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US Government Says Microsoft Cloud Passes Security Muster
Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud has just got the seal of approval from the CIOs of the major agencies of the US government. Under the Obama Administration, the US government ...Full Article
Datacenters Seek Geographical Advantage
<p>As datacenter operation and maintenance costs continue to rise, large-scale operations are looking to geographical cures: sites that offer low cost green energy, cold temperatures and a "business-friendly" tax ...Full Article
Computer Giants Top EPA Green Power List
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Partnership released its quarterly Green Power list with the updated rankings of organizations choosing to go green. Full Article
The Carbon Footprint of Hyperscale
<p>Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently stated that the company operates over one million servers. What would it take to power an infrastructure of that magnitude? </p>Full Article
Study Paints Cloud with Green Brush
Researchers from Harvard and Reading University released a study on Thursday portraying cloud as 95 percent more energy-efficient than on-site computing.Full Article
Greenpeace Names Cisco, Google ‘Cool IT’ Leaders
<span>The sixth Cool IT Leaderboard ranked 21 technology leaders </span>based on their efforts to drive transformative change in the way that energy is produced and consumed. Full Article
A Datacenter Without Walls
When you're running the largest datacenters in the world, low-carbon cooling techniques take on new significance. Microsoft is one of the IT giant's leading the datacenter optimization charge. Over ...Full Article
Apple Makes Peace with Greenpeace
Apple may not be running the Maiden facility on 100 percent renewable energy as they claim. However, the intention to do well appears to be there, and, perhaps somewhat ...Full Article
Microsoft Demos 3D Scanning Systems
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/kinectfusion.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Although 3D scanning technology has been available for some time, high costs, cumbersome equipment and sluggish processing time has kept in from ...Full Article
Greenpeace Lauds Salesforce Energy Commitment
Environmental advocacy organization Greenpeace has lauded cloud-sharing service Salesforce for sharing their energy information and committing to fuel a portion of their data center activity with renewable energy.Full Article
