The Hong Kong Institute of Education has deployed a 10 Gigabit Ethernet data centre network using Cisco gear. The new data centre infrastructure will consist of Cisco Catalyst 6500, Virtual Switching System 1440 and Cisco Applications Control Engine Module.
“We strive to deliver state-of-the-art technology to meet the evolving needs of our students, staff and the [...]
In its latest move to target urban environmental initiatives, Cisco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Metropolis, an association comprised of 106 of the world’s largest cities, to develop its “Vision 2030″ for sustainable cities around the world.
As part of this MoU, which follows Cisco’s recently announced ‘globalization’ initiative, the company will advise [...]
A new partnership was announced this week between NASA and Cisco systems to set up a global climate change monitoring infrastructure called ‘Planetary Skin’. The project will develop an ‘online collaborative platform to capture and analyze data from satellite, airborne, sea and land-based sensors across the globe.’
Image from the NASA Earth Observatory:
Minchinmavida and Chaiten Volcanoes, [...]
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 [...]