Category Archives: Sustainability
17 August 2012: AOL Energy
Big Utility Calls for Big Data Collaboration on Smart Grid Excerpt: Collaboration between utilities and third party software developers will be crucial in the implementation of the smart grid, bringing innovation to large energy suppliers and reliable customers for data firms. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Cloud Computing, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Utility
Tagged big data analytics, bigdata, Energy, Karen Austin, Louie Yan, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E, Public utility, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Smart grid, Tap the 90, United States Department of Energy
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15 August 2012: GreenTechGrid
Of Big Data, Penny-pinching Utilities, , and Other Smart Grid Facts of Life Excerpt: The road to riches in the smart grid will be paved with pennies. So says Andres Carvallo, a man who has worked on the public (Austin Energy) and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commentary, Event, Sustainability, Technology, Utility
Tagged Andres Carvallo, Austin Energy, big data analytics, bigdata, Energy, Grid Net, Louie Yan, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Smart grid, Smart meter, Tap the 90, Utility
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24 July 2012: Environmental Leader
Considerations in Environmental Solution Selection: Picking a Partner, Not Just a Product Excerpt: Successful solution providers are those who show competence in helping companies manage relevant environmental data, workflow, and business processes with highly specialized solutions. Challenges and solutions are not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commentary, Sustainability, Technology
Tagged big data, big data analytics, environment, Louie Yan, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, sustainability, Tap the 90
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12 July 2012: Greentech Enterprise
Big Data for Big Buildings: SPARC Greens the VA Excerpt: Part of the challenge facing the green building sector is how to manage the massive amounts of data that come from building energy systems — whether those are the HVAC … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Case Study, Cloud Computing, Construction, Notable News, Sustainability
Tagged big data analytics, Cloud computing, Green building, HVAC, Louie Yan, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, SPARC, Tap the 90, U.S. Veterans Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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13 June 2012: SmartPlanet
Biofuel Production Fueling Business Analytics Innovation Excerpt: The story of how biofuel production is driving economic efficiency by eliminating agricultural and food waste is well established, but the particulars of how it all happens remains largely unknown. Dan Oh, CEO … Continue reading
3 May 2012: GigaOM
How Big Data Can Track the Pain Points in Population Growth There are expected to be more than 9 billion people on the planet by 2050, and you can expect that type of population growth to strain the world’s resources … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Notable News, Research, Sustainability
Tagged big data, Chris Ahlberg, GigaOM, Hadoop, Harvard, IBM, Louie Yan, MIT Media Lab, Nathan Eagle, Opower, population growth, Recorded Future, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Twitter
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19 April 2012: ZDNet
NY Datacenter Leads with the Green Very little is said about the environmental impact of cloud computing. Turnkey Internet in Albany, NY hopes that its focus on sustainability will differentiate it from its competitors. Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/datacenter/ny-datacenter-leads-with-the-green/1332 Related articles TurnKey … Continue reading
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23 October 2012: Business 2 Community
Big Data is Sustainability’s Big Friend Excerpt: In a petabyte world, the only way IT can manage data is by shifting the management burden off from the shoulder of IT administrators. Scaleable storage systems can automate management tasks such as … Continue reading →