Thursday, February 9th, 2012 3:45 am

PUE: Measurers to make data centers green

San Francisco (ip-192.com): In a major breakthrough, government agencies in the U.S., Europe and Japan agreed earlier this year to recommend an industry measure called Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as a worldwide standard. PUE was developed by the Green Grid Association, a Portland based group of IT vendors and users that promote resource efficiency in [...]

Cisco: Mobile IT policies need to improve

San Francisco (ip-192.com): Two out of every three employees believe their IT departments should allow social media use during work hours with work devices, Cisco’s Connected World Report finds. The employees cite work-life balance as a key reason, particularly because many of them can work in a mobile, distributed fashion and put in longer hours [...]

Rumor: Cisco could purchase Skype

San Francisco (ip-192.com): While Skype is preparing an IPO; Cisco may be interested in buying the company that allows cheap VoIP phone calls before it goes public. The company, founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, is looking to raise about $5 billion through the initial public offering. Skype allows its 560 million [...]

Wi-Fi: Standard for Gigabit speeds

Tokyo (ip-192.com): New wireless standards using the 60GHz frequency will allow devices to run at gigabit speeds. To speed up the development of standards for the next generation of wireless devices, Tokyo based Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) has formed a technology-sharing agreement with the Austin based Wi-Fi Alliance. Currently, Wi-Fi works in the 2.4 and [...]