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Symantec’s Sustainability Story: It’s The Power Consumption, Stupid.

Symantec’s Sustainability Story: It’s The Power Consumption, Stupid.

By Tom Raftery on July 23, 2010

I was lucky enough recently to meet Jose Iglesias, the guy spearheading Symantec’s sustainability efforts. I wrote the interview up over on Monkchips, but much of the content belongs here too. I like Symantec’s clear focus on energy. While others are broadening their sustainability story, Symantec is doubling down on managing energy more effectively, with […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged CSR, Energy, Energy conservation, energy consumption, smartgrid, Storage, Symantec

British Gas launch version 2 of their iPhone app – nice but non-inclusive!

British Gas launch version 2 of their iPhone app – nice but non-inclusive!

By Tom Raftery on July 20, 2010

British Gas announced recently that they had updated their iPhone app to version 2. The original application, which was downloaded over 100,000 times, helped customers monitor energy use and submit meter readings to avoid estimated bills. In June alone over 18,000 meter readings were submitted using the app. With the new version customers can view […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged apple, british gas, Energy, energy consumption, energy efficiency, iPhone, iphone app, Smartphone

NightWatchman Server Edition

NightWatchman Server Edition

By Tom Raftery on July 8, 2010

Photo via Tom Raftery In a bid to help companies tackle server sprawl, 1E launched v2.0 of its NightWatchman Server Edition yesterday. 1E’s NightWatchman software comes in two flavours – the desktop edition to allow for central administration of the power management of laptops and desktops (including Macs) and the server edition. The power consumption […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged csc, data center, energy consumption, energy efficiency, IE, nightwatchman, NightWatchman Server Edition, server, server sprawl, technology, virtual server, virtual server sprawl, virtualisation

Current Cost energy meter reviewed

Current Cost energy meter reviewed

By Tom Raftery on July 5, 2010

I emailed Chris Dalby of Current Cost a question about their devices a few weeks ago. Chris, not only answered my question but also offered to send me one of their energy monitors to try for myself! I love my Current Cost Envi 128. It is incredibly straightforward to setup – […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged current cost, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy management, energy meter, energy monitor, envi, envi 128, google powermeter, powermeter

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