Cloud computingEver since data centre energy efficiency made headlines for the amount of power they consumed, and the amount of carbon emissions they generated, major content providers like Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and many others have stepped up their efforts to be more transparent when it comes to the environmental profile of their data centre infrastructure. [...]
Originally published on Communications Day The industry’s focus on data centres as the main producers of carbon dioxide emissions in the ICT sector misses the point, according to a new white paper by the Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications at the University of Melbourne. According to ‘The Power of Wireless Cloud’ report, access networks and [...]
Cisco has launched a new marketing campaign and corporate slogan that says 99% of the world is still not online. The new campaign is based on the concept of the Internet of Everything, where not just people, but things will be connected to the global network, allowing for a new generation of services. “It’s easy [...]
Swedish power systems specialist for telecom infrastructure Flexenclosure has opened its four office this year, this time in Islamabad, Pakistan. According to the company, it has seen good traction in Africa and Asia for its eSite mobile site power management solution as well as its eCentre modular data centre solution. The new office in Islamabad, [...]
One way to reduce energy consumption in the enterprise is to minimise the use of desktop PCs. And one way to do that is to deploy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that work on the cloud rather than storing and running applications and data from the cloud. That’s the kind of solutions that Huawei has brought [...]
Vodafone and IBM is together in the smart home business, demonstrating in Berlin last week a solution that allows for remote management of household appliances. The smart home showcase features IBM’s SmartCloud Service Delivery Platform, and Vodafone’s Global M2M Platform. According to the companies, M2M will enable appliances to feed data back to service providers [...]
Silver Spring Networks, a provide of smart grid infrastructure solutions, has launched a suite of cloud-based services for utility operators. The SilverLink Cloud services provide insight-as-a-service features, including SilverLink Console, a real-time application and field network monitoring, alerts, and performance data, and Operations Center, which allow customers to easily integrate Silver Spring alerts, configuration and [...]
Customers can play a key role in enabling sustainability practices by adjusting their requirements from their vendors, says Equinix. In a blog post, Equinix notes that current customer requirements are based on legacy performance criteria, which makes it difficult for even the greenest vendors to make further inroads for sustainability. According to Equinix, technology advances [...]
Facebook’s new Prineville Data Centre in Oregon now has a PUE of 1.08, as compared to the EPA standard of 1.5 PUE for state-of-the-art data centres, the company said. According to a manager of the facility, Ken Patchett, the site is now 72% more efficient than typical data centres out there, which gives Facebook more [...]
Australia’s Metronode, a subsidiary of Leighton Contractors, has signed a A$182 million contract with the New South Wales Government under the Data Centre Reform project for the provision of two managed data centres in NSW. This significant contract will see Metronode build two new large-scale energy efficient data centres in NSW – one located in [...]
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 [...]