Datacentre managers face a growing dilemma as businesses put pressure on them to deliver more computing power while also asking them to reduce rising IT energy costs, the British Computer Society has said.
E.ON UK, a power and gas supplier to 4.9 million homes across the country, has cut its electricity bill for 10,000 PCs and monitors by £140,000 a year by automatically switching them off when they are not being used.
Premier League football clubs Sunderland and Reading have both recruited RandomStorm's online security management service to protect their online sales and comply with payment card industry standards.
IT standards are needed to green the automotive industry, says the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Formula One motor racing organisation.
Barclays has started an 11-month project to slash its carbon footprint by building an energy-efficient datacentre facility using Dynamic Smart Cooling technology from HP.