Green IT is all about saving the environment, or so we are told. In reality, 'greening' only became popular once companies realised that it provided a benefit they understand well — saving cash. Discover everything you need to know about Green IT in this ZDNet.com.au superguide.
Features and Case Studies
Google's ocean datacentre plans a tad fishy?
Google has always enjoyed being secretive about its largely custom-built data centres, so I imagine there are a few furrowed brows following the widespread reports about its application for a patent to build offshore datacentres, which could draw their power from the ocean waves.
Time for some bright green ideas
Mobile phone companies have seen the green bandwagon go by and are flinging themselves on it faster than you can say "lazy, greenwash-spewing me-too merchants" but in the pantheon of would-be eco-friendly mobile makers, Nokia is coming up with some of the best and worst ideas on the market.
Green your datacentre or it may go dark
Being green, in terms of IT and datacentres, only very superficially has anything to do with saving the environment. In reality it is about cold, hard cash — and how to spend less of it.
Going green for IT
According to research firm Gartner, by 2010 75 percent of organisations will use "full life cycle energy" and CO2 footprint as mandatory PC hardware buying criteria.
More Features and Case Studies »
Ballmer's green comments make me sick
At the CeBIT exhibition in Germany this week, Steve Ballmer got on stage and told the world that Microsoft takes "green" issues seriously.
When dumping your old PCs sounds a bit fishy
It seems that the IT industry is missing out on an opportunity to 'help' sea creatures by dumping old computers into the ocean and creating an 'artificial reef'.
Photos: Datacentre heat, Google's secret solution
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Linus Torvalds at Linux.conf.au 2008
Linus Torvalds is the star guest at Australia's annual Linux conference. ZDNet.com.au once again took a video crew to Melbourne in January and caught up with the man behind Linux.
Autodesk: Billy Hinners, CIO
Billy Hinners, CIO of Autodesk speaks to ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber about creating design software for its eight million customers in the construction, media and manufacturing industries. He also talks about the company's green strategy, his 20 years in product development and transitioning to his new role as CIO.
Clearing the air on dodgy carbon emissions claims
Why would a super-efficient Australian datacentre produce more carbon emissions than an equivalent sized, yet hopelessly inefficient and power-hungry datacentre in Germany?
Photos: A trip through Dell's recycling plant
Dell has claimed it is the greenest IT company in the world. ZDNet Australia went on a tour of its recycling partner's plant, MRI Australia, in Blacktown, Sydney.
Examining Second Life myths for business
Can virtual worlds make a meaningful contribution to business -- and if so, how can they be protected from invasions of privacy and flying genitalia? ZDNet Australia gets the lowdown from Chris Collins, technical assistant to the CEO at Second Life developer Linden Lab.
Sun rises on xVM stategy
Sun Microsystems' xVM virtualisation efforts are getting louder and louder.
Ten steps to a more efficient datacentre
A lot of marketing effort has been thrown at the concept of green computing and sustainable IT, but much of the advice is fairly nebulous, fuzzy and ill thought out.
Throw away the suits and telework!
More and more Australians are choosing to work from home for at least part of the week.
CIO View: Energy company runs out of juice!
IT has become one of the biggest consumers of energy in the modern society. So much so that at AGL Energy, "we ran out of capacity in the building for electricity", according to former CIO Cesare Tizi.
Google's green data plans a hypocrisy?
Google's plans for greener datacentres are being promoted with great fervour, but its calls for greater environmental accountability have some definite limitations.
ICT creating a greener footprint
As our nation comes to grips with the implications of global warming, technology has the potential to be a major part of the solution to our CO2 challenges.
Return and reuse: How Japan recycles televisions and other appliances
Australians are slowly jumping aboard the environmental bandwagon, but in Japan, a law mandating the recycling of home appliances is already six years old.
PCs: Keeping IT green
While recycling is all fine and good, before we go to the trouble of ripping an item to bits and making it into something else ââ,¬" there is an intermediate stage: Reuse!
Old IT never dies...
Companies are hanging on to their IT equipment longer to stave off spending what they can't currently afford. But IT systems have to be disposed of eventually; what happens when they do?
Bankstown print refresh boosts green space
For Bankstown City Council, a 170,000-resident council south-west of Sydney, a desire to regain control of its printing environment -- and to reduce its impact on the environment -- recently led to a complete reconsideration of its printing, scanning and faxing processes.
NetApp's Green expands portfolio
Networked storage solutions maker Network Appliance managing director Simon Green is set to assume a broader set of duties beyond Australia and New Zealand.
Photos: Telstra survival kit
Tell the Truth Telstra (T4), an initiative formed by a group of Telstra's competitors, sent out this media pack to combat what it said was a media barrage by the nation's largest telco.
HSBC Australia CIO talks bank tech
Most of Australia's major banks are just beginning massive IT projects which will see them refresh their core banking systems. But as HSBC's Australian CIO Brenton Hush tells ZDNet.com.au, the global bank's local operation is already ahead.
US shows what OPEL could have been
Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
Photos: Sydney Googleplex Under Construction
ZDNet.com.au takes you on a tour of Google's new Sydney Googleplex, which is currently under construction. Australian Googlers will work in an environmentally friendly building, next to glamorous Sydney Harbour, with views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Tower, and the Star City Casino.
Straight to the source: Green and Redman
We put Steve Redman, MD of EMC Australia, up against Simon Green, MD of Network Appliance Australia and watch the sparks fly.
Startup Camp Sydney: The review
Three new Australian technology start-ups, uTag, TrafficHawk.com.au and LinkViz, were conceived and launched over the weekend in a lightning initiative dubbed "Startup Camp Sydney".
How Seven blew the internet Olympics
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
Podcast: VMware co-founder Diane Greene
Matt Tett from RMIT's IT Test Labs caught up with VMware co-founder and president Diane Greene at the recent VM World conference in Las Vegas.
