Global Warming Twenty Years Later – Tipping Point Nears
On Monday the 23rd June, Dr. James E. Hansen, a physicist of the Columbia University Earth Institute, testified to Congress about global warming, 20 years after his June 23, 1988 testimony, which...
View ArticleIs there a DIY approach to Green Data Centers?
IT Infrastructure specialist Richardson Eyres recently issued a press release to help drum up some consulting business in the Retail market but make some generally applicable and interesting points...
View ArticleWhat is the Credit Crunch doing to InterXion?
Back on the 11th September I put together an article for The Hot Aisle about how Data Center Hosting Company – IntereXion had managed to convince the banking sector that expanding their credit facility...
View ArticleA Less Well-Oiled War Machine
I am a member of the IEEE and receive a great magazine called IEEE Spectrum in the mail. A recent article describes the incredibly advanced thinking within the US Department of Defence on Energy...
View ArticleAtos Origin loose “keys” to UK Government Gateway 12M taxpayers at risk
The BBC reported today that an inquiry has been launched after a memory stick with user names and passwords for a key government computer system was found in a pub car park. Subcontractor Atos Origin,...
View ArticleData Leakage Report for October 2008
I am not sure if it increasing awareness about personally identifiable data loss or we are just becoming more careless with personal data but the data loss diary for October 2008 is a real stinker. 10...
View ArticleTrust the Government with my data? No way!
Recent cases of lost data have damaged public perception of government competence Over 80% of the population in Scotland has lost confidence in the UK government’s ability to look after personal data;...
View ArticleDoes it matter where we build our data center?
I met with David Wright from Verari yesterday and we were talking about high density computing and power particularly about Verari’s data center in a container product. That got us to talking about...
View ArticleThe low energy light-bulbs that don’t work
We have all been doing this – buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, and save the planet – simple. It was until I picked up an interesting article in today’s New York Times: A lot of people these...
View ArticlePower Grid Hacked by China?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. concerns about the potential for cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure extended to the American electrical power grid on Wednesday and experts pointed the finger anew at...
View ArticleIndian Government dresses up protectionism as anti-terror law
The Times of India reports that mail services offered to Indian nationals are to be subject to new legislation. Indian investigating agencies dealing with cyber crime have much to cheer following...
View ArticleFrench attempt to cut off Bit Torrent Pirates fails
According to Reuters, France’s parliament rejected a bill on Thursday that proposed disconnecting Internet users if they download music or films illegally, with the ruling UMP party failing to turn out...
View ArticleUK Site wins US Award as leading Energy Efficient Data Center
You may remember that The Hot Aisle covered the Elean Data Center in earlier articles about A green Data Center design and Absorption Chillers. The Elean Data Center, near Cambridge, has won a...
View ArticleThe future – Methane Atmosphere and Acid Seas – Is this hell?
The BBC reports that the UK government has launched an £11m ($16m) five-year research programme into ocean acidification. Researchers say seas are becoming more acidic as a result of CO2 from human...
View ArticleHow long before the US national power grid fails again?
It’s a pretty good question given the perilous state of the US power distribution network, the ever increasing load and the ever increasing dependance (around the world) for US based IT and network...
View ArticleClean Analysis launches with a Data Center Innovation Survey
This week CleanAnalysis – the research and analyst arm of my friend, Dan Ilet’s Greenbang (www.cleananalysis.com) – will be officially launched. CleanAnalysis be looking at all sorts of cleantech...
View ArticleWant to understand the Smart Grid?
Here is a video from my friend Professor Masood Amin @Massoud_Amin who is the world authority on Smart Grid. If we want to save the planet from global warming, prevent terrorists shutting down our...
View ArticlePredictions for 2014
I read my predictions for 2013 again today and feel that I did a pretty reasonable job of highlighting the key trends that actually did impact IT in the last 12 months. I spent some time over the...
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