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July 1, 2011 5:48:00 AM EDT |  The Green IT Review

CRC simplification proposals published
by Pete Foster
 
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the UK has published its expected proposals for the simplification of the UK’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. The CRC was the revenue-neutral, cap-and-trade carbon reduction scheme introduced by the last government. The present administration has already said that the revenue will not now be circulated back to the participants, making it effectively a carbon tax.

June 30, 2011 6:15:00 PM EDT  |  GigaOm

Facebook brewing something “awesome” in Seattle
by Colleen Taylor

 Something is percolating in Facebook’s Seattle office. On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg told reporters in a visit to Facebook Seattle the company plans to “launch something awesome” next week, according to a Reuters report published Thursday. The new product was developed at Facebook’s Seattle office, he said.

June 29, 2011 8:00:00 PM EDT  |  Gartner Press Releases

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Is on Pace to Grow 7.1 Percent in 2011

Worldwide IT spending is on pace to grow 7.1 percent in 2011, according to the latest quarterly spending outlook by Gartner, Inc. Analysts have revised overall IT forecast spending growth in U.S. dollar terms, up from their first quarter update, when they projected 5.6 percent growth for 2011.

June 28, 2011 6:53:45 AM EDT  |  GreenMonk

3 easy steps to see if your Cloud solution is energy efficient

I’ve written a number of posts questioning whether Cloud Computing is Green or Energy Efficient but to be a little more helpful, here is a simple test you can do to see if your Cloud Computing delivered applications are yielding energy efficiency gains for you:

June 10

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The problem with the TCO study of this keynote is it does not take into account the operational costs of the datacenter.  #NYTS11


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