A new Cisco and British Telecom-sponsored study by global academics has identified three key measurements of business success for corporations in light of climate change. The study, “A New Mindset for Corporate Sustainability,” carried out by academics from China, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States, concludes that shareholder value should no longer be [...]
IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes, and Sony have established the world’s first open patent sharing platform for the environment. The initiative, led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and IBM, aims to compile a set portfolio of patents, dubbed the “Eco-Patent Commons,” that will be made available to the public.
The initiative also encourages [...]
Trox AITCS (Trox advanced IT cooling system) plans to step up promotion of a new cooling system that promises up to 7x more heat dissipation capacity as traditional air or water-based systems.
The system is being marketed to data centre operators and large financial institutions
In a statement to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia, the ITU outlined a list of activities aimed at enhancing its efforts to combat global warming.
Among the list, the ITU says its Telecommunications Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) strongly backs the hosting of an international symposium that will call for a systematic review [...]
After the conclusion of a successful trial of a base station powered by wind and solar energy with Namibia mobile operator last year, Motorola says such solutions will be ideal for Asian operators faced with geographically-challenged locations.
The Namibia trial, conducted in conjunction with the GSMA, consists of a commercial base station in a 6 carrier [...]
Vodafone Germany has deployed Ericsson’s new Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Power Saving feature, which was developed to reduce energy consumption of mobile networks. The initiative is part of the operator’s strategy to reduce energy usage and corresponding carbon emissions.
The new feature works by putting parts of the network that are not being used during low [...]
CCID Consulting, a Hong Kong-listed research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, identified Green ICT as a key trend for China’s information and communications technology sector for 2008.
“Green ICT is prevailing among the semiconductor, product, database and IDC fields
“Under the rise of energy prices, the state’s energy saving policy,
A new study released by chipmaker, AMD, forecasts massive electricity requirements to power global growth in data centres unless new energy efficiency initiatives are deployed.
The study, conducted by Standard Ph.D Jonathan Koomey and based on historical and projected server shipments from analyst firm, IDC, documented server energy
CES urges visitors to offset emissions: In addition to a commitment to offset the environment impact of the show through donations to renewable-energy, energy-efficiency and reforestation efforts, organizers for this year’s 2008 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is urging visitors to the show to offset the carbon footprint of travelling to the event.
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]