School eliminates 400 ‘phantom’ devices with Xerox managed print services

Haven’t written about the paper management side of green IT in a while, so this item comes at a great juncture: The Rialto Unified School District in California believes it will cut nearly $500,000 from its printing budget — and seriously consolidate the number of devices it is supporting — through Xerox Enterprise Print Services. The

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Model Of The Week: Imperial Guard Armour Builds

Inspired by Silveroxide, I’ve decided to start a build record of the paper model’s I’m building to support my (as of yet) burgeoning Imperial Guard army. I currently intend to focus my $ efforts on Infantry and use solely paper models for the Armoured elements, with the intent to match at least in part the level of detail possible with the plastic kits.

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Model Of The Week: Orion/Cousteau NEO Mission

Here’s my latest: the Orion/ Cousteau Near-Earth Object Mission spacecraft. It is loosely based on an actual proposal by Lockheed-Martin to dock two Orion spacecraft nose-to-nose and send it to rendezvous with a near-Earth object, i.e., an asteroid. I decided to take a different approach, making the mission an international one

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OpenCL 1.1 gets the go-ahead

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 00:04:00 Parallel processing standard approved by Khronos Group An update to the OpenCL parallel processing standard has been ratified. Standards organisation Khronos Group said that it was releasing the OpenCL 1.1 certification…

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YouTube videos to be featured by Googenheim

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 03:09:00 Art museum seeking out user videos for new exhibit The iconic Googenheim art museum is looking to produce a new feature based on YouTube videos. The video sharing service said that it would be partnering with the art museum..

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Verizon Business gets into hosted storage game

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 15 June 2010 at 02:19:00 Service will aim at enterprise cloud sector Verizon Business has added hosted storage to its line of enterprise IT services. The company said that it would be launching not only a cloud storage service but hosted storage..

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SAP seeks to raise awareness of BusinessObjects

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 00:15:00 New charter designed to increase customer participation The SAP UK & Ireland User Group (UKIUG) is to work on a new charter designed to increase awareness of the company’s BusinessObjects portfolio….

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Modius helps manage data center energy usage in context of uptime

Chances are you are way sick of me writing about tools that help you measure the various energy metrics of your data center, because you probably have way too many separate management tools to deal with already.

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Mobile operators urged to commoditise data use

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 16:59:00 Providers should look to the utilities market for inspiration, says analyst Mobile operators need to change how they charge for voice and data services in order to create a more viable long-term revenue system, according to Ovum….

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Apple iPhone 4 pricing details imminent

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 16:45:00 UK operators ready tariffs as pre-orders kick off tomorrow O2, Orange and Three have confirmed that they will accept pre-orders for the iPhone 4 from 15 June, and will reveal pricing details soon….

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SeaMicro unveils Atom-based low-power server

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 15:11:00 Firm claims 75 per cent power and space reduction Server manufacturer SeaMicro has unveiled an internet-optimised x86 server which it claims could reduce power consumption and space requirements by 75 per cent….

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Huddle extends collaboration with BlackBerry app

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 14:32:00 Online project management and sharing service expanded to RIM platform Online collaboration firm Huddle has brought its cloud-based project management, document sharing and collaboration services to the BlackBerry market with the launch of a dedicated application for users of the…

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Jive touts social business tool enhancements

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 14:19:00 Firm announces tighter intergration with Google and Twitter Jive Software has updated its Social Business Software (SBS) designed to tackle information overload and improve workplace productivity. The company claims that SBS 4.5 can help enterprise users better manage…

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Gartner urges reassessment of software-as-a-service

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 12:16:00 Companies should re-evaluate plans as model fails to achieve widespread take up Software-as-a-service (SaaS) will have a role in enterprise systems, but will not take the dominant place many thought it would, according to Gartner….

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Anti-malware body expands testing guidelines

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 12:01:00 Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation aims to highlight the complexities of software testing The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organisation (AMTSO) has expanded its guidelines and resources in a move designed to provide software testers with more accurate security testing methods….

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Solar buying group moves into LA

One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), a San Francisco-based group that negotiates group collective rates for installing solar technology through pre-approved installers, has moved into the Los Angeles area. Here’s what this means: IF you’re thinking about installing solar technology, AND you do it through 1BOG, you can get a 15 percent discount off typical rates

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UK firm boosts security for call centre payments

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Monday 14 June 2010 at 11:57:00 Veritape claims to slash ‘audio data thefts’ from call centres UK security firm Veritape has released a new device which it claims can help protect banks and consumers from credit card fraud committed through call centres….

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HP announces e-All-in-One printer range

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 00:36:00 Web-connected printers can print anything from any smart device HP has announced a line-up of e-All-in-One printers, which it claims will allow documents to be printed from any email device to any ePrint-enabled printer from anywhere in the world….

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Trend Micro acquires storage specialist Humyo

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 00:35:00 Company hopes to bolster small business backup and recovery Trend Micro has announced plans to acquire Humyo, a UK provider of online storage and synchronisation services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed….

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