The British government launched an initiative on Tuesday to unlock new investment in low-carbon technologies and make London a global hub for green finance. The launch of the Capital Markets Climate Initiative (CMCI) is being marked by an event at the London Stock Exchange. Policy makers and investment banks such as Deutsche Bank and Morgan [...]
This week, we caught up with Historic Futures, 2009 Green IT Entrepreneurs of the Year. CTO Simon Warrick filled us in on the work they have been doing over the last twelve months. The company was set up 7 years ago with a desire to make businesses more accountable for the materials they use in [...]
With all of the controversy surrounding the oil and gas industry following the now infamous BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill of late, AmeriLithium Corp is focusing its efforts on the emerging green technologies of the world. For example, the company has been particularly invested in the benefits of the continual advances in plug-in and [...]
Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone has received $48 million from a syndicate of investors including ARM, Texas Instruments, and Highland Capital Ventures. Smooth-Stone’s goal is to bring the virtues of low-power cell phone technology to servers and, as a result, bring down the staggering power consumption at large data centers. Mega data centers can house tens of [...]
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has launched a website showcasing a selection of IT jobs to entice young people into the industry. The launch follows the Royal Society’s recent report, which found that schoolchildren find IT lessons boring, and the subsequent calls from City University’s head of the computing department for industry to play [...]
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