IBM Launches Project Big Green 2.0

By Anastasia Tubanos, theWHIR.com

August 5, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IBM (ibm.com) announced on July 18, 2008, the launch of the second phase of Project Big Green 2.0 in India. As part of the upgraded initiative, IBM’s Global Technology Services team says it will specifically be targeting large corporate customers in India and will be introducing new products and services, which focus on energy efficiency.

This announcement comes over a year after IBM first launched Project Big Green in May 2007, a $1 billion initiative devoted to delivering technologies that help clients increase the level of energy efficiency in their data centers.

With Project Big Green, IBM introduced offerings like Scalable Modular Data Center in the Indian market last year. With version 2.0 of this project, IBM says it is looking to further build up on the success that it has created with SMDCs and help clients make their IT more “green.”

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Your ‘Eco Data Center’ doesn’t have to cost millions, says Sun Exec

July 16, 2008 — (GREEN DATA CENTER INFO) — ZDNet blogger Heather Clancy recently interviewed  Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris. Below are some short-term, medium-term and long-term best practices you can adopt to help your own company.

To read the entire interview click here.

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Video: The Green Data Center using Liquid Cooling techniques

Liquid Computing is leading the way in greening the datacenter. By reducing power consumption, stabilizing server-room temperature using liquid cooling techniques, and reducing the amount of racks needed, this is true green computing!

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NTT Data Announces Japanese Green Data Center

June 26, 2008 — (GREEN DATA CENTER INFO) — NTT Data Corp (nttdata.co.jp) announced plans of building a green data center with a DC power system, which will be available for use starting in October, reported Tech-On this week.

The Japanese company unveiled this announcement at GridWorld 2008 (idg.co.jp/expo/grid/english/), which ran June 24-25 at Tokyo International Forum.

The DC power system is a technology utilized to minimize power loss by reducing the number of times of AC-DC/DC-AC conversion. Currently, uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS) used at data centers are driven by a direct current. AC-DC and DC-AC conversions are repeated for a minimum of three times, including conversion, inside the server machine before driving the microprocessor.

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Whitepaper: IBM The green data center

More than social responsibility: a foundation for growth, economic gain and operating stability

The message is clear: Energy costs are rising, supply is limited, the data center infrastructure is being taxed, and its ability to meet business demands is at stake. CIOs who want to solve these problems will need to focus on data center innovation. Fortunately, green strategies and technologies exist today to help optimize space, power, cooling and resiliency while improving operational management and reducing costs—at the same time, helping to position companies for growth and enabling CIOs to meet expanding business needs.

Source: IBM

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