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Storage Economics: When Data Meets Dough
And, incidentally, in the UK it's very difficult and expensive to decommission an array with the e-waste regulations that have come into force. [...] Data growth shows no signs of slowing. At the same time, regulation is forcing organisations to keep more data, accelerating this growth even more. [...] The number one tenet of storage economics is that price does not equal cost, he continued. For some customers, TCO [total cost of ownership] is not going up. Power and litigation costs are high. Labour, maintenance, disaster recovery and even the cost of decommissioning an array all increase the total cost of ownership. [...]
Savvis Says Spirit Will Convince Cloud Skeptics
While many focus on the supposed security and reliability risks of cloud computing, I think that they are overstated (and so do others such as Google, obviously). Most in-house IT departments face just the same issues - but the cloud has more difficulty in proving it is secure and meeting industry regulations for data handling (such as the PCI regulations in the retail industry). [...] But the location of the data may be the least of your worries, he warns. There are lots of other compliance regulations, which go beyond data, to process and control. . [...] But, I finally asked, all that is not worth much if users simply can't adopt cloud services because they are constrained by their industry's regulations. For instance, many countries have data protection rules which would make it difficult for a company to use a service which stores data elsewhere. [...]
Morse Identifies Loopholes in CRC Regulations
One of the largest loopholes, according to Morse, is the fact that rather than reducing emissions in the UK, large organisations could simply relocate their more emission-heavy operations (such as a data centre) to countries with less stringent regulations. [...] IT services provider Morse has identified what it believes are a number of serious flaws with the British government's looming CRC (carbon reduction commitment) regulations. [...] This sentiment was echoed last month by hosting company UKSolutions, which warned that the CRC was a pretty poor piece of legislation and that it would actually make it more expensive for some companies to move to a more efficient IT option. [...]
Did The Recession Kill Green IT?
The other exception, of course, is eWaste, where there are regulations, but The 451 Group defines eWaste as separate from Green IT proper. [...] Users have to comply with regulations - but there are very few on green IT, Lawrence told us. With the exception of the UK government's forthcoming carbon reduction commitment (CRC), everything else is voluntary . [...] This may change, as there has been a plethora of publications. It's worth noting that we have the Code of Conduct for data centres, Energy Star for data centres, a Green Grid reference design programm, and a US Dept of Energy scheme for tracking data centres, he said. [...]
Will BT’s Wind Farm Come To Grief?
The company set out plans to build its own renewable generation capability, including a 500kW photo-Voltaic array in California, and an ambitious 250MW wind turbine array in the UK - but the turbine project has come into question. [...] BT is one of Britain's largest companies - and has an enviable record on sustainabilility. But it is currently at loggerheads with Government regulations that could see it axing plans for a £250 million windfarm - the UK's largest renewable energy project run outside an energy company. [...]
Morse Identifies Loopholes in CRC Regulations
The UK is very much setting a trend here, and the CRC is being looked at by our European neighbours and in the US, the Obama camp is considering it, but as the industry there is so against it, it will likely change, said Murray. By the time countries such as the Netherlands or Germany or the Isle of Man follow suite, they will have better thought out their equivalent of the CRC regulations. [...] There is absolutely a lack of awareness about the CRC rules, which I think is a reflection of the consultation process and the people involved in it, said Murray. I am not sure of where they got that list from, but there was not nearly enough consultation with the IT and data centre industry, and I am not sure how comprehensive the consultation process was. [...] Morse Identifies Loopholes in CRC Regulations. [...]
IT: Part of the Problem, or Part of the Solution?
If he can steer regulations and standards that drive efficiency, we all benefit. [...]
AMD CEO On The Decision to Spin Off Foundries
What we are now is a product, marketing and design company that has an array of technologies, including CPUs that are optimised toward the application people will need in the future, said Meyer. [...] AMD executives now believe that the company's break-even point to return to profitability is $1.3 billion (£0.92 billion) in operating expenses per quarter. However, Meyer declined to discuss when the company would reach that point and he also declined to discuss future financial forecasts due in part to the unstable global economy. [...]
Green IT Must Look Beyond Cost Cutting
Businesses are pushing ahead with efficiency projects, but they must not forget Green IT jobs like carbon management, before regulations force them, says Gartner's Simon Mingay. [...]
Desktop Power Cuts Beat Server Savings
Last week, we found that Green IT is still viable in the recession, even though compliance regulations have no teeth, and the emphasis has shifted towards reducing costs. [...] This time, we look in more depth at how those costs can be reduced, by cutting electricity usage in IT equipment. In particular, how much energy can you save in your data centre&. and is the data centre the first place to look for those savings. [...] All the quoted savings are relative to workload, agreed Lawrence. There are very few cases where overall energy has been reduced and stayed down. People cut - then grow back with new apps. They will in almost all cases increase the workload to take up that energy - but at least they aren't building a new data centre. . [...]
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