http://www.silicon.com Results for energy en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39668393,00.htm Like all computers, servers generate heat, so cooling and energy conservation are key considerations. At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft gave attendees a close-up look at a self-contained server unit from... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39665923,00.htm Moving to IP architectures and away from MPLS will reduce equipment stacks, energy costs, staffing, maintenance and real estate needs. It also means huge reductions in people, plant and truck roll, plus energy savings and raw material recovery in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39661658,00.htm To top it all off, half of the IT workers who responded to the study claimed they drink energy drinks every single day. Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/virtualisation/virtualisation-real-life-tales-of-how-to-get-it-right-39661656.htm John Tuccillo, chairman of the board for The Green Grid, a confederation of end-user and vendor organisations focusing on energy efficiency, believes companies have begun to realise that virtualisation isn't the panacea it was made out to be and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39653037,00.htm Housed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Jaguar can reach a performance speed of 1.75 petaflop per second. AMD processors power the top three fatest supercomputers in the world, according to a new list published... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817443p,00.htm While the proposed timelines for IFRS adoption appear to be far away and not urgent, there are many reasons for energy companies to begin planning now. Conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will likely be the largest... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817382p,00.htm The second section discusses the use of whitelist technologies in a SCADA and Energy environment and how it can help solve some unique security challenges. This white paper is broken into three basic sections. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817773p,00.htm Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Canada's National Energy Board (NEB), cyber security standard compliance has become an increasing priority for the power utility industry. System downtime, data loss, and facility control breakdowns... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817375p,00.htm Electrical power utilities generate and distribute the energy that is needed to drive the economy, as well as daily life, in modern America. Securing nation's critical power infrastructure has never been more important. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817481p,00.htm These include the energy sector, which has issued the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards through the North American Electric Corporation (NERC). Several of the critical infrastructure sectors have issued standards or guidelines for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817786p,00.htm Several macro trends are driving the increased IT audit pressure including new government regulations, globalization, and the need to improve energy efficiencies. There is increased scrutiny of how business applications, and the supporting IT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817850p,00.htm Emerging risks, such as climate change, food insecurity, energy supply disruption, and global liquidity crisis are but a few risks once thought unlikely that have now risen to the forefront. The impact of emerging risks on global business has been... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/green-it/westminster-computing-put-on-size-zero-diet-39643700.htm Thanks to the energy savings the software has made, the department achieved ROI on the cost of using the system in about six months. Other government energy-saving initiatives include the Department for Energy and Climate Change's (Decc) recent... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816551p,00.htm This paper will examine the challenges of presenting products and projects in the renewable energy sector and introduces the many advantages of 3D visualization to help achieve company's commercial objectives. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812783p,00.htm Server consolidation has emerged as a promising technique to reduce the energy costs of a data center. In this work, the author presents the first detailed analysis of an enterprise server workload from the perspective of finding characteristics... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812692p,00.htm The original guidelines addressing cyber security in the energy infrastructure are known as NERC 1200 UAS. This standard was passed in 2003, in response to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. It was designed to reduce the overall vulnerability of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813026p,00.htm Student and faculty users, most of who are already pressed for time, must spend additional energy sifting through unwanted messages to make sure the legitimate ones get through. The rise in spam is a pain point for everyone involved. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60809968p,00.htm Over the past several years' corporate enterprises and the Information Technology (IT) industry in general have increased their awareness relating to the "Greening" of the data center or the "Greening of IT" for the main purpose of reducing energy... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60809992p,00.htm According to the EPA's Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency, if current trends continue, the demand for power by data centers will require an additional 10 power plants on the North American power grid by 2011. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60605366p,00.htm Increasing energy efficiency with x86 servers. Robert Frances Group (RFG) explains why Intel/IBM is a winning combination. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:22:42 +0000