Yesterday, I wrote about NetSuite’s claim that cloud computing platforms can save users and indeed the world, carbon emissions, but I also noted some facts that were left out of the press release and the study that it was based on, conducted by environmental consultants, Greenspace.
Today, Jason Howard, CEO and Founder of Greenspace, wrote to [...]
Cloud-based business management software vendor, NetSuite, claims that customers using the company’s cloud-based SaaS, ERP and CRM services are saving the equivalent of 423,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide every year, but conveniently omits the important fact that at least some of those emissions are now generated by its own data centres.
The report, conducted by [...]
New Zealand electricity distribution network operator, Orion, has reportedly began a smart grid implementation with a solution from GE Energy. The project, claimed to be the first in the country, will deploy GE’s ENMAC Distribution Management System, which will help Orion monitor the distribution grid and give operators an accurate, real-time picture of power flow, [...]
IBM launched its CloudBurst solution last month, which the company says, will allow companies/anybody to set up their own cloud service offering in a matter of days.
Well, you’ve heard of data centre in a box. CloudBurst is essentially cloud computing in a box (package?) Everything you need to create a cloud platform, complete with an [...]
If you happen to be building a new home and have the money to invest in all new GE technologies, then you can have one build that will power itself at no cost as early as 2015. The Net Zero Energy Home concept combines GE’s energy efficient appliances and lighting, the company’s new energy management [...]
Water will also play an important role in maintaining sustainability, according to a new report from Lux Research. While much of the release is focused on the consumption of water in energy production, it makes interesting reading in that it weighs carbon intensity with water usage.
What do we care? Besides the fact that water is [...]
A new partnership between APC by Schneider Electric and Imprint Enterprises, a network and data center solutions provider, will link up directly with Colorado and Minnesota power utility Xcel Energy, to provide pre-approved data centre energy efficiency assessments for businesses.
Under the scope of the partnership, APC and Imprint will now offer their assessment services to [...]
While cloud computing is supposed to offer much less complexity to enterprise users, since it takes over the ownership and management of underlying IT infrastructures, the opposite may also be true with the proliferation of multiple cloud offerings, service contracts, SLAs, applications and so on, according to research house, Gartner.
The basic concept is that cloud [...]
Salesforce.com has expanded its infrastructure to the Asia Pacific with its first data centre outside the US to support its growing portfolio of international customers.
Along with its two North American data centres, the company has launched a new facility in Singapore, which includes a new data centre as well as a network operations centre.
“The new [...]
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 [...]