Green light for e-passports
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
In carriers' high-def future, pants are the real winners
As anybody who works from home knows, one of the great benefits of telecommuting is that pants are optional. Wear your pyjamas to that teleconference, or attend in your birthday suit if you prefer; nobody will be the wiser.
Exchange students learn the taste of defeat
We've all experienced that irritating feeling upon walking into a nearly empty restaurant, only to see little 'reserved' signs on the empty tables, and to be told by the maître d' that no tables are available even as other people enter and are escorted to their tables.
Customs: Murray Harrison, CIO
Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.
Record breaking warehouses break usefulness rules
And the Guinness World Record for the largest data warehouse goes to...
Photos: Symantec's Security Response labs
ZDNet.com.au takes a peek behind the scenes at the security specialist's European anti-malware operation in Dublin.
Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part one)
Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.
Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT
Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?
City of Melbourne gets singular on the desktop
When you're in charge of buying 2,000 desktops should you go for an assortment of vendors, or stick to just one? City of Melbourne's desktop services manager, Ashe Potter, says using a single supplier is cheaper, easier and less hassle to manage.
Datacentre 2020: Greener, faster, more flexible
The average datacentre lasts between 15 and 20 years, so when the current generation of datacentres near the end of their working life, will their replacements be at all familiar?
Facebook: The Google of social networks?
Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?
Will a US recession demolish global IT budgets in 2008?
The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous.
Centrelink: John Wadeson, CIO
Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.
San Francisco International Airport: John Payne, CIO
The CIO of San Francisco International Airport talks to ZDNet about protecting the airport's network and providing new services such as passenger WiFi.
Photos: On the floor at Macworld
Get a glimpse of what's in the air and on the floor at Macworld.
Avaya: Lorie Buckingham, CIO
Lorie Buckingham, CIO of telecom solutions provider Avaya, talks about the promise of unified communications for its more than one million business customers around the world. She also discusses her passion for technology and strategy for integrating innovative communication technologies.
Who guards the guards: Security
Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".
Avis Budget Group: John Turato, VP of Technology
John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide. Turato also discusses transformation at the rental car operator, and his other role, Chairman of the OpenTravel Alliance, a group of companies developing web 2.0 standards for the online travel industry.
Seagate: Take your recession and stuff it
Investors may be panicking, but Seagate CEO Bill Watkins says business and tech trends paint a different picture than the one on CNBC.
Who's afraid of the $200 Linux PC?
Cheap PCs with a Linux operating system seem to have hit the users' sweet spots, with taking the plunge into the alternate OS not nearly as hard as users had thought.
The $5 budget challenge
The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.
The 10 biggest headaches of 2007 for CIOs and IT managers
IT is largely about solving problems and keeping the business running, and the higher up you are in the IT department the bigger the problems you have to solve.
Travelocity | Barry Vandevier, CTO
Barry Vandevier of Travelocity talks about his company's efforts to deploy Web 2.0 technologies for the next generation of online travel.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Graham Andrews, CIO
Welcome to the CIO Vision Series, where we have with us as our guest Graham Andrews of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Thank you for joining us today and congratulations on being 'highly commended' by the Australia CIO of the Year judging panel.
Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007
Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.
Managing your move into mobility
With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
Apple iPhone vs Nokia N95
Will Apple's iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.
Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot.
Will Internode's (sudden) and dramatic price hike for its broadband plans undo the G9's plans for an affordable, high-speed broadband network?
Photos: CeBIT Australia 2007
CeBIT Australia is on again for 2007 with hundreds of IT products and services on display in addition to the conference, keynotes and forums. Join us as we take a photo tour of the exhibition halls.
Coming to you fast and furious from the FITT lunch
The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.
The RBA, ruthlessness and robots
For the Reserve Bank of Australia, every minute of downtime could potentially cost more than AU$40 million. But even with a business case on that scale, it still took three tries before it got an effective systems management strategy in place.
10 mobile trends: Should you care?
silicon.com's Jo Best looks at 10 oft-debated areas in mobile and wireless and asks a simple question: how much should you care over the next 12 months?
10 things to know about IE7 Security
Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here's a quick rundown of some of the new security features.
Catenaccio football 1.0 wins 1-0
It's hard to think about anything else today other than Australia's ludicrous 1-0 defeat this morning by Luis Medina Cantalejo, oops I mean Italy.
Gates on launching Zune, spiffing up Office
Microsoft's chairman looks ahead to how the music player might morph and tells why changes in Office 2007 are "such a big deal."
Siemens and the hand of God
During the 64 matches to be played in the 2006 World Cup, an estimated 3.2 million spectators will pass through the 12 stadiums to witness the action first-hand. From arrival to departure, the entire experience will be monitored, streamlined and enhanced by multiple systems from Siemens.
Threatening Mac users to be put to sleep?
In response to violent threats made against journalists, police have been called in to investigate.
Deploying technology in harsh environments
When you put technology assets into an unfriendly environment, the lifecycle of your equipment may be cut in half. Fortunately, you can take steps to help preserve it, along with simplifying maintenance, operations, and support.
Dell: Malaysia to support Australia, others
Enterprise technology users may still be getting used to Indian accents for many of their support queries, but PC giant Dell believes many of its customers would be better served by Malaysia.
Intel demonstrates quad-core PC, server
Intel demonstrated two quad-core processors Tuesday in the United States, "Clovertown" for servers and "Kentsfield" for PCs, directing attention toward the future during a more troubled present.
Photo gallery: iPod anatomy
Get an inside look at the hardware that powers the iPod family of products.
Can Yahoo do content?
The Web portal's plan to become a major Internet content player is treading water, despite its Hollywood credentials.
Network Associates awarded antispam patent
Security software company, Network Associates, said this week that it has been granted a patent for methods of filtering spam, or unsolicited e-mail.
Microsoft unit key to new strategy
It used to be a money-losing afterthought. Now the business software unit is playing a key role in Redmond's plans.
Microsoft: Slow going in biz software push
"Project Green" effort to bring disparate business applications under a single code base will happen -- eventually.
The server virtualisation vendor landscape
We look at the virtual machine software market's three principal players: Microsoft, VMware and Xen.
