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66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. A New Green Gold Standard A recent Environmental Protection Agency study on energy-saving opportunities in servers and data centers noted that the industry uses an enormous amount of energy -- more than 1.5% of all electricity generated in the U.S. -- and that that number is expected to double over the next five years. So it's no surprise that many people see data centers as a major part of the climate change problem.
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Citigroup Data Centers Want an MPG Rating for Energy Efficiency These days, with the shock of $150-per-barrel oil only a year old, consumers in the market for a car will likely pay much more attention to a pair of numbers: The vehicle's two miles-per-gallon ratings. Earth Day survey from Microsoft: Americans insist on flushing their toilets In two days, American's will celebrate Earth Day. Microsoft Subnet reviews a new study conducted by Microsoft's MSN Green site that says, green or not, there are things that American's just won't give up to "save the planet:" such as limiting toilet flushes to conserve water. .Net Services: Microsoft's key to cloud security and Java interoperability Microsoft Subnet asks 10 questions of Burley Kawasaki, director of developer platform product management, about “M5” (Milestone 5) CTP (Community Technology Preview) beta of .Net Services. Oracle now a server competitor to Cisco? Oracle combined with Sun equals more competition in the data center for Cisco -- how will this unfold in the near future? EMC's new Symmetrix array targets virtual data centers EMC is unveiling a new Symmetrix storage array designed to support heavily virtualized data centers with hundreds of petabytes of storage and mass quantities of virtual servers. Sun fires back at Cisco with blade network switch Sun introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an emerging rival in the server market, Cisco. Video: Sun discusses Nehalem servers, IBM rumors Sun Microsystems launched new servers this week based on Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture. Keeping your cool: Green cooling Ron Nutter stresses the importance of getting data-center cooling right. Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. The alliance, which plans to make its first big splash at the upcoming RSA Conference, was formed to promote security best practices in a cloud computing environment. ING examines cloud computing, but finds licensing a problem ING is just the type of large user organization that cloud vendors want signing up for their various online business services, but licensing concerns are holding ING back MS Exchange 2010 beta arrives and it's not all about the cloud Microsoft Subnet analyzes the beta of Exchange 14, now known as Exchange 2010, through Network World's full review of it. The Subnet cites three key features that will make Exchange 2010 attractive to the enterprise. Cisco's MDS storage switch refresh may be delayed Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese says the company's possible near-term delays with its MDS storage switch refresh could crack open up a window of opportunity for Brocade. Video: Panasonic displays 'green house' Panasonic opened its eco-ideas house showroom in Tokyo on Wednesday. The house contains much of Panasonic's latest environmental technologies and a few prototypes and the way of living that it promotes isn't too far away. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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