Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, has signed up as a value-added reseller of On-Ramp Wireless’s Ultra-Link Processing wireless systems in North America and the UK. As SAIC deploys Smart Grid as a Service (SGS) for utility customers, this agreement will enable the companies to offer complete system solutions to address all aspects of the [...]
Computer peripheral giant, Logitech, has released a solar-powered wireless keyboard for Apple Mac users. The new gear has a strip of solar panels along the top, which will work inside office lighting, and of course, in the sun. The keyboard will also operate for up to 3 months on a full charge without any light, [...]
AT&T is building a new submarine cable system by pulling up a couple of decommission cables and relaying the fibres. The system, dubbed GOKI, will link up Guam, Okinawa and Kyushu in Japan and Incheon in Korea. The project will be deployed using a solution from Xtera Communications and Kokusai Cable Ship Co. (KCS) – [...]
Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Electric, and Mitsubishi Corp., is set to trial a new energy storage system that will use electric vehicles as battery banks when they are parked. The project, dubbed “V2X,” will be rolled out in a trial deployment at the parking facility of Mitsubishi Motors’ Nagoya plant by March 2012, and will use [...]
Data centres are notorious energy hogs that put them beyond the reach of most renewable energy sources. Today, the only way that a data centre can be powered by renewable energy is when it is built next to a hydro electric dam, or in a market where the utility power is from a renewable source [...]
A new report has identified networks will be the foundation for intelligent communities in the future, and telecoms operators will play a critical role in facilitating that future. The report, “Delivering Next Generation Citizen Services” by market researchers IDC, and sponsored by Cisco Systems, concludes that the network will be the key component to more [...]
One of the biggest decisions for utility companies when it comes to implementing smart grids is their choice of communications technology to connect their grid and the smart meters of customers. For one of the forerunners of smart grids, Duke Energy, the decision is to go with wireless carriers and owners of existing fibre infrastructure, [...]
It is arguably the most important question for green telecoms practices. While it’s always good to get as much life out of existing resources as possible, there are just times when you simply need to upgrade to a new system, either for performance, cost, or efficiency reasons. For Vedder Price, a Chicago-headquartered law firm, the [...]
AT&T, whose network already connects some 13 million smart electric metres on its wireless network, has teamed up with grid application developer, Digi, to enable more advanced applications on smart grids. According to AT&T, it is now working with Digi to jointly offer Digi X-Grid Solutions, a suite of products and services designed to connect [...]
Software-giant, SAP, is preparing to launch a new smart meter data management solution called, SAP Smart Meter Analytics. According to a report by greentechgrid, the solution will use the company’s in-memory computing technology to process in real-time data coming in from meters, SCADA and other sources. The benefit to the solution is its ability to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]