McAfee Avert Labs Blog-by Patrick Comiotto

04-April-2008

On the 19th of March 2008 I attended a conference at the Said Business School Oxford University called “ICT Towards low carbon emission”.

Many interesting topics were discussed with regards to the impact that Information Technology has on the consumption of energy and production of CO2. Particular attention was given to the implementation of large data-centres, including the cooling of cabinets of server machines and the utilisation of the respective hardware (storage, processing etc) for a given task. DR. Peter Wagget of IBM Emerging Technology Services was present to discuss new efforts that are put into developing ways to make our machines perform in a more “planet friendly” fashion. Juergen Heidegger, the Director of ICT Infrastructure Products at Fujitsu Siemens Computers presented as well. Martin Chilcott, Founder and CEO of Meltwater Ventures, presented a new approach to social groups on the internet, focusing on “green business innovation” with the, soon to be launched, “2Degrees” g-business network open to participants interested in sharing ideas, products and expertise on anything CO2 friendly.

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