Market researchers, Research and Markets, has published the Worldwide Cloud Computing Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2009-2015, a 609-page report that is available for US$3,400, according to which the cloud computing market will reach a whooping US$160.2 billion by 2015, from a base of US$36 billion in 2008.
From the press release, the company doesn’t exactly [...]
NASDAQ-listed Indian ISP Sify Technologies says it will likely spend up to US$100 million in data centre infrastructure over the next two years to supplement its four existing centres in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
The company revealed its investment strategy at an awards ceremony for its latest data centre at Airoli, Mumbai, which took home the [...]
This is a pretty cool video of how Sun is walking the walk and not just talking the talk when it comes to its data centre efficiency strategy. Listen to Dean Nelson, director of Global Lab & Data Centre Design Services at Sun Microsystems, tell how the company basically reinvented its data centre infrastructure through [...]
Sun Microsystems and Emerson Network Power have joined up in a global alliance to help data centre operators drive efficiencies into new and existing facilities. In other words, the two companies have banded together to sell a package solution consisting of each other’s products for data centre operators.
According to the companies, experts from Sun (data [...]
It seems a little bit of an overkill to solve data centre cooling issues, but the graphic itself is worth a post. According to CFdesign, a number of companies have deployed its upfront CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software and its Consulting Services Team to analyst air flow and to optimise cooling in their data centres.
As [...]
A new partnership between APC by Schneider Electric and Imprint Enterprises, a network and data center solutions provider, will link up directly with Colorado and Minnesota power utility Xcel Energy, to provide pre-approved data centre energy efficiency assessments for businesses.
Under the scope of the partnership, APC and Imprint will now offer their assessment services to [...]
Less than a month after it took the stealth shield off of its data centre operations, Yahoo is again making news with the construction of what the company claims may be the world’s most energy efficient data centre.
According to this blog post by David Filo, co-founder and Chief Yahoo, the company’s new data centre, to [...]
Solar panels and an ice cooling system could reduce the energy costs of a new facility from US operator, i/o Data Centers.
According to this report in Data Center Knowledge, the i/o’s new 538,000 sq. ft. Phoenix ONE facility will feature a 4.5-megawatt solar power system to supplement its overall energy draw from the grid [...]
Mirroring similar initiatives outlined by the Japanese and US governments, the UK is calling for the adoption of cloud computing services for future government ICT requirements.
“All those Government bodies likely to procure ICT services should look to do so on a scaleable, cloud basis such that other public bodies can benefit from the new capability,” [...]
By Pamela Perez, CommsDay International
BT has launched a new virtual data center service that will form the basis of its cloud-computing strategy. The centre is designed to give organisations low-cost access to cloud-based virtual server, storage, security and networking capabilities.
“VDC is the basis of our cloud-computing offering,” Neil Sutton, BT Global Services’ product chief said. [...]
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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 [...]