Green Tech, Paul Rellis, BPOS, Bing, -
Necessity is mother of invention for a greener world News
18.06.2009 In 1973, Sir James Dyson had an idea: the first uncloggable and bagless vacuum cleaner. It went on to become one of the popular brands in Ireland and the UK, with green energy...Categories: -
Firms making tactical cuts face long-term strategic nightmares News
10.06.2009 IT departments scrambling to cut costs are unwittingly storing up problems for the future, using short-term solutions that lack ambition.Categories: CIO, Government -
Greening the machine still top priority for IT sector News
27.05.2009 The recession has not impacted the IT sector’s moves towards embracing green IT solutions, according to the Symantec 2009 Green IT Survey out today, with green IT budgets rising...Categories: CIO -
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UCD adopts green print policy with Ricoh News
29.04.2009 Following a contract with digital office equipment provider Ricoh, University College Dublin (UCD) has become the first Irish university to adopt a green printing policy. -
People, planet, profit – metrics that drive environmentally savvy firms News
09.04.2009 Where are Irish companies poised in order to reduce waste, carbon and energy usage?Categories: CIOTags: Green IT -
Biggest – and greenest – movie premiere launched online News
18.03.2009 More than 16,000 people in 60 cinemas simultaneously attended the premiere of new environmental movie, The Age of Stupid, aided and abetted by internet technology created by a...Categories: New MediaTags: Green IT, -
IBM to build smart grid for electric cars News
26.02.2009 Technology giant IBM is working with a Danish research group to build a smart grid that will support electric cars.Categories: Digital Life, R&D -
IT consolidation move forecast to save Maxol close to US$150,000 News
16.02.2009 The move to virtualisation server technology will save fuel player Maxol Ireland in excess of US$47,000 in electricity costs and US$94,000 in hardware costs, as well as a...Categories: CIO -
Google is building smart power meters for public use News
11.02.2009 Not only is Google taking on the mission of managing the world’s information, it seems that now the search giant wants to manage the world’s electricity usage too!Categories: R&D -
Dell unveils ambitious green packaging strategy for PCs News
17.12.2008 Computer giant Dell has unveiled an ambitious green strategy that will eliminate 20 million pounds of packaging shipped with its desktop and laptop PCs.Categories: Digital Life -
Videoconferencing will make firms green and lean News
28.11.2008 Irish businesses need to wake up to the opportunities increasingly affordable videoconferencing technology provides in terms of reducing their carbon footprint and improving...Categories: -
IBM invests in new supercomputing and green IT R&D operation News
25.11.2008 IBM is to create 40 top-quality research positions at its operation in Ireland, as well as in Irish universities, to focus on the future of supercomputing and green data centres.Categories: R&D -
European IT market poised for significant slowdown in 2009 News
17.11.2008 In the wake of the worldwide financial crisis, the European IT market is set to slow to just 1.2pc year-on-year growth next year, an analyst has claimed.Categories: Business -
RFID and GPS tracking to revolutionise waste recycling across US News
29.09.2008 An innovative waste-tracking technology employing radio frequency ID (RFID) and global positioning system (GPS) technology developed by a Limerick firm is set to double...Categories: R&D