Video on how Microsoft intends to build data centres in the future. Also interesting is starting from about 1:55 into the video, you get to see the extensive network that Microsoft uses to connect its various facilities worldwide.
Video: Microsoft Generation 4.0 Data Center Vision
Redmond has been discussing its green data centre strategy for some time now, but this post on the Microsoft website provides a nice summary of what the company is thinking and doing. Plus, you get an aerial photo of its data centre facility in Quincy (below).
So what has the company been up to?
By CommsDay International
Norway’s Telenor has teamed up with Red Cross to recycle mobile phones and plant trees in Asia Pacific. Under the program, currently available in Telenor’s domestic market only, for each mobile phone returned by an user, the user gets 50 free SMSes for the effort while the Red Cross will plant 25 trees [...]
By CommsDay International
Cable&Wireless has productized its Telecoms Expense Management (TEM) service for customers in the Asia Pacific. The service is designed to help corporations consolidate and optimise their telecoms spending, including fixed and mobile subscriptions across multiple countries, in order to save cost and gain greater visibility over their telecoms related expenses.
The service works by [...]
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AT&T has introduced a new feature that will allow companies to connect legacy videoconferencing systems to its Telepresence platform, which uses the latest high definition gear from Cisco.
The new Telepresenece Interoperability feature will be available at the end of Q2 this year, and allows companies with H.323-compatible systems to connect to Telepresence systems [...]
IBM announced the launch of LotusLive, what it calls an integrated social networking and collaboration cloud service designed for businesses.
One of the first features of the service is LotusLive Engage, a platform that includes profile and contact management, online meetings, file sharing, instant messaging, and lightweight project management capabilities, according to IBM’s press release.
The services [...]
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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 [...]