Top tips for an energy efficient datacentre

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Recorded in association with IBM, BusinessGreen.com talks to the IT giant about the steps firms can take to bring their datacentres' soaring energy use under control

With the environmental and financial impact of datacentre energy use continuing to climb, Steve Bowden, chief technology officer for Green Computing at IBM in the UK, discusses some of the measures firms...

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