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, [...]
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, [...]
Silicon Valley-based SeaMicro says its new server, SM10000-64HD, is now setting new records for energy efficiency and compute density for servers.
According to SeaMicro, the SM10000-64HD can replace 60 traditional servers, four top of rack switches, four terminal servers ad a load balancer while using one-fourth the power and taking one-sixth the space.
Those figures now improves [...]
AT&T, BT, Orange Business Services, Swisscom and Telefonica, have been name as leaders in the Green Quadrant report from research firm, Verdantix.
The report compared ten sustainable telecoms solutions provided by 18 of the largest telecoms operators in the European market, such as video conferencing, online collaboration, and cloud computing.
According to Verdantix, five telcos – AT&T, [...]
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. [...]
Microsoft revealed at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles further details on its cloud initiatives, including its cloud marketplace as well as adoption rate for the Office 365 cloud service.
According to Satya Nadella, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, partners can now sell their applications via the Windows Azure Marketplace to [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]