Photo gallery: Installing Windows Vista
The long, long road to installing Windows Vista ... from 3GB DVD.
VMWare's virtual future
VMware's leader discusses the hows and whys of the industry's move toward virtualisation.
Sun tools aimed at Microsoft coders
Sun Microsystems will describe on Wednesday new software designed to make its Java programming tools more popular with smaller businesses.
Vital signs go wireless
Soon, something that looks like a Band-Aid could e-mail your blood pressure and more to your doctor.
An open-source rival to Google's book project
When it comes to digitising books, two stories appear to be unfolding: One is about open source, and the other, Google.
Antenna to boost wireless security
An optical antenna that uses a geometrically shaped lens promises to bring greater security to wireless networks for businesses, according to British scientists.
Stampede for patches disrupts Microsoft update site
The crush of millions of Windows users trying to patch their computers overwhelmed Microsoft's update service for several hours after new security fixes were made available, the software giant acknowledged on Wednesday.
VoIP handsets reviewed
Voice over Internet Protocol, in some way, shape, or form, is a standard inclusion now with most business telephony systems. We review the latest offerings.
Oracle takes on SAP's NetWeaver
Project Fusion will provide a common basis for all Oracle applications and compete head-to-head with the German rival's NetWeaver middleware.
IBM retools Global Services
Big Blue seeks higher, more profitable ground in the market for business computing services.
Offshoring: A view from both shores
Wipro CEO Vivek Paul ponders the implications of a US that graduates more sports therapists than engineers.
How CRM saved Hunter Holden
What a customer wants and eventually gets can be two different things. To get more in tune with customer preferences, Hunter Holden reinvented itself with a customer relationship management system.
Weak demand behind Google price cut
Investors balk at a deal seen as benefiting company and insiders over buyers.
Is Ballmer's $100 PC possible?
Microsoft's chief executive may well think that a $100 PC will solve the problem of software piracy - but it's a question of who is willing to bear the cost.
Take aim at taming these 10 types of techies
There are certain personality types you're bound to encounter among tech staff. Here are 10 types and suggestions for effectively dealing with them.
Kill 'spies' with Spybot
Here's how you can use Spybot to put an end to spyware and adware on clients' desktops.
Customers report Microsoft CRM problems
Microsoft's CRM software features an email identifier that some customers could cause legitimate communications to be seen as spam, but the company says it has not received many complaints.
Untangling the wireless future
Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
Google this: Disaster
Fund manager Tom Taulli says the comedy of errors leading up to the IPO is as much about management hubris as it is bad fortune.
Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache
Fears of the Millennium Bug drove a generation of companies to upgrade their PCs, but four years on, those systems need to be replaced and such a mammoth task has serious environmental implications.
Microsoft revamps CRM software
The company's second version of its customer relationship management package promises expanded language coverage and tighter links to its latest Office and server software.
Monochrome magic: Six printers tested
Who needs colour? Sometimes all you need is a black-and-white printer that can churn out the pages fast. We look at your options.
Can Microsoft deliver on CRM?
Microsoft will have an impact on the customer relationship management (CRM) market. But how important will its role be?
Global lessons in e-voting
India reports success, while Venezuela fears fraud. What can the world learn?
Outsourcing: The trouble with mega deals
As mega outsoucing deals begin to lose their shine, is it time for selective sourcing to take centre stage?
Two Davids, no Goliath
David Thomas, ManageSoft's Asia Pacific director and David Lenz, sales and marketing director at Novell Asia-Pacific, go head to head on their respective offerings.
Should storage be outsourced?
As storage volumes escalate, companies are weighing up the risks and benefits of outsourcing storage. Additional reading: Seven deadly sins of data warehouse development
People power: Three HR packages tested
Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? ZDNet Australia looks at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.
Secure funding for disaster recovery projects
Getting money to fund a disaster recovery plan has never been harder. With these tips, however, you can send the message to those holding the purse strings that disaster recovery is vital.
Hiring tips for IT managers
Here are some key steps in planning out your hiring process so that you avoid the bad hires that usually accompany a hiring rush.
KVM switches reviewed
The new generation of keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switches allows admins to tinker with their systems remotely over an IP connection. We look at six options.
Tech tools: IT audits and security ratings system
This simple, cost-effective ratings system can help improve security across your organisation.
Recent worms punish bad passwords
A spike in Internet traffic caused by a worm over the weekend can be largely blamed on bad passwords and poor security practices, security experts said on Monday.
Standards: equal access
Just as building codes have changed to make access easier for everyone, so are standards changing in hardware and software design.
Profiting from disaster
Can disaster recovery be anything more than an insurance policy?
Time to ignore SCO?
Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?
Putting the brains into your network
Networks don't just ferry packets around your office anymore. ZDNet Australia looks at some of the latest developments that allow your network to manage itself more intelligently.
Big Brother monitors Linux servers
Although there are numerous programs designed for monitoring and notification, many can be quite expensive. For Linux, Big Brother can definitely get the job done.
On the outsourcing hot seat
Infosys Technologies CEO Nandan Nilekani says outsourcing is a win-win proposition.
New Year's resolutions from Melbourne
In a groggy haze on New Year's Eve, I promised someone (or was it myself?) that I would be good this year -- I said I would draw up my New Year's resolutions and I'm sticking to it...hopefully, writes one tech pro from Melbourne.
Is the desktop battle really over?
It's clear Microsoft has won the desktop battle with Windows, but a few trends may knock the victor off the throne.
The real future of Linux
For Linux to grow, a more traditional model of capitalism must be implemented. Red Hat is attempting this move with recent changes to its licensing and support policies. Find out how this might affect future distributions.
Java camp takes cue from Microsoft
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.
Five reasons IT consultancies fail
IT consulting firms continue to tread water in a challenging organisation environment, and many are reacting by taking a "back to basics" approach to their businesses. Take advice from two consultants who have done just that.
How to "manage" clients' employees
Your conduct at a client site can help you avoid resentment and fear among the employees. These tips will help you be more productive and get along with your temporary co-workers.
