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Article - The Power to Go Green

Most top executives today seem to have the clear intent of going green in the energy utilization practices followed by the organizations they lead. Most of them seem to agree that adopting energy-efficient ways of running the business is worth the effort, as this study, in partnership with APC by Schneider, demonstrated. What varies is the measure of follow through.

Article - 10 Power Saving Myths Debunked

Is powering a server off and on bad for your system? Do solid-state drives reduce the amount of power that a laptop consumes? We disprove these legend and others, and go on to demonstrate how can you save power and money and what advice not to follow

Top Story - Forrester: PC Power Management Still Not Widespread in IT

Most IT professionals, according to a survey conducted by Forrester Research, aren't managing PC power use within their organizations, even as many companies look to cut costs because of the economic recession.

Sponsored Whitepaper - Meeting Architectural Demands With IBM Power Systems In-Place Upgrades

When the need for architectural improvements is unavoidable, the on-demand provisioning of Unix servers may not be the best way out. This paper explains the advantages of using IBM Power Systems in-place upgrades and the leasing model. The in-place upgrade approach proves to be an inexpensive method to upgrade old servers, say analysts at Robert Frances Group, a research and consulting firm focused on the IT workplace. It can reduce both capital and operational expenditures through benefits that include curtailing floor space expansion and eliminating the administrative overhead of added server configurations, they say.

Source: IBM

Top Story - New SPEC Tool Measures Server Power

At one time, the only thing that really mattered when benchmarking Web servers was performance. But performance as a sole measure of servers has gone the way of the muscle car-era and the Standard Performance Evaluation (SPEC) is changing its tools well.

Top Story - Intel’s New Power Management Tool for Datacenters

Intel Data Center Manager software tool kit that can reduce the power drawn by servers in data centers by tapping into hardware resources.

Top Story - VMware Vsphere 4 Slashes Power Use

VMware announced VMware global partners, including Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and NEC have announced their support of using VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM) to make their hardware even more power efficient. VMware DPM, part of the VMware vSphere^TM 4 platform, lowers power consumption in the datacenter by aggregating unused capacity and powering off unused servers without disrupting service levels, helping customers slash energy consumption by as much as 20 percent.