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What do we do in a world where energy is in abundance?

What do we do in a world where energy is in abundance?

By Tom Raftery on July 2, 2015

The cost of solar power is falling in direct relation to the amount of solar power modules being produced. With no end in sight to this price reduction, we should soon be in a world where energy is in abundance. Moore’s Law, the law that says the number of transistors in computers doubles every two […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Energy, solar, Solar power

Smartphone energy management – at last there is an app for that!

Smartphone energy management – at last there is an app for that!

By Tom Raftery on July 25, 2012

The World Bank issued a report yesterday showing that the number of mobile phone subscriptions in use worldwide, both pre-paid and post-paid, has now reached over 6 billion. The report went on to reveal that more than 30 billion mobile applications, or “apps,” were downloaded in 2011 alone – these apps extend the capabilities of […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged android, app, battery, carat, cellphone, cellular phone, endpoint management, Energy, energy management, iOS, Mobile phone, phone, Smartphone, smartphone energy management

Use open source platforms to find cloud computing’s energy and emissions footprint

Use open source platforms to find cloud computing’s energy and emissions footprint

By Tom Raftery on May 8, 2012

  Regular GreenMonk readers will be very aware that I am deeply skeptical about claims that Cloud Computing is Green (or even energy efficient). And that I talk about the significant carbon, water and biodiversity effects cloud computing can have. One of the biggest issues with any claims of Cloud Computing being energy efficient, or […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud computing efficiency, cloud computing energy efficiency, cloud computing footprint, cloudstack, emissions, Energy, Eucalyptus, hp, ibm, Open source, open source platform, OpenStack, Rackspace | 2 Responses

SAP’s 2011 Sustainability Report

SAP’s 2011 Sustainability Report

By Tom Raftery on April 2, 2012

SAP launched its 2011 Sustainability Report this week and in terms of aesthetics and social sharing, this is one of the best Sustainability Reports I have seen to-date. The site contains many videos with SAP staff – including one from co-CEO’s Jim Hagemann Snabe & Bill McDermott which is featured prominently on the home page. […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, emissions, Energy, renewables, sap, Sustainability, sustainability report

Smartphone energy management – when will there be an app for that?

Smartphone energy management – when will there be an app for that?

By Tom Raftery on March 21, 2012

I wrote a post last week about mobile endpoint management applications and their potential to extend smartphone battery life. It seems it was a prescient piece given the emergence this week of a study from Purdue University and Microsoft Research showing how energy is used by some smartphone applications [PDF]. The study indicates that many […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ad-supported applications, android, Angry Birds, Energy, energy efficiency, eprof, Facebook, Free Chess, iOS, iPhone, mobile endpoint management, mobile energy management, NYTimes, Smartphone

Coming in 2012 or Not, Predictions for the New Year

Coming in 2012 or Not, Predictions for the New Year

By Denis Pombriant on December 21, 2011

There was an interesting article in the January 2012 edition of Vanity Fair a magazine I’ve come to enjoy though for many years regarded as another of those things my wife would like more than me.  But VF carries an interesting blend of current events and politics as well as the glossy pictures and stories […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2012 Predictions, benioff, Burberry, CRM, Current Affairs, economics, Energy, gasoline, New Yorker, salesforce, vanity fair

Facebook hires Google’s former Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, and increases its commitment to renewables

Facebook hires Google’s former Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, and increases its commitment to renewables

By Tom Raftery on December 20, 2011

Google has had an impressive record in renewable energy. They invested over $850m dollars in renewable energy projects to do with geothermal, solar and wind energy. They entered into 20 year power purchase agreements with wind farm producers guaranteeing to buy their energy at an agreed price for twenty years giving the wind farms an […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged bill weihl, coal, datacenter, Energy, Facebook, google, green energy, renewables, unfriend coal

Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

Carbon Disclosure Project’s emissions reduction claims for cloud computing are flawed

By Tom Raftery on July 21, 2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a not-for-profit organisation which takes in greenhouse gas emissions, water use and climate change strategy data from thousands of organisations globally. This data is voluntarily disclosed by these organisations and is CDP’s lifeblood. Yesterday the CDP launched a new study Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Carbon Disclosure Project, Carbon emissions, Cloud Computing, data center, data center carbon emissions, emissions reduction, Energy, energy efficiency, epa, greenhouse gas emissions, Uncategorized

Reconsidering the front office suite

Reconsidering the front office suite

By Denis Pombriant on April 27, 2011

I hate to sound like Dr. Doom and Gloom but have you paid attention to the cost of gasoline lately?  Of course you have.  It’s sickening to watch as prices resume their inexorable climb.  The last time we saw prices spike was the last time the economy was in decent shape — right before the […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged CRM, economics, Energy, IEA, technology, UCS, Unified Communications

SAP announces two new energy management products

SAP announces two new energy management products

By Tom Raftery on April 25, 2011

I attended the International SAP for Utilities event in Mannheim recently and was surprised when in his opening keynote, Klaus Heimann introduced two new SAP energy management products. The first is a customer portal for Utility companies which helps utility companies roll out online self-service sites for their customers. This is being made available for […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Energy, energy demand management, energy management, enterprise energy management, greenmonk, klaus heimann, Public utility, sap, sap for utilities, sapiuc, saputils | 5 Responses

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