Archive for Jun 2015

This weblog brings you news on Greenhost and recent developments in the areas of sustainability, privacy, web hosting, Internet and anything else we think is relevant.

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Fairphone 2 launched. Statistics through the roof

Fairphone has a special place in our heart. We've been following this social enterprise improving the electronics supply chain for almost five years. When they launched their second phone last week, we were sitting in the front row. The virtual front row. From there we had an excellent view on the impact the presentation had.

The newest model was presented on June 16th. The new edition takes a big leap forward in comparison with the first model. The specifications are better, but most importantly, the Fairphone is one step closer to a fairer phone - one in which uses modular architecture for...

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Greening the Cloud

Greenhost is always looking for ways to make IT more sustainable. Greenhost joined the "Greening the Cloud" coalition a project to do research on the energy usage of servers.

In collaboration with three other hosting providers and students of the University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences we will do a series of research projects to make cloud computing cleaner and more efficient. On June 10 2015 we had a meeting to discuss the ideas and experiences of all involved.

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