Andrew Binstock
Andrew Binstock is the principal analyst at Pacific Data Works. He writes regularly about IT at GreenerComputing.com. Andrew is also a columnist for SDTimes and a senior contributing editor for InfoWorld, where he analyzes market trends and performs review of enterprise development products. Previously, he was a senior manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he oversaw technology forecasting for the firm's clients. Prior to that, he was editor in chief of UNIX Review, and earlier of the C Gazette. He started his career in technology in 1981 as a software developer. He has written several books on programming, published by Addison-Wesley and Intel Press. For the last 17 years, he has been a judge for the Jolt awards.
The Challenges in Making the Move to Virtualization
Virtualization is one of the most important eco-friendly moves a data center can make and, undeniably, one of the smartest from the pure IT-technology perspective. In this feature, Andrew Binstock explains simple solutions to some of the stumbling blocks in going virtual. Read More
Understanding the Green SPECpower Benchmark
In the middle of this year, the Standard Performance Evaluation Council (SPEC) released the final version of the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark --- a new suite of tests that details power and performance in a single number. Andrew Binstock tells you everything you need to know about this important green specification. Read More
How to Choose a Greener Graphics Card
Graphics cards are an often overlooked aspect of PC energy efficiency, and can be significant energy hogs. But with some simple rules of thumb and online tools, you can match a user's needs with the performance of a card and lower power consumption, heat generation and your price tag. Read More
Power-Sipping Desktop Hard Drives
Many mistakenly believe hard-disk drives consume the most power but the disk industry has done a remarkable job keeping energy consumption low. Read More
How Many Watts Does that PC Consume Exactly, and Why?
The relatively simple but eye-opening act of testing the energy used in various computer configurations at your company is one way to overcome an IT manager's biggest frustration: not knowing how much energy is used by each new piece of hardware. Read More
A User's Guide to Implementing Virtualization
One of the most compelling technologies for consolidating servers has a surprising aspect: there are many available options, some of which are free. That's good news; now, but how do you put this technology to work? Read More