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News Roundup: CommunicAsia 2001
News Some of the big players may have opted out of this year's CommunicAsia 2001, but that didn't detract from its relative success--economic slump or no.
More energy must go into making devices efficient
Insight perspective Technology exists to make devices far more efficient, but a number of factors are standing in the way, says ARM executive.
Tags: Green IT, Consumer Technology, Electronics, Device, Carbon Footprint, Europe, device manufacturer, Brussels, carbon dioxide, manufacturer
Mid market fracas: Oracle, SAP bet small to win big
Insight Enterprise software giants are accelerating efforts in Asia's small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment to counter sluggish sales among higher-end customers.
eSolar, NRG Energy to build solar power plants
News In the second big solar power plant deal in a month, start-up eSolar signs deal to supply equipment to NRG Energy for up to 500 megawatts' worth of solar power.
Tags: Green IT, Photovoltaics, mW, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Southern California Edison, natural gas, Idealab, chief development officer, eSolar
Microsoft opens mega data center in Dublin
News The first Microsoft mega data center outside the US will take advantage of the 'cool climate' and will power Azure and Bing, the company says.
Tags: Service level management, Green IT, Servers, Ray Ozzie, mW, Carbon Footprint, Chicago, Server, U.S., blog
China solar panel maker sets first US plant
News Suntech Power aims to boost its share of the U.S. market with a solar-panel manufacturing plant to be built in Arizona.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, Suntech Power Holdings, U.S., Green IT, mW, Manufacturing, Sales, solar panel, China
TNB not letting guard down
News Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional Berhad will continue to be on guard against the Y2K problem although it has seen a smooth rollover into the new millennium.
Use FreeDOS as a replacement for MS-DOS
Insight While you're rolling out your new Windows XP SP1 systems to your users, you might run into an instance where you need an old trusty DOS machine to handle a specific task. IBM and Microsoft long ago abandoned DOS, so where should you turn?
Consider these criteria to choose the right open source CMS solution
Insight Content management systems proliferate across the open source landscape, so how do you know which one is right for your Web site? Check out these selection criteria and see how you can easily test-drive other options.
Using Access to build a front end for SQL Server
Insight Knowing your database system like the back of your hand is good, but only part of the battle. Coming up with an easy-to-use interface that your users can learn quickly is just as critical.
How to create quality data
Insight tech dialogue Not all corporate data can be used to make management decisions--unless it is of good quality. David Loshin of Knowledge Integrity, Inc. offers some tips.
HPC for the Rest of Us - Part 1
Insight The term supercomputing typically conjures daunting images of large and expensive computer systems, coupled with complicated technology for scientific and engineering "number crunching". This article provides the first steps towards helping the rest of us in understanding what HPC involves, and what it means to us.
IT executives must focus on measurement management
Insight Of all IT organizations, those using measurement-management techniques are in the minority. This fact has given rise to the "measurement paradox".
Determine the workload of each team member with Project Professional
Insight It's likely that members of your team will be involved in several projects at the same time. Here's a quick way to find out how their work is distributed across the entire organization.
Include partners in application recovery
Insight How to include inter-company applications in disaster recovery planning.