VPNs via Windows Server 2003
feature Although Windows NT and 2000 both boast remote access services, including VPN, Windows Server 2003 offers the next level of these services, providing a secure communications mechanism for your users and infrastructure.
Is your monitor glow revealing your data?
Now there's a way law enforcement agents can read data displayed on a user's computer monitor, even when they can't see the screen. All they need is a special light detector and lab hardware. Are your secrets being unveiled?
How to justify more bandwidth
You may think your company is suffering from a bandwidth crunch, but you need some data to back up your claims. With a free tool called PRTG, you can quantify bandwidth data.
ROI on IT projects: Project manager's friend or foe?
Whether you are engaging a client on a solution proposal or simply kicking off your project exploration phase, clients are today deeply interested in ROI. Here's how to make that pay off for project managers.
A glimpse into the life of a Russian virus researcher
CA's Dr Eugene Dozortsev talks about the motivations and satisfactions that spur him through 70-hour working weeks that offer very little limelight.
Commentary: That was the decade that was
10 years is a long time in technology circles, and plenty has changed since 1992. Then again, maybe it hasn't.
The FUD war against Linux
Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux.
Think 'thin' to lower bandwidth requirements
Budget concerns, complicated infrastructure, and user frustration are all reasons to move away from a fat-client networking strategy. Here's a compelling argument for using thin clients.
The keys to resource allocation
To successfully manage your projects, it's vital to get to the botton of resource overallocation. Learn how to manage competing priorities.
Best IT solutions for a small business upgrade
IT pros who manage small business networks have to come up with unique solutions, such as deciding whether Linux is a viable solution and which collaboration software is better.
Oracle plan exposes Java rift
Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.
HR tips: Gaining approval for IT hires
Hiring in the tech industry has new challenges, often including involvement of the CEO and CFO. But CIOs can successfully work through the process by considering some viable new approaches.
XP implementation considerations
You've been given the green light to move to XP; you've even mapped out a deployment method. Plan to review these implementation issues before deploying the new system.
Tips for successful IT negotiations
Tech leaders spend much of the week negotiating--with vendors, staffers, and business units. Columnist Bob Weinstein offers insight on how to sharpen your negotiating skills.
The Year Ahead: Top ten technologies to watch
Robots, cars, power and light. Just some of the sectors that'll see action next year.
Keeping apps to speed
Are you paying employees to sit around watching an hourglass? Losing customers because that order page on your Web site takes forever to generate and download? Then it's time to focus on application management.
Red hot laptops
If you're going to have to lug it around, you might as well get a laptop that will make business colleagues green with envy.
Final score: MS/consumers 2--competitors 1
While there will likely be more litigation from competitors seeking to sanction Microsoft in some way, columnist Tim Landgrave explains why the recent US federal ruling bodes well for both Microsoft, and more importantly, the public consumer sector.
Keys to averting staff burnout
Workloads rarely diminish when staffs get smaller, and that leads to burnout. Avoid this scenario with stronger communication and making sure employees aren't overwhelmed. The effort will also avert future hire costs and can improve productivity.
Stuck in high-tech hell? There's a way out!
Alan Cohen didn't merely write a book for cube dwellers with career angst. He charted a "road map out of hell" for everyone who has "come to accept soul starvation as a way of life."
Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?
They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?
Firewalls: Keeping the outside out
Firewalls protect your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? ZDNet Australia investigates.
Maximising infrastructure: Do more with less
Buying the latest and the greatest sounds like a good idea, but who can afford it? We look at ways you can get better performance and a better bottom line with your existing infrastructure.
Who's plotting to keep Sun in the Web services shadows?
IBM and Microsoft extended a belated and belittling WS-I invitation to Sun. Are they trying to marginalise the Java creator's Web services stature?
Biometrics special: Who are you?
Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.
Higher intelligence
Business Intelligence software gives managers the tools to draw from many data sources and take a snapshot view of their company's performance. Why are BI vendors defying the industry trend and continuing their stellar growth?
Web services: Messiah or mirage?
Software vendors keep telling us that Web services are the answer. But what is the question? ZDNet Australia explores the state of Web services today.
ROI: You can teach a New Economy old tricks
In these tough times, customers will no longer trust you on the basis of VC referrals or your phone manner. It's time to prove that your customers need your services. ROI-based sales pitches of the past make a resurgence in the dot-com downturn of the present.
Data mining for e-commerce gold
Data mining has been hailed as one of the emerging technologies that will "change the world". What is it and what can it do for your e-business?
Related News
Virtualisation: The key to a green datacentre?
Virtualisation is the key technology for creating less power-hungry datacentres, according to numerous speakers at the Energy Logic symposium in Sydney.
Green tech is a goldmine, not a burden
The IT industry should view the buzz around green technology as an opportunity rather than a compliance burden, says industry analyst Bruce McCabe.
Intel, IBM take green plunge with solar tech
Intel entered the burgeoning clean-tech sector on Monday by creating SpectraWatt, a spinoff company that will manufacture solar cells, following IBM's latest foray into solar technology
Green costs: $20 extra per PC, $30 per server
The Intel-backed Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) program is now active in Australia, but participating vendors concede the hardest work still lies ahead as the green-focused consortium pursues the program's goal of slashing Australia's IT-related greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent in the next two years.
Micron unveils server-grade SSDs
Micron Technology has announced two new lines of solid-state drives, one of which could offer huge performance and power-management benefits in servers, according to the company.
Microsoft hands out green cash as Sun gets thin
Microsoft has this week handed out US$500,000 to four universities doing research into efficient computing, while rival Sun has stepped up its green IT marketing efforts.
Prince Charles backs 'green' thin computing
Prince Charles has discovered thin clients and finds the notion they can help cut energy costs "mind boggling".
Companies must disclose their gases: Govt
Companies belching greenhouse gases will have to keep track of their footprint as of today so they can report their levels to the government.
