Cisco is readying the launch of a new data centre strategy that may include the introduction of servers, according to industry speculation ahead of a scheduled global announcement by the network equipment maker next week.
Cisco says the briefing next Monday (US time) will focus on a new data centre architecture where ‘all the resources are [...]
Sun Microsystems is reportedly readying the launch of its own cloud computing service. According to Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos, cited in a post on Data Centre Knowledge, the company has identified a Switch Communications facility in Las Vegas as the location of its cloud platform.
The report did not revealed any details of Sun’s cloud service, [...]
By Pamela Perez, CommsDay International
US fuel cell maker IdaTech is reaching out to the Asia-Pacific region, opening a regional sales office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and signing two agreements for marketing and distribution in the area. It has also completed a two-month installation trial in Malaysia with TIME dotCom.
The Malaysian office will provide sales support [...]
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 [...]