Forget Web 2.0, the EU is preparing for Web 3.0

Tagged with: web 3.0

The Editor, about 1 month ago

If Web 2.0 was about user-generated content, blogs and social networking, Web 3.0 will be about online business services, GPS-based services, mobile TV and smart tags. At least that's the view of the European Union (EU), which put forward its policy framework for enabling Web 3.0 last week (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/index_en.htm)Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, outlined her vision for Web 3.0: "Web 3.0 means seamless ‘anytime, anywhere' business, entertainment and social networking over fast reliable and secure networks. It means the end of the divide between mobile and fixed lines. It signals a tenfold quantum leap in the scale...

When do Sweated Assets become Sweaty Liabilities?

Tagged with: efficient it

Mark Sweeney, about 1 month ago

Recently I have been able to attend a couple of "Green" IT events, one as a presenter and the other on a "Question Time" type panel, and one thing has struck me, namely times have changed but attitudes haven't. Let me elaborate. The Global Credit Crunch and High Energy Prices present two new game changing challenges on top of the traditional business and technology challenges. Times are tough, and more than likely going to get tougher as the consequences of the Credit Crunch start to work their way through the economy, into lower sales and next year's budgets. The natural temptation...

Server energy footprint grows

Tagged with: data centre

The Editor, about 1 month ago

The amount of energy used by servers and data centres continues to grow at a rapid rate, according to new research from IDC.The report, which analyses the energy footprint of the server infrastructure in Western Europe, shows that the energy used by servers and data centres grew 13 per cent between 2006 and 2007.Servers alone used 16.3 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity throughout the region in 2007 - equivalent to twice the annual power required to operate every street light and traffic signal in the UK.More worryingly, IDC estimates that consumption levels at the data centre were even higher, exceeding...