Tag Archives: Efficiency
Windows 8 blog talks about power efficiency for apps
The Windows 8 blog has posted up a new entry that describes how Microsoft is trying to gain better battery life for PCs by making Windows 8 applications more energy efficient. Read more… Neowin.net
A home energy battle in court: Opower vs Efficiency 2.0
The world of home energy reports for utility customers just got heated. Earlier this month energy software startup Opower filed a complaint against startup Efficiency 2.0 in Massachusetts court claiming that Efficiency 2.0 infringed on Opower’s copyrighted home energy reports, … Continue reading
A sneak peek into Google’s servers and energy efficiency
A report from data center energy expert Jonathan Koomey, published on Monday morning, gave a rare glimpse into some educated estimates for how many servers and how much electricity Google uses, and how energy-efficient those custom servers are. Koomey estimates Google … Continue reading
JouleX Gets $17M to Boost Data Center Efficiency
Atlanta-based data-center-efficiency startup JouleX has raised $ 17 million from Sigma Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Target Partners and TechOperators. As energy prices rise, energy generation facilities are stretched and hyperscale becomes normal, companies like JouleX should find it easy to spread their message. … Continue reading
Microsoft’s Quest for Greater Efficiency in the Cloud
Microsoft is driving sustainability into its datacenters and networks, which provide the foundation for more than 200 cloud services such as Bing, Hotmail and Office 365, to deliver long-term environmental benefits. Microsoft PressPass, Information for Journalists – Feature Stories