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Greenpeace still hunting for truly green electronics

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

New consumer electronics products are a little greener than those on sale a year ago -- but manufacturers could do much better, according to a study by environmental campaign group Greenpeace International.

US in danger of losing green-tech competition, experts say

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The next industrial revolution will not be in IT, but in ET -- energy technology -- and the U.S. is in danger of missing the boat, two green tech experts said Wednesday.

Nine Hot Technologies for '09

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Our annual list of hot technologies includes a few that exploded on the scene recently plus some that have been simmering for years and just now are coming into their own.

Startup Debuts 'Cloud Attached Storage'

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

A start-up debuting at CES this week has made a device designed to seamlessly connect network attached storage to online backup services such as Amazon's S3 Simple Storage Service.

AT&T Builds $23M IPv6 Network for U.S. Military

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

AT&T is building a production-quality IPv6 data network for the U.S. Army in Germany that will cost approximately $23 million when it is completed next year.

Startup Ctera will offer cloud storage through carriers

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Startup storage vendor Ctera is looking to service-provider networks as the best place for home and small-business backup and will go through them to sell an appliance that combines local and cloud storage.

IP Call Centers Will do Well Despite VoIP Slowdown

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Sales of IP contact centers will grow in 2009, but probably not as dramatically as they did in 2008 due to an expected slowdown in sales of IP telephony gear, according to a new Infonetics report.

Force 10, Turin Networks Merging

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Data center switching vendor Force 10 Networks this week says it is merging with Turin Networks, a provider of wireless backhaul, Carrier Ethernet and converged access systems for service providers.

Seagate Squeezes Data Closer in New 1TB drive

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Seagate has begun volume shipments of a new desktop hard-disk drive that offers 1TB of storage space across two disks.

CA to Buy Data-leak Prevention Vendor

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

CA Monday announced an agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum data-leak prevention vendor Orchestria, boosting the software maker's security, privacy and compliance technologies.

Fiber Showdown Looms as Verizon Builds in AT&T Territory

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Verizon is setting up a Wild West-style telecom showdown by expanding its FiOS network further into territory traditionally held by rival AT&T, says a new report from Information Gatekeepers.

BroadSoft Acquires Sylantro as VoIP Market Consolidates

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP applications to telecom service providers, this week said it acquired competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum.

How to Benchmark Data Center Energy Costs

Kristin Burnham — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Benchmarking data center energy costs is getting easier, but only if you can access the right information about power consumption

Cloud Computing in Plain English

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

If packaged software is like buying a fully tricked-out luxury car, then surely cloud computing is like taking a taxi.

Scottrade Turns Up the Heat, Saves Energy

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Temperatures are rising in online brokerage Scottrade Inc.'s data center -- and that's a good thing. The move has allowed the St. Louis-based company to reap enormous energy savings while increasing reliability.