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Smartphone charging to consume almost 14,000 gigawatt-hours of dirty energy by 2019

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

A new report from Juniper Research has found that charging mobile devices will generate more than 13 megatonnes CO2e (CO2 equivalent) of greenhouse gases per annum globally by 2019, against an anticipated 6.4 megatonnes this year. Nearly 50% of these 2019 emissions –equivalent to annual emissions from 1.1 million cars – will come from coal-fired Asian electricity grids powering growing smartphone use.

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

bluesource has launched EV247- said to be a unique, complete cloud archiving service, that combines Enterprise Vault, an archiving solution from Symantec, with the security and integrity of Microsoft Azure and bluesource managed service. Delivering the full functionality of Enterprise Vault, EV247 presents a compelling ROI for organisations, by reducing the total cost of ownership - without sacrificing any features, or functionality.

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

In new guidance issued today, global IT association ISACA outlines five principles organizations can use to effectively govern and manage their information and technology.

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Following a competitive tender process, Bull Information Systems has won a five-year contract with South Lanarkshire Council, with the option to extend for a further two years. In addition to managing the infrastructure (primarily across two of the council’s data centres), focusing on supporting the council’s core business applications, Bull will also be delivering and implementing server and storage solutions.

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Over a third (36%) of desk-based workers in the UK and the US are aware of having continued access to a former employer’s systems or data, with nearly one in 10 actually accessing it.

Posted 11 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Survey reveals security professionals don’t practice what they preach when it comes to passwords.

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Smartphone charging to consume almost 14,000 gigawatt-hours of dirty energy by 2019

bluesource launches complete cloud archiving service

ISACA outlines five principles for effective information and technology governance

South Lanarkshire Council appoints Bull to manage IT infrastructure

At least one in three ex-employees left with access to systems or data post termination

Poor password management leaves service accounts open to attack

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