Hiya all, am running the course Green Computing at University of Kent, School of Computing. So what is green computing? according to Wiki,

Green computing, or green information technology (IT), refers to environmentally sustainable computing. It is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently by designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems (such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communication systems) with minimal or no impact on the environment. Green computing strives for economic practicality and improved system performance while satisfying social and ethical responsibilities. Green computing includes the dimensions of environmental sustainability, energy efficiency economics, and total cost of ownership (which includes the cost of disposals and recycling).”

Green computing can be made more sustainable in several ways including:
Placing the computer in hibernation mode
Switching the computer screen off instead of using screensavers
Turning the computer off when it is not in use

Feel free to debate on what green computing is.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulecatalogue/modules/CO847

End of 2011, I was fortunate enough to spend a fair amount of time talking to both Nigel Beighton (CTO / VP Rackspace International) and Professor Tony West (CTO / VP Cisco) before their visits to University of Kent. I find both leaders have great traits for us to learn. They are focused, time efficient and great team players / motivators.

Driven by clear visions and open to discussions, and most of all, they are very down to earth. Their visions, coming from years of experience (and long difficult roads), allow them to see through complications to their goals. This emphasised the fact that good things doesn’t come over night. It takes years of preparation, determination to follow through. Pleased to be working with and learning from them.

It was close. Jimmy MG Lim was finalist top 8 out of 78 submissions.  ”Should have taken it more seriously . Congrats to the winners!”

http://kentroundone.co.uk/competitions/uok-business-ideas-2011/

A publication of mine and a great team of peers. Many thanks for support.

IGI Publications: http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/evolving-developments-grid-cloud-computing/61985

Hunting for simple CMSes is quite a task. If you do a search over the internet for CMS, all the results are mostly heavy industrial cmses. As flatfiles, xml or SQLite database types become popular, we wonder why no such CMSes based on files exist. In fact, they do. GetSimpleCMS and WolfCMS, are 2 of many.