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The Australian Information Industry Association has lashed out at the Federal Government for failing to properly promote the environmental savings that could be unleashed by more effective use of information and communications technology.

HP believes its new range of servers can reduce data centre costs by taking better care of themselves thanks to a range of new technologies.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has won the 'Banksia Environmental Award for Leading in Sustainability - Setting the Standard for Large Organisations' award, in what is regarded as the most prestigious environmental awards program in Australia. With this award the Banksia Foundation has acknowledged Fujitsu's long term commitment to sustainability and measurable achievements.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been awarded the No. 1 spot on the Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list by IDG's Computerworld, the premium IT media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Fujitsu has been climbing the Computerworld Top 12 Green-IT Vendors list since the Award's inception four years ago, and has now won the prestigious first place in both 2010 and 2011.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced it has been included in the Newsweek Green Global 500 Ranking, coming in at Number 13. The Newsweek Green Ranking places companies based on their actual environmental footprint, management of that footprint and sustainability communications. The analysis provides a reliable, cross-industry framework for comparing the environmental commitment and performance of major companies.

The passage of the Government's carbon tax bills through the lower house could be enough to unleash a fresh torrent of green IT initiatives and also place additional demands on the public service to urgently develop the information systems needed to administer and monitor the new regime.

The GreenTouch Consortium - a global research initiative dedicated to dramatically improving the energy efficiency of information and communications technology networks by a factor of 1,000 - says it will reveal a comprehensive roadmap at an Open Forum on 17 November in conjunction with its members meeting, in Seattle.

Only 1 per cent of Australian CIOs see or pay for their electricity bills - even though ICT represents up to 75 per cent of energy usage in some organisations. And although Australia initially started well in the sustainability stakes, it's now slumped, and is the worst in the world when it comes to end user sustainability.

Companies importing 5,000 or more computers or printers into Australia will have to participate in and contribute to the operation of the national e-waste scheme expected to get underway next year. And the service won't just be available for city dwellers - towns with populations of just 10,000 must be provided with at least one free recycling collection each year.

Today is the last day that people wanting to attend the Sydney or Adelaide public meetings regarding the proposed regulations governing mandatory computer recycling can register for the events being held next Tuesday. But at time of writing the Government has yet to publicly release its draft regulations, leaving interested parties with no choice but to register today and cross their fingers that the draft is published in time for them to properly analyse it.

Seeing the benefits of introducing more sustainable operations seems to have eluded some businesses, with many companies yet to take significant action to introduce sustainability initiatives.

An industry analyst is tipping the Australian Government's climate change plan to improve the prospects of companies specialising in systems to manage energy use efficiently and to report on related compliance issues.

Cloud computing is touted as one of the ways Australian businesses, organisations and government can help the Green cause and the challenge of reducing carbon emissions to give us, and the rest of the world, a cleaner and more environmentally-friendly future. However, is the Cloud really so Green or is that really just a load of carbon laced fluff?

Located in Norwich, East Anglia, the 60,000 sqft data centre is one of the most secure, reliable and environmentally-efficient data centres in the UK today.

New 60,000 sq. ft. colocation data centre in Norwich, Norfolk, will launch next week with the latest energy efficient technology for heating, cooling and lighting.

In a clear signal that the Mac OS has become important to enterprise class users, power management specialist Verdiem this week announced its latest product release would monitor and manage Mac power consumption - with forecasts of up to 30 per cent savings on electricity bills.

Fujitsu, a leading provider of ICT business solutions, today announced the release of a paper that shares the company's comprehensive global sustainability journey. Titled 'Sustainability: Our Heritage, Your Future', the paper illustrates Fujitsu's worldwide environmental activities and solutions that have placed the group on target to reduce its customers' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15 million tons by next year. The paper covers Fujitsu's customer offerings, strategy and overall philosophy for a prosperous, low carbon future.

New measurements for data centre efficiency defined by industry alliance The Green Grid, will feature in a plenary debate at the 7th annual DataCentres 2011

The junked PCs and TVs currently sitting on the grass verges of Parramatta in Sydney's west will end up as landfill following this week's council clean up - but that era may mercifully be drawing to a close as a national e-waste initiative edges closer.

Norwich-based Sentry42 gives top ten reasons for moving to colocation facilities