Tag: efficiency
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How the Internet of Things Can Make Your Manufacturing Business More Sustainable
The Internet of Things, often abbreviated as IoT, refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enable these objects to connect and exchange data. The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, is a specific application of the Internet of…
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My “Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices” presentation
Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices Conference organising company iQuest contacted me last year to ask me to deliver a keynote presentation at their Green IT Summit. The event took place in Dublin yesterday and my keynote talk entitled “Green IT – driving efficiency, sustainability and enabling efficient working practices”…
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NightWatchman saving energy
Following on from my earlier post about the importance of turning things off, we had a briefing the other day from a company called 1E. 1E entered the power management space about 10 years ago when they wrote NightWatchman. NightWatchman is a PC power management application which aims to reduce the energy wasted by computers…
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IBM Global Eco-Efficiency Jam Day 2
Today is the final day of IBM’s Global Eco-efficiency Jam (it finishes at 6pm CET today) and it has been awesome. There have been hundreds of discussions on all manner of Eco-related topics – everything from LEED certification, to Green software engineering, to Energy Efficiency certificates to Smart cities and collaboration. People have been asking…
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IBM Eco Jam kicks off later today with an impressive line-up
Photo credit justmakeit The IBM Global Eco Efficiency Jam kicks off this afternoon (January 27th) at 9am EST (14:00 GMT, 15:00 here in CEST) and continues right on through until Friday afternoon. According to the IBM site the Jam is a web-based event which will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of public and private…