Tony Chan is a seasoned ICT journalist based in Hong Kong with a strong interest in bringing together industry leaders to foster sustainable IT and telecommunications practices, solutions and services.
Cable&Wireless Worldwide has entered in an agreement with Silver Spring Networks to work on rolling out smart grid and smart meters in the UK. The pact includes the development of the communications fabric, including IPv6, to support smart grid and smart meters.
According to the operators, the network will be upgradable in the future and enable [...]
Some folks at Microsoft Research and the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia have tabled an idea that is both radical and utilitarian at the same time.
The idea is centered around so-called, Data Furnaces, basically, servers, or clusters of servers, that will act as heaters inside homes or buildings.
The researchers note that: “phyiscally, [...]
The Intelligent Community Forum, the organisation that hosts an annual award on the world’s most intelligent communities, has released a self-test for community leaders thinking of submitting their city or town for the program.
“Community leaders often ask ICF if we think their community could be a serious contender for our Intelligent Community Awards program. It [...]
GM and telematics service provider, OnStar, will launch a smart grid application trial that will give utilities insight into the real world demand parameters of electric vehicles.
The trial will involve “hundreds of employees of regional utilities,” who will drive leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday vehicles during the third quarter. Based on OnStar’s Advanced Telematics [...]
A new study from the Carbon Disclosure Project has concluded that cloud computing can offer significant energy savings for large US companies, resulting in emissions savings by 2020 equivalent to 200 million barrels of oil, or enough power for 5.7 million cars for a year.
Those figures, however, might not be enough to offset the organic [...]
The Chinese city of Harbin, better known for its annual ice sculpture festival in the depth of winter, has signed partners for its cloud computing valley development.
According to Xinhua, the country’s official news agency, a group called the Gopha Group is now investing in a project called, “China Cloud Valley,” in the capital of China’s [...]
Originally published in CommsDay International
Cloud Valley, the latest venture from Edward Suning Tien, the founder of AsiaInfo and China Netcom, is nothing less than a complete cloud computing ecosystem located in the southeast part of Beijing.
According to Charles Mok, the founder of Hong Kong affiliate Cloud Valley Networks (HK) Ltd., Cloud Valley will combine investment, [...]
This is a very cool concept that doesn’t have much to do with telecoms, but certainly worth a mention. A new residential complex being proposed by Scandinavian architects, C.F. Moller in collaboration with energy consultants, Cenergia, for the Aalborg Waterfront in Denmark will see all 60 apartments powered by renewable energy.
The unique design looks somewhat [...]
A new company in Raleigh, North Carolina, has unveiled the novel idea of creating an energy storage network that will help utilities load balance their generation requirements.
Green Charge Networks’ new GreenStation product is an energy storage and management device that is designed to be deployed in public and commercial facilities such as grocery stores and [...]
Polycom has released what it calls a “comprehensive video solution” for small and medium businesses. The package, named Polycom RealPresence Ready, consists of two Polycom HDX 6000 room systems, one Polycom HDX 7000 system, and five Polycom Telepresence m100 software licenses.
According to Polycom, the new solution now “delivers high-quality, reliable and secure conversations with Polycom [...]
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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 [...]