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In the late 1980′s, timeshared computing resources allowed enterprises to gain reliable, high-performing computing services without the overhead of in-house computing infrastructure. Cloud computing targets the same enterprises, however, without the lock-in or inherent “stickyness” that timeshared computing service providers created and benefitted from. The commoditisation of cloud services has been able to go further [...]

This is the third article in a series aimed at the non-technical reader to help demystify ICT for development. This month we explore the concept of “green” ICT. What does it mean in practical terms for us as citizens, businesses and government? The term “green” ICT refers to an ever expanding set of practices, technologies [...]

This morning’s session on Green ICT at the ITU World Telecom Conference (Geneva) was hosted by an exceptional panel of international business leaders including the CEO of Ericsson Mr Hans Vestberg. The discussion converged rapidly to two main points: (a) ICT itself, as an industry sector, can contribute to global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions [...]

This newspaper clipping was from a Papua New Guinean national newspaper in July, 2009. It shows a woman talking on a cellphone powered by a D-cell battery and some wires. Necessity is truly the mother of invention. It might be that solutions to the developed worlds resource limitations lie in developing countries. Developing countries have, [...]