Cloud computing represents the next evolutionary step toward elastic IT. It will transform the way your IT infrastructure is constituted and managed, through consumable services for infrastructure, platform, and applications. This will convert your IT infrastructure from a "factory" into a "supply chain".

International environmental group Greenpeace hit out at Samsung for reneging on a promise to remove harmful substances from its electronics products.

Greenpeace has criticised Samsung for reneging on a promise to remove harmful substances from its electronics products.

A recycler of electronic waste is disputing reports from an environmental group that a recent shipment to Indonesia was illegal and contained computer monitors with hazardous materials.

Pamela Rucker doesn't want to spend money with IT vendors that waste water or energy, or that have large carbon footprints. After all, she says, as vice president of IT for environmental services firm PSC, it would be hypocritical to not hold vendors to high standards.

At a news conference attended by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Silicon Valley start-up today took the wraps off a fuel cell designed to enable individual homes and businesses to generate their own power.

At a news conference attended by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Silicon Valley start-up today took the wraps off a fuel cell designed to enable individual homes and businesses to generate their own power.

HP today unveiled a host of new services aimed at helping small data centre operators boost performance and cut operating costs. Aimed at data centres up to 5,000 square feet in size, these facilities-oriented services include capacity, infrastructure condition and energy efficiency analysis.

This whitepaper looks at the results of a recent survey conducted by Forrester Consulting into the current trends and attitudes towards application modernisation and migration.

HP today unveiled a host of new services aimed at helping small data centre operators boost performance and cut operating costs. Aimed at data centres up to 5,000 square feet in size, these facilities-oriented services include capacity, infrastructure condition and energy efficiency analysis.

Many organisations overcome the challenges associated with traditional desktop computing by adopting VMware virtualisation technology. Discover how desktop virtualisation enhances flexibility for end users while providing better IT security, control, and cost effectiveness.

Developing countries need to prepare for an avalanche of e-waste generated by PCs, consumer electronics and appliances, the United Nations said in a study released Monday.

Developing countries need to prepare for an avalanche of e-waste generated by PCs, consumer electronics and appliances, the United Nations said in a study released Monday.

If your organisation has deployed as few as three mobile applications, or is supporting multiple mobile device types and operating systems, a mobile platform should be part of your 2010 IT strategy. Deploying a single enterprise platform that will mobilise your entire workforce can deliver new business value (increased productivity and improved efficiencies) while protecting current IT investments. A mobile enterprise platform also enhances the value of existing business platforms by making them accessible to users anywhere at anytime.

This paper presents an approach that enables IT to be highly responsive to the business while maintaining and demonstrating compliance with internal and external policies, standards, and regulations. It focuses on automating change management to ensure agility while effectively controlling change to maintain compliance.

Google has received federal approval to buy and sell energy on the open market, giving it more options for the way it powers its data centers and opening the door to a potential move into the energy-trading business.

This white paper discusses the problem of allocated, but unused, storage — the storage that has already been assigned to applications and file systems, but has not actually be written to. It also considers the high tax organizations pay to provision storage in typical environments. 3PAR Thin Provisioning is then explained and proposed as an alternative to both of these issues. The result is a dramatic reduction in capital and operating expense, and much greater cost control relative to project outcome. Return on application investment is also accelerated because IT can quickly deploy new applications without the delays associated with traditional provisioning. In addition to the business benefits of this alternative, attention is given to how 3PAR Thin Provisioning works within the context of the 3PAR InForm Operating System.

Data centres consume more energy than any other environment in most companies. This paper presents a holistic approach that addresses Green IT within the broader context of increasing business service efficiency and reducing the cost of IT.

Enterprise value is maximised through market leadership, and market leadership is achieved through successful,strategically-aligned innovation. However, IT Finance departments spend so much time on transaction and control processes that they have little time to think about contributing to innovation in their organisation.

Most companies spend 60 - 80% of their total IT dollars on running the business (RTB). Delivering IT value is always a priority, but many CIOs and executives are overburdened with limited budgets and resources, and increasing demand. Occasionally there are problems with an IT organisation’s performance, but more likely there are issues caused by the structure of the IT organisation and its alignment in the company.