via: Cloud Computing is Greener – Andrew Winston – Harvard Business Review.
Cloud computing is all the rage. In its simplest terms, it means outsourcing your company’s information technology (IT) needs, from data and storage to software. All the servers and applications sit elsewhere in the Internet “cloud,” but more literally in a [...]
via: Cloud Computing Not Only Way for Feds to Boost Efficiency, Save Money | Blogs | ITBusinessEdge.com.
As I’ve written a couple of times, most recently earlier this month, government procurement appears to broken, a problem that is contributing to the spiraling federal debt. Just how bad is the problem of runaway procurement? Check [...]
Power systems specialist, APC by Schneider, has unveiled a new strategy that will focus on helping data centre operators drive energy efficiency through the implementation of its traditional power and power management solutions, but in an architecture that features enhanced integration and automation of the passive infrastructure within facilities.
The new solution, dubbed InfraStruxure, was unveiled [...]
The COP16 global climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico, closed on a more optimistic mood than it opened. Many people thought a political deal was not possible, but by the conference close the global community had agreed actions, including a Green Climate Fund, that surprised many observers. It was also a successful week for Ericsson [...]
RepuTex, a research and advisory firm, specialising in carbon risk analytics for global companies and investment professionals, has released an very interesting report on a major disparity between the amount of CO2 emissions a country emits verses the emissions reported by that country’s businesses.
“Research undertaken by carbon analytics firm, RepuTex, indicates that a major disparity [...]
GE and Ingersoll Rand has launched an intelligent building automation platform for data centres.
To start off with, GE and Ingersoll Rand’s HVAC business, Trane, are working together on a solution for GE’s Ohio-based data centre featuring some 29,000 square feet of raised floor. The area equals six full sized basketball fields and includes more than [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been recognized by Greenpeace with a top ranking on their Cool IT Leaderboard as one of the IT companies with “the boldest and most encompassing industry efforts to address climate change to date”
The Cool IT Leaderboard ranks global IT brands on their efforts to build emission-slashing innovations, mitigate their own [...]
I had a very pleasant lunch with Shawn Covell, head of Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative, which acts on behalf of the company to fund non-profit projects across the world to promote the use of wireless technologies in mostly underdeveloped markets.
Her job is mostly about philanthropy, bringing connectivity and access to the Internet to often underprivileged [...]
A core part of Green Telecom Live’s theme is to promote carbon accountability in the telecoms industry. As such, we have produced the first ever research report into the carbon performance and the strategies of the world’s top telcos, according to the Fortune Global 500 list of such companies in 2009.
The research was compiled through [...]
One of the foremost thinkers in the business world today sees the trend for going green as seat belts were to the automotive industry back when they were first introduced.
“I’m one of those people who believe that green technology now is now in the process of becoming like safety in the automotive industry. In the [...]
Recent tweets
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 [...]