Businesses bite on green IT claims
Vendors' green initiatives are increasingly swaying buyers' decisions, according to the latest IDC survey.
Inside the Top500 supercomputers
Roadrunner has topped the Top500 supercomputers list to be released Wednesday at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany.
IT firms turn nose up at US$595bn green bonanza
Tech vendors are missing out on billions of dollars by only focusing on improving 'energy efficiency' instead of carrying out detailed green accounting.
CeBIT's green gambit falls on empty halls
Europe's biggest information technology fair went green this year -- the problem was that there weren't many people around to notice.
Ballmer claims Microsoft is thinking green
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future despite the fact Microsoft has been widely criticised for producing resource-hungry software.
Red Hat: Enterprise Linux is energy efficient
Linux vendor Red Hat has updated its enterprise Linux version with features for big servers and some green improvements. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 includes virtualisation support for bigger systems and more memory architectures.
Dell to cut PC energy use by 25 percent
Dell on Wednesday announced energy efficiency targets for its laptops and desktop PCs: a 25 percent reduction by 2010 based on the efficiency rating of today's models.
Green tech to outpace Internet spending in 2008
The results of a KPMG survey project continued investment in the green-tech sector this year and a wave of acquisitions.
Switching off PCs to save UK govt 10 million pounds
The UK Office of Government Commerce has urged public-sector workers to turn off their PCs overnight to help cut carbon emissions and costs.
Samsung aims printers at the enterprise, kills OEM
Samsung launched its first range of business printers on Friday and said it will phase out its OEM deals in the long term.
WA utility takes remote control of customers' aircon
Western Australian energy company Western Power has reduced peak power energy use by 27 percent, or 3.5kW per home, by remotely switching off the compressors in trial customers' air conditioning units for a few minutes.
Green IT can cut costs by 20 percent
Administrators can give their company an advantage over the competition by adopting green policies.
Linux is ready to go green: Linus Torvalds
The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia's largest Linux conference.
Citi scratches head over rising IT power needs
Banking group Citi is on the verge of completing a major sustainable-datacentre project, but has admitted that the power requirements of its IT equipment are continuing to rise by 12.5 percent per year.
New way to save energy: Disappearing ink
Xerox has paper you can use again and again, which could cut down on energy and the cost of recycling.
Phone recycling doubles as CDMA killed off
The number of phones being handed in for recycling has sky-rocketed in NSW and Victoria in the lead up to Telstra's shutdown of its CDMA network.
Apple: New York logo will confuse shoppers
There are many ways to slice — or draw — an apple, but the Cupertino computer maker is once again claiming right to its own methodology.
IBM, Nokia and Sony want to share 'green' patents
IBM is set to announce the creation of an Eco-Patents Commons -- shared innovations geared at environmental sustainability -- with the participation of Sony, Nokia and Pitney Bowes.
2007: How was it for green IT?
It's official, 2007 was the year in which green IT became important to the IT industry, with corporate giants like Google, Intel, HP, Dell, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems all willing to get their hands dirty.
Council uses RFID to go through residents' garbage
A Sydney local council has begun utilise RFID technology to measure the effectiveness of its waste management program, but without telling its residents their bins — and their contents — are being tracked
Photos: Datacentre heat, Google's secret solution
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Nokia Siemens: Green is the new black
Nokia Siemens Networks has unveiled a range of equipment and software which it claims will help mobile operators to go green.
IBM barred from US government contracts
IBM has been indefinitely barred from entering into new contracts with the US federal government.
Green issues define banks' tech investments
Banks are using technology, carbon trading and green contract clauses to minimise the impact of their operations on the environment.
Think green ... and protect your data
Sending old equipment off for recycling not only helps the environment, it also ensures that "forgotten" data stored in old storage devices does not find itself in the public domain.
SA govt to go carbon neutral
South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced today that his state will become carbon neutral in all operations by 2020.
Microsoft hunts developers in eco-tech push
Microsoft has launched an effort to become a major player in the rapidly growing energy-efficiency market. The company is recruiting developers and is eyeing opportunities to produce software for building control systems, traffic management systems and water quality management companies.
Green IT is number one priority: Gartner
The intense power requirements needed to run and cool datacentres now account for almost a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions from ICT, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Industry, Apple haggles for hardware recycling help
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and a group of industry partners including Apple and IBM met with representatives from both state and federal governments on Wednesday to propose a national computer recycling scheme.
Google goes green, attacks coal power
Search giant Google on Tuesday pledged to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make renewable energy cheaper than coal.
For Australia's IT industry, the future is green
While IT has made steps to becoming more green-friendly in recent years, it looks set to overshadow every major hardware purchase decision in the future.
Greenpeace chastises 'toxic' IT industry
Greenpeace has slammed IT manufacturers -- specifically Lenovo, Panasonic, Samsung and RIM -- for not doing enough to make components easy to recycle and re-use.
Find out how much energy your datacentre uses
Datacentres are computational workhorses which can greedily gobble up to 100 times more power per square foot than your average office, according to Accenture.
Air IT system cuts plane safety distance
The plane outside the cabin window could get a lot closer, with the development of new air traffic management systems under the European Clean Sky project.
Linus Torvalds at Linux.conf.au 2008
Linus Torvalds is the star guest at Australia's annual Linux conference. ZDNet.com.au once again took a video crew to Melbourne in January and caught up with the man behind Linux.
IBM predicts five biggest tech trends
IBM has released a series of predictions that they see as the five big new trends in tech for the next five years. These include programmable electricity meters, smart car sensors, smart shopping displays, phones as wallets and better nanotechnology techniques.
Sun co-founder prefers green tech to Web
Sun Microsystems co-founder and notable Internet technologist Bill Joy has decided that green tech is a far more worthy investment than Internet companies.
Intel plans for green tracking device
Worried about the impact your technology use is having on the environment? A development project underway at Intel might help salve your conscience whilst also giving you another gadget to add to your arsenal.
Outsourcers warned 'go green or get dumped'
Outsourcing vendors are running the risk of being dumped by customers if they don't have any green policies or are perceived as environmentally unfriendly.
