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From Hansard – Thin Client doesn’t equal energy efficient
I like “ They Work for You ”, a website which tracks things which go on in Parliament. I use the RSS feeds of education ministers to keep an eye on news I’ve missed (such as new statistics published, or progress on big programmes), and I’ve also used Read More...
Brockenhurst College: Reducing a carbon footprint
Brockenhurst College, in the New Forest, has a well-earned reputation for technological innovation. Their Beacon Technology Centre , opened in 2006, is a visual treat. They have been updating their IT infrastructure across the college, as part of a drive Read More...
Windows Vista SP1 is coming...
One for IT Managers: We've announced that Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista will be released in the Spring Term 2008 2008, which is good news for those who are waiting for this before doing widescale deployments of the new operating system across your Read More...
IT Forum: Green Data Centres
During the recent Microsoft IT Forum in Barcelona my colleague Dan attended a panel discussion on the green data centre. The panel featured many of the key industry influencers ( AMD , Dell , HP , Intel , Microsoft , and Citigroup ), whose research and Read More...
Build a Green Datacentre
At the UCISA conference, earlier this year, there were some astounding figures quoted with regard to the cost of the running a datacentre - environmentally and financially. A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories report states: " The energy used by Read More...
Thin Client, Rich Client or hybrid?
My colleague Michael Royster, in Microsoft Consulting Services, has just finished a briefing document on the approaches available to implementation, addressing the questions about thin client versus rich client, and provides excellent advice and insight Read More...
Genie - Grid ENabled Integrated Earth system model
Whenever I hear about 'cluster computing' I think about high-tech, whizzy projects which are designed to address theoretical problems. Then today, I came across Genie, and thought again. I'd often seen the headlines about air travel's impact on climate Read More...
Save £23,000 or Save the Earth...take your pick
PC Pro have been doing some research on the ways that Windows Vista can save power .....come again...save power ? Yup It appears that computers are left on all the time with nobody using them (hmm, let me think about the IT Suite, or some of those odd Read More...
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