Australia’s competitive operator, Telarus, has set up a cloud computing platform offering virtualized hosting services, but under the unconventional model of private access over its MPLS platform.
While most definitions of cloud computing requires a necessary ability to have access from everywhere, the core differentiator of the Telarus Virtual Server Platform offering is that its primary [...]
HP unveiled a series of consulting services to help enterprise customers considering the adoption of cloud computing capabilities in their IT infrastructure. The new offerings, including the HP Cloud Discovery Workshop and HP Cloud Roadmap Service, are part of a larger portfolio of HP consulting services for enterprise customers looking at cloud services.
“While many organizations [...]
Huawei Technologies says that its SingleRAN (single radio access network) platform now offers significant savings for mobile operators struggling with multiple technologies and services on their networks.
Robert Fox, chief branding officer at Huawei, told Green Telecom Live that SingleRAN is designed with a core set of components, including a single set of batteries, power supply [...]
The world’s largest mobile operator by subscriber, China Mobile, has made the ambitious pledge of reducing its energy consumption per unit of revenue by 40% of its 2005 levels by next year, according to a report attributed to the China Daily.
The operator’s target would effectively see a 8 billion kWh reduction in energy consumption, and [...]
Cable&Wireless Worldwide announced today that it has secured a 15-year, £270 million deal with National Grid, the operator of the UK HV Electricity Grid. Under the scope of the deal, C&W will design, deliver and manage a dedicated Next Generation Operational Telecommunications Network (OpTel NGN) to support National Grid’s Core Network Infrastructure and Operational Systems, [...]
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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 [...]