The impact of cloud computing on the enterprise computing landscape is reminiscent of the shift from big mainframe systems to client server computing in the ’90s. A step change in the economics of computing is driving this transformation and creating opportunities for new providers, while threatening the established business models of traditional application software and More >

Starting April 1, 2010, your Data Transfer Out pricing tier for a given Region will be based on your total Data Transfer Out usage within that Region for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), and More >

Tech-industry veterans who have traded bits and bytes for clean electrons say getting up to speed and making fresh contacts are key.

This is a video that has 5 stars. It is entertaining, funny and educational. Here is Huffington post article about the video.

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A new technology that uses aminosilicones, a product found in hair conditioners and fabric softeners, has proven successful in removing 90 percent of the carbon dioxide from the simulated flue gases created by coal-fired power plants.

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The Shanghai Tower will be the tallest building in China by its completion in 2014, but that is not its biggest accomplishment. The term “vertical city” has been used to describe the cornucopia of spaces that it will offer including Class-A office space, a luxury hotel, high-end retail, and event space. This aspect still pales in comparison to the building’s biggest accomplishment, its innovation in green design.

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Process improvements can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) air emissions. When that is done there can be left over, permitted CO2 air emissions that can be sold to other users. In doing so, a certain percentage of the original CO2 emissions are eliminated and cannot be sold. Hence a reduction in permitted CO2 air emissions overall.

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Daniel S. Botkin’s new book, Powering The Future: A Scientist’s Guide to Energy Independence, offers a balanced look at the issues surrounding our future energy resources. In his own words, Botkin provided CleanTechies with an overview of his vision:

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China surged past the United States in clean energy investment and finance for the first time last year, becoming the global leader in the booming renewable energy market, according to a new report.

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(Reuters) – The lack of a permanent home for the nation’s radioactive waste is dampening prospects for a resurgence of the U.S. nuclear industry, federal commissioners said at their first public hearing on the subject.
The Energy Department set up the panel of former Congressmen, academics, and business leaders after deciding to scrap the long delayed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

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Solar power is supposed to be clean and green, but what happens to the dirty ingredients involved to make and dispose of solar equipment?

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As I wrote last week, aviation demand for biofuels is bursting at the seams.  The trouble is, there are no easy alternatives.  Sustainable, non-food feedstocks like camelina and jatropha are just getting traction and the process of turning algae into fuel is still under development, which leaves few alternatives for the

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VirtualBox 3.1.6 Final: Creates a virtual environment in which to ...By antoq

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Guide: How To Virtualize Your Home NetworkGeekSmackVirtualBox is probably the most user friendly and has a fair balance ... One of the best things aboutVirtualBox is the open-ness of the software itself. ...

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Just got back from CTIA in Vegas and saw some great technology and devices. These are some of the things I can talk about ...

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DistribuTECH 2010 is in full swing in Tampa, Florida, and the new ideas and solutions flowing from the event are exciting. Maybe even mind-boggling. After all, the industry has undertaken to do no less than change the patterns of energy supply and demand—an overwhelming task, but a vital one. When you think about it, all melodrama aside, the future of the world really does hang in the balance. No wonder the place is filled with new energy (no pun intended) and new thinking.

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This weeks chinwagger is Rynardt Spies, he’s a Virtualisation Technical Consultant at ComputaCenter (UK) Ltd. He’s been in IT professionally for the last 9 years and I’ve been working with VMware Enterprise products since early 2005. As well as being a VCP in both VI3 and vSphere 4. he also specialises in post sales [...]

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At AMD’s Austin campus and offices around the world, there is a buzz that is starting to grow louder and louder around the halls. If you listen closely enough you can hear it saying “Magny-Cours is coming.” Personally, I couldn’t be more excited. My colleague John Fruehe has touched on our strategy and many of the anticipated hardware enhancements in a series of blog posts on our @Work site, but this is my chance to talk to you about what I care about most – the software! On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t say anything at all.

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