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.
As someone who writes about green telecommunications practices, the focus for me has always been on driving energy efficiency at increasingly power-hungry data centres, especially those powering big cloud services.
Greenpeace however has highlighted another key aspect of the insatiable appetite for power from data centre – the fact that most of them are powered by [...]
Last week, Orange Business and Verizon interconnected their Telepresence networks so users on either network can dial into the end-points of both networks.
As you might imagine, one of the biggest issues with video communications is that there has so far been no universal numbering system, so even if both ends have video communications equipment, they [...]
Here is a very cool timelapse video of how Metronode put up its data centre in Melbourne – in just 7 months. It also shows how effective the BladeRoom data halls in facilitating the construction process.
According to Malcolm Roe, GM at Metronode, the facility used 21 data centre module, 14 office modules, and 7 roof [...]
Metronode, the data centre operation of Australia’s Leighton group, unveiled ambitious plans to achieve PUE levels for its new Sydney and Melbourne sites that match the world’s most efficient facilities.
According to Metronode GM Malcolm Roe, the two sites will deploy a containerised data centre design from UK’s BladeRoom, as well as free air cooling that [...]
The 2nd Green ICT Application Challenge, organised by the ITU and Telefonica, has extended its deadline for submission to 31 May 2012.
The challenge is seeking submission of Concept Papers (maximum 6,000 words) describing a new ICT application that can reduce global energy intensity. The proposed application can be made of any kind of software tool, [...]
The roll out of smart grids might just be like the launch of the Titanic 100 years ago – full of promise by heading towards iceberg-laden waters, wrote an expert on the Smart Grid Library blog.
“Even as we note the 100 year anniversary of that maritime tragedy, we need to consider the fragility of another [...]
One apparent network security expert, David Chalk, has issued a warning to the smart grid sector that catastrophic failure of the power grid as a result of hacking is inevitable.
In an online interview for a documentary film called, ‘Take Back Your Power‘, Chalk – dubbed a ‘hacking expert’ by the filmmakers – asserted a 100% [...]
Microsoft won what is reportedly its biggest cloud computing deployment yet, sealing a contract to supply its software and services to some 7.5 million students and professors across technical colleges at All India Council For Technical Education.
As part of the deal, Microsoft will supply its Live.edu suite of services, which includes Outlook Live, Office Live, [...]
Here is a really cool infographic from Cisco on its raison d’etre and how it sees the world. Interesting tidbits:
IP traffic will quadruple by 2014 due to video
50 billion devices on the Internet by 2020
30% of all data to pass through the cloud by 2020
There are some pretty daunting data points, like the fact that [...]
Mobile operators can tap into a potential market of US$1 billion from the supply of networking services to smart grid deployments, says new research from Pike Research.
According to the market researchers, utilities have so far ignored public cellular networks for their smart grid initiatives, but that is about to change. A confluence of factors is [...]
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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 [...]