Nuclear fusion becomes economic reality?
Nuclear Fusion mimics the reactions that occur in the sun to create safe, clean nuclear energy. Sound like hot air? Not according to a leading US venture capitalist who believe it will become economically viable within several years.
Dell, CEOs put energy into efficency lobby
Michael Dell and other high-profile technology company CEOs descended on Washington this week with a message for the US government: do more to encourage energy-efficient practices, but don't spell out specific standards for the products that companies like theirs build.
Green IT will hit Australian govt 'like a ton of bricks'
Australia's federal government is lagging behind when it comes to green IT initiatives and needs to be more critical of vendor "recycling" claims, says analysts.
Green issues drive change at Sun
Sun Microsystems is merging its storage and server units into one team, the company's chief executive Jonathan Schwartz has announced.
The green datacentre -- an oxymoron?
The datacentre is the first and most obvious place the IT industry has looked at in addressing its overzealous consumption of power. But is the industry's hungriest power user capable of "going green"?
Apple, Dell leap on Victoria green IT plan
Victorians will now be able to ditch their unwanted, end-of-life technology equipment in a green fashion following the launch of a state IT take-back program -- with support from big name vendors including Apple, Dell and HP.
Thin computing: Low-fat but is it green?
Desktop virtualisation can address IT budgetary and environmental pressures but datacentre experts warn that the technologies can simply create similar problems elsewhere.
Nation of hoarders: 30 million PCs rot in Australia
What does last night's dinner have in common with your old PC? They get thrown out when their value flatlines. ZDNet Australia asks why Australians hoard old PCs.
DC power slams AC in datacentres
From next January, data centres can use up to 40 percent less power by using a new direct current (DC) power supplies being released by DC systems company Validus instead of drawing AC power from outlets.
Sun goes on green offensive
Sun is set to offer practical energy-efficient solutions to customers after tackling its own datacentre power concerns.
Linux should use less power and go green
At a summit in Canada next week, Linux developers will meet to discuss ways of improving Linux's power management capabilities.
2007: How was it for Google?
ZDNet Australia searches through the year that was for Google.
Green issues become more important when choosing suppliers
Environmental concerns are rising up the corporate IT agenda with one-third of European organisations and a quarter of US firms now taking "green" factors into account when evaluating and selecting IT suppliers.
Standards set for voluntary carbon offsets
Despite being a market projected to grow to US$4 billion over the next five years, the carbon offset market has only just settled on one standard to measure its currency.
Gartner Symposium 2007: Complete coverage
News and video from Gartner's Symposium event, which is being held in Sydney this week.
WWF urges IT industry to reduce emissions
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging the tech industry to become greener to save the planet -- and also to boost business.
Schools and sick children get Web money boost
Funding for an online network for chronically ill children and for Internet access in rural Victorian schools has been announced by Minister for Communications Helen Coonan.
Apple iPhone headphones endanger family jewels?
Researchers at Greenpeace have reprimanded Apple for releasing products made with chemicals which can reportedly have adverse effects on the development of male reproductive organs.
Microsoft to profit from recycling
Under a new program announced by Microsoft, large companies that sell refurbished PCs can get a new copy of Windows XP to put on the machine, as long as they pay Microsoft again for that copy.
Broadband paves way to greener Australia
Broadband can help Australians save money and cut their carbon footprint, according to new research.
IBM keeps an eye on mainframe power
IBM has announced a new software solution that will allow its customers to track the energy consumption of its z9 mainframes.
Linux coders join green revolution
Programmers have begun serious work to cut consumption, extend PC Linux battery life and ease server costs.
Google extending renewable energy plans
Google can brag about having the biggest corporate installation of solar power. But for them, it's just the beginning of their renewable energy plans.
CSIRO: Kilowatts for cash close to a reality
According to the CSIRO, an Australian energy distributor could soon trial technology that would allow energy consumers to slash their power usage in return for cash, and help cut the likelihood of power brownouts in Australia.
Australia to dump e-waste on developing nations?
If Australia does not develop a national approach to recycling its IT, we will soon be dumping our toxic e-waste on developing countries, according to operators of Byteback, a government-backed free PC recycling service.
Virtualisation set to save businesses millions
Virtualisation can reduce energy consumption and cut operating costs for companies adopting the technology, according to Butler Group's Infrastructure Virtualisation report.
'Green' ANZ CIO wages war on servers
ANZ CIO Peter Dalton is on a mission to remove as many as 400 servers from the bank's infrastructure by the year's end as part of its ambitious environmental targets.
Second lives consume more energy than first lives: IBM
According to one IBM exec, an avatar in Second Life now consumes more energy than a person in Brazil.
Microsoft goes on green Vista offensive
Microsoft has commissioned a report which claims the new power-management features in Vista can help companies "massively" reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use of desktop PCs.
Energy Star rating system proposed for ICT
Australia's ICT sector generates as much carbon dioxide as the civil aviation or steel industries, according to an ICT carbon emissions audit commissioned by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
Google to go carbon neutral by 2008
The search giant has committed to becoming more environmentally friendly and has enlisted the help of a green group to meet its target.
HP claims storage will cost 50 percent less to run
HP is releasing a new line of "green" storage products that, according to the company, will require half the power and cooling of its current systems.
IBM unveils energy efficiency plan
Let the colour jokes begin: With its new energy efficiency initiatives, Big Blue wants to go green.
Hostworks take NineMSN down virtual path
Adelaide-based Web hosting company Hostworks is ramping up its investment in server virtualisation after re-signing its biggest customer, NineMSN, for a further three to six years.
CA's virus zoo reaches melting point
Software vendor CA plans to move its Melbourne-based antivirus labs to a new facility after exhausting the space and energy resources at its current location -- by consuming as much power as an average metal-welding factory.
Half the electricity in a PC is wasted: Intel, Google
An awful lot of juice meant to power PCs never gets used so tech companies -- including Google and Intel -- have teamed up to try and make PCs and servers run more efficiently.
