TCO Certified helps get the purchaser's voice directly into the IT supply chain, where the majority of a smartphone's lifetime sustainability impacts are found. Criteria are designed to drive change where it matters most. With a wide choice of certified product models from well-known brands, it is the certification of choice for purchasers wanting to select IT products responsibly.
This project not only reduces emissions from Stockholm's waterways but also pioneers emission-free, high-speed transportation that potentially can be used in cities all over the world.
Industry efforts to curb outage frequency fall short
June 18, 2022
The gap between the beginning of a major public outage and full recovery has stretched significantly over the last five years. Nearly 30% of these outages in 2021 lasted more than 24 hours, a disturbing increase from just 8% in 2017.
Companies advance the energy transition and enable customers to reach their sustainability goals
June 16, 2022
The primary function of a UPS is to provide backup power protection for mission critical applications and facilities and to protect them from grid outages or power quality issues.
Guidance to help organizations drive better business outcomes using data from resource-constrained edge devices
June 14, 2022
The latest version of the IICF expands the connectivity guidance to include lightweight, resource-constrained, machine-to-machine (M2M) devices often found at the edge of networks.
ABB collaborates with Ecotricity on 10-MW grid-scale battery project
June 13, 2022
The project, a 10-MW/20-MWh li-ion energy storage system will be colocated alongside Ecotricity’s wind farm in Alveston, Gloucestershire, which was constructed in 2017. The lithium-ion batteries will be supplied by Kore Power, and the BESS will be controlled by ABB’s eStorage OS energy management system.
Prices for American data vary from 99 cents to more than $300
June 11, 2022
The most expensive merchandise overall was passports, with an average price of $600 per document. Czech, Slovakian, or Lithuanian passports were the costliest, with an average price of $3,800. An American passport only costs $20.
The partnership will set a higher standard for how crypto-based rewards are safeguarded in the travel industry
June 10, 2022
Custodians of crypto assets play an essential role in storing and securing digital assets while also interacting directly with brokers and exchanges to facilitate transactions for institutional and individual stakeholders.
Enabling data centers to manage compute-intensive transactions sustainably and profitably
June 9, 2022
Cryptocurrency mining is compute-intensive and uses a significant amount of energy — the mining of Bitcoin alone consumes 1% of the world’s energy. The only way for miners to maximize profit is by utilizing specialized, high-performance servers that run at maximum capacity 24/7/365.
Governments mandate the transition to post-quantum cryptography
June 8, 2022
The quantum threat has been rising higher on the global security agenda in recent months as the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) finalizes its process to standardize post-quantum cryptography. The new standards are expected imminently.