Supercomputers are, well super, because they process billions of computations per millionth of a second to solve complex scientific problems, but they are also super power hungry.
For decades, the world has been building supercomputers by creating faster and faster microprocessors. The problem is processing data generates heat, so they need cooling, which uses energy. [...]
Originally published in Communications Day
The Australian Federal Government’s new carbon tax of $23 per tonne could cost the country’s incumbent operator, Telstra, nearly $40 million annually, but how much it will costs the rest of the industry is still up in the air.
According to the carbon tax plan unveiled on Sunday by Prime Minister Julie [...]
Japan’s data centres won’t be impacted by the government’s mandate for all corporations to reduce their power consumption by 15% starting this month.
According to a report from Seeking Alpha, data centres will be exempt from the power conservations restrictions, that will be applied across corporations operating in the country. The policy puts data centres in [...]
SITA, the air transport industry IT specialist, and global communications provider, Orange Business Services – the former communications arm of SITA, have agreed to jointly build a global, high performance, managed cloud computing infrastructure and offering.
The new platform will see six seamlessly interconnected Tier III+ and Tier IV data centres in five continents, in Atlanta, [...]
The Asia Cloud Computing Association (Asia Cloud)
is launching a “Cloud Readiness Index” designed to track the region’s
progress towards a complete spectrum of cloud computing-based
infrastructures and services. By mapping the conditions and criteria
required for successful implementation and uptake, the association aims to
identify potential bottlenecks that could slow adoption and threaten Asia’s
digital future.
The new “Cloud Readiness Index” [...]
Major telecoms operators around the world will now be selling desktop software, albeit via the cloud. SingTel, Telstra, NTT Communications, Vodafone, Bell Canada, and Telefonica, have all signed up to distribute, or as Microsoft puts it, syndicate, Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 offering.
Basically, Office 365 will give a user a package of software – Office, Exchange, [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Schneider Electric announced that its EcoStruxure solution architecture will integrate IBM’s recently announced Intelligent Building Management Solution (IIBM).
EcoStruxure is Schneider Electric’s comprehensive active energy management architecture portfolio that connects five domains of business expertise – power, white space, process and machines, building control, and physical security – within an open and flexible [...]
Russia is reportedly prepared to build a subsea cable that will pipe electricity to power-stricken Japan following the devastating earthquake that damaged a major nuclear power plant in Fukushima and caused widespread panic in the region.
According to the voice of Russia report, the project to link the Russian island of Sakhalin to Hokkaido was unveiled [...]
The Australian government has released a cloud computing strategic direction paper that allows its agencies to choose cloud-based services where they demonstrate value for money and adequate security.
While the paper highlights continual challenges to cloud computing adoption, such as security and privacy, it also highlights several agencies that have started pilots and proof-of-concept projects.
According to [...]
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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 [...]