Jobs pledges 'a greener Apple'
After years of being tight-lipped about the company's environmental efforts, Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted an 1,880 word open letter online Wednesday about the computer maker's work to be green.
Recycle a phone, plant a tree
A new initiative dubbed "Old Phones, New Trees" will see a new native tree planted for every mobile recycled until the end of June.
IT titans to put datacentres on energy diet?
The Green Grid, a nonprofit organisation designed to improve energy efficiency for datacentres and corporate computing, announced on Monday its first board of directors.
Lenovo greener but Apple remains rotten
Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has gone from being the least environmentally friendly technology company to top of the list in Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics, but Apple still has a long way to go.
Greenpeace trashes Apple again
Greenpeace has again targeted Apple in its latest Guide to Greener Electronics, a report which ranks major electronics manufacturers on their environmental policies and practices. But is Apple really putting its technology ahead of the environment?
Green generator to pilot -work environment technologies"
New Zealand -green" power generator and retailer Meridian Energy is to pilot new workplace technologies, including a unified IP communications platform, to be fully deployed after the company moves to a new Wellington waterfront headquarters next September.
IBM power-friendly servers to hit Australia
Big Blue will soon offer more energy-efficient dual-processor servers using new AMD and Intel chips in Australia.
Go green or face financial doom: Gartner
CIOs must respond to rising energy costs, said Gartner.
Datacentre energy crisis looms
Datacentres are consuming power at a rate that can no longer be sustained, a new report warns.
Greenpeace clashes with Lenovo, Apple over toxic waste
The environmental track records of Apple Computer and Lenovo Group have been singled out for criticism by environmental group Greenpeace in a report on toxic chemicals used by the technology industry.
Green guidelines for govt IT suppliers
Australian government agencies are set to raise the bar on environmental requirements for technology suppliers, with a number of new guidelines to be introduced.
Companies urged to switch PCs off
Companies should encourage employees to switch off PCs at night or continue wasting money and energy, according to research by Fujitsu Siemens.
Lenovo to offer recycling rebates in Canada
Lenovo will begin offering discounts to Canadian customers who recycle their old PCs.
iGreen broadband finds buyer
DSL provider iGreen will be absorbed into pre-paid phone-card specialist Telecorp which today acquired the broadband provider's parent company Green Communications.
Tech firms swoop on Aust as money laundering legislation looms
Revisions to Australia's anti-money-laundering rules aren't due for release until later this year, but companies are already looking to persuade local banks to spend up big on technology to comply with the new legislation.
Flowcom catches iGreen on the rebound
Telecorp has sold its interest in DSL service provider iGreen to FlowCom, just 24-hours after acquiring the broadband business.
Sporting legend memorabilia goes under the virtual hammer
The baggy green cap of Australian cricket legend Don Bradman will go under the hammer online this month, as Sydney auctioneering company Lawson Menzies holds its Historic Sporting Memorabilia auction over the internet.
Return of the green Luddites
Being an activist means always having to find something new to complain about.
PCs: Keeping IT green
While recycling is all fine and good, before we go to the trouble of ripping an item to bits and making it into something else ââ,¬" there is an intermediate stage: Reuse!
Net monitor claims crystal ball on elections
The results of the Tasmanian election were foreshadowed by the online behaviour of constituents, according to Internet traffic monitoring company, Hitwise.
IBM's goes modular for 'green' datacentre design
IBM claims its latest modular datacentre design can help cut energy bills by 50 per cent.
Qld government goes pineapples for green IT
The Queensland government has announced plans to embark on a new green procurement strategy, after a procedural review led to the establishment of a green whole-of-government computing arrangement.
Sun's new MD to focus on green IT and open source
Sun Microsystems has appointed Duncan Bennet as its new Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. Bennet told ZDNet.com.au that open source, and green datacentres were the future for Sun.
Tassie goes virtually green with $1.2m VMWare deal
The Tasmanian government has settled on VMWare Infrastructure 3 as its official virtualisation suite, committing to a three-year, AU$1.2 million contract in the hopes of going green and keeping cash in its pockets.
Oracle-BEA merger gets the green light
Oracle on Wednesday received a green light from regulators to move forward on its merger plans with BEA Systems.
COAG hits green light for Labor school laptop plan
The Federal Labor government's digital education revolution received its final rubber stamp at yesterday's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, but one industry observer has advised education administrators to take their money and put it elsewhere.
IBM sees green in environmental tech
IBM, a company that makes big money tackling big problems, is turning its attention to the planet's environmental woes.
Qld govt sets lean, green PC shopping policy
The Queensland Government has announced a new "green" IT procurement plan covering all government agency purchases of PCs, laptops and servers over the next three years.
Toshiba green boycott backflip
The authors of a survey that severely criticised the computer recycling practices of some of the world's largest companies have retracted the document and their calls for a consumer boycott of Toshiba products after complaints from the vendor.
Green group slams computer giants
Six of Australia's biggest computer brands have failed to meet high standards of environmental responsibility, with Apple and Toshiba ranking the worst, a report has found.
With GreenBorder, Google gets deeper into Net security
Google's purchase of GreenBorder Technologies -- a browser virtualisation software company -- follows on the heels of the search giant announcing a blog from its antimalware team.
IE7 marks secure sites with green light
Microsoft has quietly flipped the switch on a new feature in its Internet Explorer 7 Web browser meant to combat phishing (fraudulent Web site) scams.
The greening of Linux
For Martin Fink, life is good these days.
Outsourcing guides see green offshore
The U.S. economy remains in a slump, and that's exactly why Atul Vashistha is smiling.
Regulator, govt give Telstra ADSL2+ green light
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel today called on Telstra to "throw the switch" in more exchanges to its faster new-generation ADSL2+ service.
Ex-Microsoft executive becomes VMware CEO
VMware on Tuesday announced the abrupt departure of founder and CEO Diane Greene, replacing her with former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz.
