Strategies for SaaS, Cloud Computing, Open Source and Governance

Watch out Photovoltaic Cell/Module companies!! Google is entering your field now.
Google has developed a prototype for a new mirror technology that could cut by half the cost of building a solar thermal plant, the company’s green energy czar said on Friday.
Bill Weihl said that if development and testing go well, he could see the product [...]

January 15, 2010 – Five weeks after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began a test program to fast track certain “green” technology patent applications, most of the 3,000 positions are still available. Only about one third have been applied for.
Businesses wishing to patent their proprietary green technologies are being given special “front-of-the-line” [...]

Energy efficiency has become the new mantra in this greening economy. But who is the biggest culprit when it comes to energy consumption? In what seems like the blink of an eye, data centers are now among the leading energy guzzlers.
We’re at a tipping point of unparalleled dimensions with respect to data center energy consumption: [...]