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IDF 2008: Technology can change the world

Technology plays a big role in economic development, but more teachers are needed to educate users on its usage, especially in emerging economies, Intel's chairman said on Tuesday.

School heads organisation cuts travel costs with web conferencing

The National College for School Leadership has cut staff and visitor travel, and saved £54,000 on transport in three months, after implementing Cisco WebEx collaboration software.

Samsung launches 'green' smartphones

Samsung has released three environmentally friendly handsets, using 'green' materials for their exteriors and recycled ones inside.

CMA and Carbon Trust launch green ICT initiative

The Communications Management Association and the Carbon Trust have launched an initiative to help businesses reduce their environmental damage through more effective use of communications technology.

Half-price HP deal for civil service

Public sector procurement agency OCGbuying.solutions has signed a framework deal with HP for cut price printers.

Web servers produce 632kg of CO2 per year

Web servers are needlessly wasting energy and contributing to excessive CO2 emissions, according to hosting firm Amenworld

Fujitsu Siemens launches 'zero watt' monitors

Fujitsu Siemens has launched the "world's first zero-watt monitors".

Gartner: Believe the cloud computing hype

Cloud computing, social-computing platforms and Green IT will become mainstream in IT departments in the next two to five years, according to Gartner.

IBM: Virtualise now to save power

Virtualisation, SOA and cloud computing are keys to accommodating the anticipated growth of datacentres in an energy-conscious environment according to a senior IBM executive.

Energy efficiency ignored during purchasing

Just 34 percent of IT executives say energy efficiency is a very important factor when considering equipment purchases, a new survey by IT products and services vendor CDW has found.

Fujitsu calls for carbon measurement standards in outsourcing

Standards should be set about how businesses account for the carbon footprint of outsourced work, Fujitsu Services has said.

Dell hits carbon neutral target

Computer giant Dell claims it has hit its Carbon Neutrality target five months ahead of schedule.

IBM aims to bust Microsoft's reign with Notes on Linux

IBM will try to break Microsoft's stranglehold on the business desktop market by preloading Notes software in Linux distributions.

Nortel wins Olympic contract

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG) has selected Nortel to supply the network infrastructure for the 2012 Games.

WWF cuts carbon with hosted services

Wildlife charity WWF aims to cut its energy use by 40 percent by using a hosted service for its UK website.

United Nations creates green ICT focus group

The International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations agency, has set up a new focus group to examine how to measure and reduce the impact of IT and communications systems on the environment.

Microsoft shows off datacentre monitoring system

To better control energy consumption in its datacentres, Microsoft has deployed 2,000 internally built temperature and humidity sensors in several of its facilities.

Defra migrates 10,000 staff to eco-laptops

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is making progress on its Renew IT programme with plans to move 10,000 civil servants to energy-saving laptops.

'Green' not helpful word for setting environmental policies

The term 'green computing' makes it harder for companies to implement carbon reduction policies, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project, which questioned 11 leading enterprises about their environmental policies.

Whitehall to be carbon netural by 2012

The government has launched a bold plan to slash the carbon emissions of its computer systems in a bid to become the first in the world to make all of its computers carbon neutral in four years.

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