NetApp's Green expands portfolio
Networked storage solutions maker Network Appliance managing director Simon Green is set to assume a broader set of duties beyond Australia and New Zealand.
'Environment lost billions over Telstra sale'
The Greens missed a huge opportunity to deliver billions of dollars for the environment by refusing to negotiate over the sale of Telstra, retiring Liberal Senator and former Howard minister Rod Kemp said yesterday.
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
The UK government has announced plans to make its computer systems wholly carbon-neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin client technology.
Telecom NZ's acquisition of PowerTel gets green light
Telecom New Zealand's acquisition of PowerTel is one step closer after PowerTel's shareholders today voted in favour of the deal.
Sun to demo 'green' thin clients to the G8
Sun will showcase its thin client technology at the G8 conference this week in an attempt to highlight the environmental benefits of using more efficient PCs and utility computing strategies.
TechOne makes performance buy
TechnologyOne today said it had acquired the rights to the Web-enabled strategic planning and performance management software of fellow Queensland-based corporate software vendor OutcomeManager.
Austin Health saves ancient apps
Melbourne healthcare provider Austin Health has moved key applications from a legacy Reality-X platform, which developers had not touched in 10 years, to a modern system by software company Intersystems.
Basslink resolution close: CitySpring
Basslink cable owner CitySpring this week said negotiations to switch on the undersea fibre-optic cable to Tasmania were close to concluding, bringing hopes of increased broadband capacity to the island state.
Sun: JavaFX can take on Flash
This week at Sun's JavaOne conference,the company introduced JavaFX, a rich Internet application environment set to compete with Adobe Systems' AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight.
Case against Napster backers gets green light
A federal court has allowed record labels to continue a lawsuit against Bertelsmann and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, both onetime backers of the defunct Napster file-swapping network.
Microsoft gets touchy over Windows 7
Microsoft plans to add multitouch interface to Windows 7, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, CNET News.com has learned.
Microsoft lays out 'Project Green' revamp
Microsoft is linking the release of major new versions of its business management applications to the debut of the next generation of its Windows operating system.
Sun: US recession would help open source
Sun executives claim that open source will benefit as US consumer spending grinds to a halt, and that its revenues are not negatively impacted by its development of "free" software.
EU disconnection about 'consumers' rights'?
A set of telecommunications laws was given the green light by a European parliamentary committee yesterday, which includes amendments that some argue could lead to file-sharers being disconnected by their internet service providers. However the authors of the Act claim it will protect consumers.
Dean's greening the Internet
Say all you want about politicians being dumb, but they're definitely not stupid.
New Singaporean IT force
SingTel will strengthen its foothold in Singapore's IT services market with a controlling stake in Singapore Computer Systems (SCS), but it remains to be seen if SCS can lend weight to the telco's regional expansion plans.
Straight to the source: Green and Redman
We put Steve Redman, MD of EMC Australia, up against Simon Green, MD of Network Appliance Australia and watch the sparks fly.
iGreen to continue operating
iGreen Broadband will continue to operate their broadband services whilst under voluntary administration.
Green Communications enters voluntary administration
Telecommunications company Green Communications has entered into voluntary administration, but is carrying on business as usual pending the results of a creditors meeting on Thursday.
Reserve Bank denies eBay review
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today said it had not initiated a formal review into auction giant eBay's move to force sellers to offer PayPal as a payment method, despite complaints from a group which claims to be composed of disgruntled sellers.
Photos: IE 8 gets better with beta 2
Microsoft is still playing catch-up with Opera, Safari, and Firefox, but IE 8 beta 2 brings it one step closer to the competition.
Photos: A brief history of drives
Hard drives weren't always so compact or so capacious, as a quick pictorial tour through the museum of hard drives at the HDS SAN Technology Centre in Odawara, Japan, reveals.
Australia's biggest datacentre comes to Brisbane
Engineering giant Emerson and datacentre company Digital Sense have signed a deal to build what they claim is Australia's largest high-density datacentre, totalling 10,000 square metres and drawing a maximum of 196 megawatts of power.
101 software tips, tweaks and tricks
Our insider secrets will help you master your PC and its most important applications
CeBIT 2008: What you missed
See what you missed at CeBIT 2008 in our round-up featuring NICTA, the CSIRO, Google, the OLPC XO, Netgear and a whole lot of technology.
New wireless standard gets green light
The next generation of digital entertainment products will run off a new wireless networking standard completed this week
High-speed broadband gets green light
Australia's peak communications industry body has cleared the way for the launch of broadband services several times quicker than existing ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) offerings.
Governments green-light Linux
Australian governments are delivering a simple message to the Linux and open source community.
Skype caves in to GPL requirements
Skype has abandoned its efforts to avoid complying with an open-source licence that requires it to provide source code with Linux-based VoIP phones.
Northern Territory, Tasmania slam Telstra's prices
The Northern Territory government has bitterly complained about a lack of competition in the telecommunications market that it claims has led to it paying Telstra three to five times more for some communications services than the rest of the nation.
3G iPhone gets Gartner approval
Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.
Virgin Mobile goes green to stay in Australia
Virgin Mobile will continue to operate in Australia, despite the failure of its enterprise in Singapore.
Government wants e-mail spying to last for longer
Amendments to the Federal Telecommunications Interception Act will be put before the House of Representatives today, as the government seeks to extend the limit of a sunset clause which allows authorities to monitor internal and government communications without a specific warrant.
Bosses can snoop on staff e-mails 'to fight terror'
The Greens and privacy advocates have hit back against proposed laws to allow companies to snoop on their workers' e-mails, but Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said the laws are needed to protect vital electronic infrastructure from terrorist attacks.
Peru orders 260,000 Negroponte laptops
One month after the One Laptop Per Child charity went into mass production with its US$188 laptop, the Peruvian government has signed a contract to purchase 260,000 units.
Liberals: We will block Labor's FTTN funding
Opposition Communications spokesperson Bruce Billson has said the Coalition will attempt to block the Federal government's proposed use of the AU$2 billion Communications Fund to build its national FTTN network in the Senate.