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: Paris, June 30, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent has joined a group of international organizations to launch The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2011 edition, a sweeping country-by-country analysis of the role innovation is playing in the growth, prosperity and sustainability of both mature and emerging economies.
The GII report provides a wealth of data that social [...]
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 [...]
Swisscom has joined the Global e-Sustainability Initiatives (GeSI), an international strategic partnership of Information Communications Technology companies and industry associations that aims to create and promote technologies and practices that foster economic, environment, and social sustainability. Swisscom joins big IT and telecoms names like HP, Cisco, AT&T, Verizon, Telefonica, KPN, China Telecom, Microsoft, Ericsson, BT, [...]
ITU has taken a page out of Apple’s USB-based power plugs. According to the ITU, the new solution will feature a detachable cable with standardised end connectors that now support connection to many different devices, including all mobile phones and other handhelds.
By separating the power plug from the cable, the new system will also support [...]
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 [...]
IBM Australia has reportedly forayed into the public cloud services sector with a new offering that targets mid-tier enterprises and SMBs. Instead of simply selling private cloud infrastructure to large enterprises, the new offering will allow its customers to subscribe to different service levels on shared computing resources in an IBM data centre.
The service is [...]
The United Nations telecommunications agency has launched a new contest that will reward US$10,000 to developers who come up with the most innovative mobile applications that tackles the subject of climate change.
The winner of the Green ICT Applications Challenge, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), will also have their application showcased at [...]
A couple of French inventors have developed a photovoltaic film solution for cell phone screens. The inventors are named Louis Deblois and Joel Gilbert and their company is called, Wysips.
According to the associated report, the solution will fully charge a phone in 6 hours, while a 1-hour charging will yield 30 minutes of talk time. [...]
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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 [...]
