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Google’s ‘story of SEND’: or how Gmail works and Google’s efficiency efforts

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Check out this video on how Google processes emails on the Gmail service and how they minimise the company’s impact on the environment through energy efficiency and renewable power.

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Fujitsu launches upgraded green data centre in Melbourne

Fujitsu launches upgraded green data centre in Melbourne

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Fujitsu Australia has opened an new A$60 million data centre in Melbourne with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, and of course, performance.
The $60 million investment by Fujitsu focused on security, connectivity and availability enhancements to provide its 2,000 Australian enterprise and government customers with increased access to secure hosting services, the company said. Fujitsu also [...]

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Eltek addes to high efficiency Flatpack portfolio, forms alliance with SENS

Eltek addes to high efficiency Flatpack portfolio, forms alliance with SENS

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Eltek, the leader in high efficiency power systems, announced a new 48V rectifier for its Flatpack S DC power systems to meet demand in the telecom industry for a high-efficiency power system that can fit into small spaces.
The 48V Flatpack S is designed for applications like wireless base station, broadband, fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), fiber-to-the building (FTTB) [...]

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Green data centre practices can reduce emissions by 13% – Pike Research

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

The implementation of green data centre practices can reduce data centre emissions by 13% by 2016, says new forecasts by Pike Research.
According to Pike, the widespread adoption of energy efficient data center technologies and best practices could significantly limit the growth of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from data centers over the next several years. [...]

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Can human power be tapped for cell sites?

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Anyone who has gone to a gym would know that most of us typically consume more calories than we need on a daily basis, hence the reason for going to the gym to burn off that energy. But as you know, energy is basically a process of transitions. It gets stored in coal, or oil, [...]

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Cotecna and Orange in M2M pact

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Orange Business Services has teamed up with international testing, inspection and certification company, Cotecna, to offer secure machine-to-machine track and trace solutions.
Cotecna is the foremost supplier of transit monitoring services with its Cotrack® solution, helping governments to fight fraud and secure the transport of sensitive merchandise such as petroleum products, according to the companies. Cotecna [...]

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UK govt expects to save £340m through G-Cloud

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

The UK government is hoping to save some £340 million through the implementation of its government cloud computing initiative – dubbed simply G-Cloud.
Francis Maude, UK Cabinet Office Minister, was quoted as saying on the BusinessGreen news site that G-Cloud will allow the public sector to reduce its procurement costs.
Maude told the report that later this [...]

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Australian govt to halve CO2 footprint with data centre consolidation initiative

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Australian government is looking to consolidate seven older data cntres into two – one main and one backup – facilities, a move that will save about A$5 million in power costs and halve its carbon footprint, according to a report in ITWire.
The new sites will handle a host of applications and services, including Medicare, [...]

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China’s cloud market to grow 77.5% CAGR to 2015, but key challenges remain

| April 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

A new report from research firm Netscribes projects that China’s cloud computing market will grow at a CAGR of 77.5% between 2010 and 2015.
Fuelling that growth will be greater adoption, and availability, of cloud-based ERP and CRM  solutions, the report, published by Market Publishers, summarised.
“Among the key factors driving the expansion of the market one [...]

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Emerson Network Power now ‘dominant’ player in data centre management

| April 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

Given all the sensitivity surrounding monopolies and anti-competitive behaviour, not many companies would want to be dubbed ‘dominant’ these days. But if an independent third party analyst calls you that, then I guess it is ok.
That’s the case with Emerson Network Power, who has been recognised by Forrester as the ‘dominant’ supplier in data centre [...]

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