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 [...]
Here is who actually signed the somewhat controversial Open Cloud Manifesto created by the cloud computing industry as a public declaration to ensure interoperability between different cloud infrastructures. Among the missing names are: Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
List of Signatories:
You can check out some of the world’s hottest cloud computing service and solutions providers at the Under the Radar website.
In case you were familiar with the conference, it is organised by Dealmaker Media and gives start ups 15 minutes to present their business case and solutions to enterprise CIOs and venture capitalists. This time [...]
Australian electricity grid operator, EnergyAustralia, has selected IBM for the roll out of 12,000 sensing devices through its network to add intelligence to its infrastructure.
The project will enable EnergyAustralia to deliver energy more efficiently and reliably, and allow a greater number and range of environmental solutions to be integrated into the electricity network such as [...]
A somewhat controversial document dubbed the Open Cloud Manifesto has given birth to heated debate on the openness of the emerging cloud computing sector.
The document, reportedly conceived by IBM and authored by a small group of cloud industry insiders, essentially calls for a commitment by the industry to ensure interoperability between cloud platforms as well [...]
PRESS RELEASE: A collaboration between Cisco, the Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications Co. (PLDT) and Tata Communications will result in the first public TelePresence service in the Philippines.
To be operated by PLDT, the Public TelePresence Studio will connect to Tata Communications’ growing global network of public TelePresence rooms, which currently includes Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and [...]
Recent tweets
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 [...]