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IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

IBM’s InterConnect 2015, the good and the not so good

By Tom Raftery on March 5, 2015

IBM invited me to attend their Cloud and Mobile Conference InterConnect 2015 last week. Because of what IBM has done globally to help people get access to safe water, to help with solar forecasting, and to help deliver better outcomes in healthcare, for example, I tend to have a very positive attitude towards IBM. So […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged apple, Cloud, cloud emissions, Electricity 2.0, greenqloud, ibm, ibminterconnect, interconnect, Internet of Things, IoT, smart grids, SoftLayer, utilities

Power line communications now being used in more and more scenarios

Power line communications now being used in more and more scenarios

By Tom Raftery on February 1, 2011

I had a nice catch-up call with Mike Holt the other day – Mike is Semitech Semiconductor’s VP Sales and Marketing and we had previously talked last August. Mike was bringing me up to speed on what has been going on with Semitech in the last five months. Semitech make semiconductor chips specially designed for […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged energy efficiency, Home automation, power line communications, Semitech Semiconductor, smart grids, smart meters, solar panels

My “Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices” presentation

My “Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices” presentation

By Tom Raftery on April 23, 2010

Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices Conference organising company iQuest contacted me last year to ask me to deliver a keynote presentation at their Green IT Summit. The event took place in Dublin yesterday and my keynote talk entitled “Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices” […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged efficiency, efficient work practices, energy star, Granular Resource Economics, green, green it, green it summit, green procurement, Green technologies, pc power management, smart grids, Sustainability, telepresence, teleworking, virtualisation, virtualization

The day that we see all devices which consume water having networked flow meters is still a ways off

The day that we see all devices which consume water having networked flow meters is still a ways off

By Tom Raftery on January 22, 2010

I wrote a post a couple of days ago asking the question How long until all devices which consume water have networked flow meters? after talking to Oracle VP Industry Strategy, Guerry Waters about Oracle’s recently released “Testing the Water: Smart Metering for Water Utilities” study. Having put the question out there, I’m now going […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Electric utility, Energy, leak detection, oracle, smart grid, smart grids, smart meter, utilities, water

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