If you could design and build a data centre facility from scratch to be more environmentally friendly, what would you do? The video, first spotted by Green Data Center Blog, shows you what Allstate Insurance Company did with their new data centre in Rochelle, IL. Some good ideas, like a white heat reflecting roof, but [...]

Cast Iron Systems and HP have announced that they are partnering to offer integration services to help SMBs onto cloud computing platforms. The two companies have developed a marketing and sales program for HP’s 25,000 value added resellers and channel partners in the US. Details and pricing is available here. “Cast Iron’s collaboration with HP [...]

A new report forecasts a rebound in the sale of videoconferencing equipment after seven consecutive quarters of declining growth rates. The report by Wainhouse Research, says while 2009 will likely registered flat growth compared to last year, growth rates in the pursuing years will match the high rates of earlier in the decade. The new [...]

Smart meter developer Trilliant announced last week that it will buy up SkyPilot Networks, a provider of proprietary wireless meshed networking solutions designed mainly for city-based deployments, or so-called muni-Wi-Fi networks. The deal now enables Trilliant to complete the value-chain of its smart meter solutions, which can now be developed to connect back to utilities’ [...]

Virtualisation pioneer, VMWare, has invested US$20 million in cloud start up Terremark, which uses the company’s software as part of its enterprise cloud offering. According to a statement by Terremark, VMWare’s investment consists of the purchase of 4 million Terremark stock at US$5 each, representing 5% of the company. Terremark is one of several service [...]

British Telecom is the only global carrier to have made the top ten in a new Corporate Sustainability Index Benchmark Report for 2009 of technology firms by Technology Business Research (TBR). The index, the first by the research firm, is based on a survey of 40 companies within the computer hardware, professional services, and network [...]

Ericsson recently announced that it has won a deal to build, operate and manage a fibre optic network for the city of Hudiksvall in Sweden. The deal will see Ericsson take over the development and management of an operator-neutral city network for Zitius, an open-access network operator in the Swedish network. Outsourcing the management of [...]

WiMAX gear maker Alvarion is reportedly trialing its equipment in several pilot projects, according to this report by Earth2Tech on Reuters. Alvarion vice president Ashish Sharma told Earth2Tech that the company has completed some pilot projects but did not disclose the names of the utilities involved. However, the report added that Alvarion has already sold [...]

Smart Grids are certainly in vogue with both technologists, politicians, and media alike, but what exactly is the impact of a smart grid on a country’s overall emissions, and what do those savings mean? GE Energy, a unit of General Electric that addresses utilities, alternative energy and other heavy and light industries, has introduced this [...]

KDDI and Sharp has unveiled a new solar power-enabled mobile phone for this summer. The SH002 Solar Phone model is part of the KDDI’s summer product line-up and is scheduled for release on 6 June 2009. The model is marketed as the world’s first water-resistant model with an integrated solar panel. According to this post [...]