Jeff Keyes has a 15-year background in olive and cattle farming in the Southern Highlands, but has been running his 50-hectare property, the Sportsman Creek Conservation Area for the past two years.
A proportion of the running costs of the farm, including rates and insurance, are paid for by a carbon trading deal he has with an international publishing business, Horden House.
The publishing business increases carbon levels through its production and distribution process, and by using wood pulp for paper.
This is offset by the carbon absorbed into the trees on My …

The Cloud Datacenter completes SKYWAY’s professional data center services with an ‘Infrastructure as a Service’ (IaaS) solution. “With our new service, we offer a cost-efficient and stable IaaS solution for the business sector,” says SKYWAY CEO Roman Schließmeyer. The IaaS enables fast and individual server deployments as well as internal network connections and high-speed internet access within minutes. Anyone interested in a free trial may contact SKYWAY via email to info@skyway-dc.com. PR

Google released a study (PDF) today concluding that using cloud-based email is more energy efficient than running email in-house. The company isn’t the first to preach the green advantages of cloud computing, but Google stands to gain from successfully working the case as it looks to make Gmail converts out of shops running Microsoft Office and other rivals.
The underlying theory that cloud computing is more energy efficient than on-premises hosting is pretty sound, generally speaking: Cloud service providers have the advantage of economies (more users per server), as well as …

Netmagic Solutions announced the launch of its world class datacenter in Delhi NCR at Noida expanding its datacenter footprint in India. With this, enterprise customers in and around Delhi NCR will now have access to quality Managed Hosting Services delivered with the same IT expertise and acclaimed customer service and support that Netmagic is known to deliver from its other datacenters. Customers will benefit from Netmagic’s experience and expertise of managing mission critical IT infrastructure for more than 1000 customers over the last 13 years. BUSINESSWIREINDIA

The goals of green computing are to reduce the use of hazardous materials, maximizing energy efficiency over the lifetime of the product, and promoting the biodegradability of product waste.
According to Computerworld, PricewaterCoopers have chopped the carbon footprint by 20 percent in two years. Its new data center in Georgia has made a significant contribution by reducing the power consumption by 20 million kilowatt-hours and cutting operational costs by $2 Million, a 40 percent savings. The firm realized those savings by virtualizing 2,500 servers, using more-efficient equipment and moving to an …