News Roundup

• Computerworld believes that a highly connected city, with widely available wireless access, smart grids, and sustainable data centers are around the corner.

• HP announces an expansion of its relationship with Canon to expand and integrate paper-intensive workflow with digital offerings.

• An international exhibition in Mauritius later this month will feature a sea-water cooling system for data centers.

• IBM announces several new or updated offerings for mid-size companies to help them streamline their IT processes, making them more energy efficient in the process.

• Adaptec announces its first solution incorporating high-performance hybrid HDD and SDD arrays to lower energy consumption in data centers.

• GreenBytes Inc., a startup developer of optimized data storage appliances, receives $8 million in financing from Battery Ventures.

• Citi announces it's inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the ninth consecutive year, driven in large part by its green data centers.

• KACE, the management appliance company, has released a survey indicating that while 93 percent of IT professionals believe that desktop power management will reduce costs, 56 percent do not manage desktop power in any way.

• SunGard is implemanting an environmental management solution from GreenBoard technology to help track its carbon footprint.

• Verdiem has been named part of the Global Cleantech 100 Company.

• CEATAC Japan, taking place next month, will feature Green IT as a central topic.

• The British government saved over 7 million GBP last year by making its IT systems greener.

• Greenstone Carbon Management announces the launch of Green IT, an addition to its Acco2unt carbon accounting suite.

• AT&T is the greenest mobile phone operator in North America, with Sprint and Verizon rounding out the top 3.

• T-Systems and Intel are opening DataCenter 2020, a project focused exclusively on the green efficiency of future data centers.

• Dell ProConsult Services is using Novell's PlateSpin virtualization and workload management to utilize virtualization technology in customer data centers.

• Fujitsu's European lab arm announces its Total CO2 and Value Analysis solution.