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Internet of Things to be powered by Things

published on 2011/10/03 by Stewart Baines

Kinetic energy harvesting relies heavily on piezoelectric power, in which particular ceramic compounds create tiny amounts of energy when compressed. When you press a button that directly creates a spark to ignite your gas oven, or when you press a firelight and hear that familiar snapping sound before the flame appears, you are using piezoelectrics. ...

Internet of Things to be powered by Things

Growing your own: micro-generation for data centers

published on 2011/01/19 by Stewart Baines

Burning natural gas powers micro-turbines, which provide the energy to power the data centre's computing equipment, while also priming the uninterruptible power supplies, in case of unexpected energy disruption. There is an added efficiency, however: cogeneration....

Growing your own: micro-generation for data centers

Sustainable IT needs CIO to make friends with line-of-business

published on 2010/12/07 by Stewart Baines

In many organizations, the facilities department pays the electricity bill. As many companies attempt to reduce their carbon footprints and save on energy, how close is the communication between their IT departments and their facilities departments? ...

Sustainable IT needs CIO to make friends with line-of-business

The network becomes the computer; Borg versus Enterprise?

published on 2010/11/18 by Marcel van Wort

What are the security strenths and weaknesses of relying on computer functionality delivered by the network being a centrally managed utility as in Cloud computing? We can learn from scenarios as shown in known Sience Fiction movies. ...

The network becomes the computer; Borg versus Enterprise?

McKinsey indentifies collaboration, Internet of things and cloud as key business technology trends

published on 2010/09/09 by Anthony Plewes

An interesting article in the latest McKinsey Quarterly has identified 10 technology-enabled business trends that it says is reshaping enterprises worldwide....

McKinsey indentifies collaboration, Internet of things and cloud as key business technology trends