• Australian Power company Western Power has chosen IBM as its partner for its SmartGrid – Advanced Meter Infrastructure pilot program.  IBM will build a roadmap for the design and implementation of an intelligent network using smart meters and a communications backbone for the pilot.  The idea is to develop a platform for a range [...]

I was at IBM’s software development lab at Hursley, in the UK, on Monday, for a roundup of the company’s Smarter Planet initiative.  Interesting stuff.  Hursley’s always a good place to get into deep conversations about the future of IT – and the world. 
IBM’s green IT strategy has evolved somewhat over the last year [...]

Syracuse University (SU) has built, with the help of IBM, what is described as ‘a showcase of world-class innovations in advanced energy-efficient information technology and building systems’.  The construction was announced earlier this year and it’s taken just over six months to build the 12,000-square-foot, $12.4m facility. 
What’s different about this data centre is that rather [...]