A Microsoft blog post revealed the results of a report compiled by the company and its partners, Accentura and WSP Environment & Energy, which found that cloud-based use of its Exchange, Sharepoint and Dynamics CRM solutions can reduce carbon emissions by over 90% compared to on-premise installations on a per-user basis.
The savings are typically more [...]
Four out of 10 SMEs will adopt some kind of cloud computing technology in 3 years time, a Microsoft report has found. Microsoft’s third annual survey of this type were based on responses from 3,258 companies with 2-250 employees in 16 countries.
While the number sounds high, it is only marginally higher than the adoption rate [...]
While wireless technology is being deployed for smart metres, not all consumers are happy having a wireless radio inside their home. According to a report from Earth Techling, US utility firm, Pacific Gas & Electric, has basically had to offer an option to ‘dumb’ their smart metres for customers who don’t want any wireless network [...]
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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 [...]