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greenBytes exits stealth with ZFS-based MAID and de-dupe-enhanced primary storage
Fresh out of stealth mode, greenBytes is positioning its de-duplication and MAID-enhanced NAS appliance as a highly efficient primary storage platform. Can the new startup carve out a user base in the heavily competitive unstructured-data space?
MIS / Impact Report, 24 Sep 2008
Henry Baltazar NComputing seeks to break 'green' PC devices out of education and into the enterprise
The startup is ready to break out of education and into the enterprise market. It sells 'green' personal computing – access devices that make use of the unused processing capacity of a PC by connecting multiple users. But, are enterprises ready to buy?
MIS / Impact Report, 18 Sep 2008
Lynley Oram Will SynapSense tame the datacenter that blows hot and cold?
Making a datacenter eco-efficient is not a one-time event – it needs constant monitoring and fine-tuning. Venture-funded startup SynapSense says the answer is to install hundreds of wireless sensors.
MIS / Impact Report, 17 Sep 2008
Andy Lawrence Buyers likely to get tougher on eco-credentials as EPEAT goes international
The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool provides tough environmental ratings for PCs and monitors. A surge in international interest has encouraged US-based EPEAT to operate internationally.
MIS / Market Development, 15 Sep 2008
Lynley Oram Prima: a carbon management software partner for Microsoft?
Prima Consulting's Score2card measures, monitors and manages greenhouse gas emissions for users of Microsoft Server and its ERP software Dynamics. As yet, Microsoft does not offer a similar tool – although it probably will.
MIS / Impact Report, 10 Sep 2008
Lynley Oram Adaptec goes green with Intelligent Power Management effort
The company has developed technology that's able to reduce power consumption from both SAS and SATA drives by as much as 70% when used with select applications and different drives.
MIS / Market Development, 5 Sep 2008
Greg Quick Power Assure signs up Facebook, but reviews funding and pricing
The power management innovator is one of a wave of companies that can power servers up and down according to demand. But efforts to secure funding have been hampered by a lack of early adopters. Now it has signed up Facebook and another unnamed customer.
MIS / Market Development, 21 Aug 2008
Andy Lawrence VeryPC looks to export its innovative eco-friendly PC philosophy
The UK-based startup specializes in making energy-efficient eco-friendly PCs, multi-user PCs and servers. It has an 'ethical philosophy' at the heart of its business, and is looking for investors.
MIS / Impact Report, 19 Aug 2008
Lynley Oram Alpiron joins datacenter power management chase
The tiny Danish startup is the latest entrant into the datacenter power management market. Like others, it has big ideas, but a long way to go in an infant market.
MIS / Impact Report, 19 Aug 2008
Andy Lawrence SynapSense sensor technology cuts Yahoo's cooling bills
The company, a pioneer in wireless datacenter sensor technology, has helped Yahoo redesign an area of one of its datacenters – optimizing cooling and reducing energy bills.
MIS / Spotlight, 14 Aug 2008
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