The recent Annual Fujitsu North America Technology Forum was Fujitsu Laboratories of America’s fifth such conference. This year’s theme was “From Sensor Networks to Human Networks: Turning Big Data into Actionable Wisdom.” In short, it was a one-day conference on Big Data. Mr. Matsumoto passed the torch to Mr. Kimura (in the next picture), the [...]
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How Does ICT Relate to Energy?
I started blogging with a keyword, data center energy efficiency, a few years ago, and over time I expanded the covered areas by adding several keywords, although the main theme remained the intersection of IT and energy. Those keywords include: Green IT Data center energy efficiency Energy efficiency Cloud computing Mobile computing Monitoring Sensors Big [...]
SDForum Green Data Center Breakfast
There are many conferences and meetings about green data centers, and I attend as many as possible. On Nov. 16, SDForum presented Clean Tech Breakfast: Greening the Data Center, in association with Nixon Peabody. I enjoyed it very much. The only complaint I have is that it was in San Francisco and started at 8 [...]
What I Really Want to Know About Applying Cloud Computing Enterprise Environments – Part 1
I am going to moderate a panel session in a webinar hosted by BrightTalk. I'll announce the details in this blog shortly, after they have been worked out. I have been to many conferences, workshops, and meetings that discussed cloud computing. Most of them were disappointing. Don’t get me wrong—the discussions were useful and informative. [...]
Is Cloud Computing More Energy Efficient than On-Premise Data Centers?
This blog is based on the cloud computing panel session at the third annual SVLG Data Center Energy Summit. The panel was moderated by Teresa Tung of Accenture, with Jon Koomey of Stanford and LBNL and James Staten of Forrester. From left: James Staten, Jon Koomey, and Teresa Tung First, let’s define what they were [...]
Modularized or Container-Based Data Centers
I reported that container-based data centers are gaining some attention these days. At the recent DatacenterDynamics in San Francisco, Andreas Zoll of i/o Data Centers gave a talk on the modularization of data centers. What is the relationship between modularization and containers? Modularization is a broader category than containers; a container is one example of [...]
The Green IT Perspective on Data Centers, Cloud Computing, and Sustainability
As 2009 draws to a close, I would like to ponder each element in the title of this blog. The information sources are my blog posts and others’. I will talk about data center market trends in this blog and treat the rest of the subjects later. Regulatory pressure on data centers The U.S. House [...]
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