Technology

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2007--PowerFile Inc., an innovator in archive appliances for permanent storage of digital content and assets, today announced its membership in The Green Grid, a global consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and computing ecosystems.

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2007--Dell Inc.(NASDAQ:DELL):

Dell's Latitude D630 is the first globally available notebook computer to achieve gold status with the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), a procurement system that helps purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select products based on environmental attributes.

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2007--Safety Kleen is simplifying its IT operations with the assistance of Dell's Help Desk services. Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) will manage end-user technical support, helping to enable Safety Kleen's IT team to focus on supporting its growing business.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2007--U.S. Concrete (NASDAQ:RMIX), one of the nation's leading producers of ready-mix concrete, announced today its company-wide commitment to environmentally friendly technologies that will reduce potential carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons annually. U.S. Concrete is the first national ready-mix concrete company to announce such a company-wide commitment in the United States.

NEW YORK- June 4, 2007 "“ SJF Ventures announced today that the ‘Cleantech Companies in Mainstream Markets: Third Annual CEO Panel on Innovative Strategies’ event will be held in New York City on Wednesday, June 13th from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT at the offices of Deutsche Bank at 60 Wall Street in New York City.

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2007--Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced it entered into definitive purchase agreements with investors to raise $12.6 million of gross proceeds in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering. Akeena will issue 4,572,725 shares of common stock in the offering, and three-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 1,295,995 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.95 per share.

Rentricity, a US-based clean energy recovery company, and UK-based professional support services firm Mouchel Parkman are working together to market across Europe and beyond Rentricity's technology that uses a microturbine to generate clean energy by capturing pressure that is typically released through pressure release valves attached to water company piping systems.

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2007--Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today is extending its commitment to deliver the most energy-efficient products in the industry with configurations of its OptiPlex(TM) 745 and 740 corporate desktops designed to meet Energy Star 4.0 requirements.

NEW YORK- May 22, 2007 "“ Weber Shandwick, a leading global public relations firm, today announced an international collaboration with Cleantech Venture Network, the leading organization bringing capital together with cleantech innovation globally. The goal is to extend the reach and visibility of Cleantech Forumsâ„¢ through events in Frankfurt, Toronto, San Francisco and Beijing.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2007--UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles - already the industry's largest - had expanded with the deployment of 50 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks.