Granola: Seeding the cloud for PC power management

The latest iteration of software that measures the energy and carbon of laptops, desktops and even the data center aims to democratize IT energy savings by bringing costs down to earth while putting energy data in the cloud. Read More

How do you measure the cloud's environmental impact?

Salesforce.com recently proffered a metric for measuring the environmental performance of cloud-based services. Read More

Cloud computing raises new ethics, sustainability questions

Cloud computing could redefine the way we think about business ethics and sustainability. Here's how the cloud could affect two of our biggest sustainability challenges: climate change and human rights. Read More

How eBay Built Its New Energy Efficient Data Center

By building its new data center for energy efficiency, eBay hopes to ready itself for larger data loads while reducing its future power bills. Read More

How Energy Star is Working on the Green Data Center of the Future

With two new specs on the horizon -- for storage and power supplies -- and a long-awaited update for servers, Energy Star is digging in deep to greening the hardware that runs so much of the economy. Read More

4 Key Success Factors in Sustainable Technology

What do Accenture, Deloitte, IBM and Logica have that sets them apart from other global firms competing in the field of sustainable technology? New research from Verdantix identifies their common success factors. Read More

IBM Earns Kudos for 27 Green Data Centers in Europe

Essentially, IBM won the recognition by eating its own cooking. The firm applied some of the key solutions it markets for energy efficient data centers to its facilities in Europe. Read More

Schneider Electric Buys Viridity Platform to Enhance Data Center Suite

Schneider's acquisition of EnergyCenter 2.0 software provides data center operators visibility over both IT and facility operations. Read More

Facebook Ends Greenpeace Campaign with Major Green Commitments

The longest-running feud in green IT has come to an end as the social network embraces renewable energy for its data centers, coming to terms with the environmental group's demands. Read More

What's on the Horizon of IBM's 'Smarter Planet'

At Big Blue's annual 'Connect' analyst event, the company gave a glimpse at how its Smarter Planet initiative is driving business opportunities, and mapped the next hurdles it will need to overcome. Read More