BT Conferencing has introduced a tool called, Engage Tracker, a travel and carbon savings tool that helps companies document monetary savings resulting from the use of video conferencing. Engage Tracker will offer real-time reporting capabilities and the ability to calculate employee travel costs avoided through the use of video conferencing, as well as related carbon [...]
AT&T has formed a Business Sustainability Advisory Council aimed at helping the world’s businesses quantify the impact of ICT-enabled solutions for greenhouse gas reductions. The council has already signed up the Carbon Disclosure Project, Cisco Systems, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the University of Colorado Denver, and the University of Texas at Austin as [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks is seeking applications and partnerships with the energy sector, claiming a similarity with its core business in the telecoms industry.
The company says that it will use its existing portfolio, combined with new partnerships to address opportunities in the energy sector. NSN adds that demand for renewable energy, intelligent power grids and smart [...]
ITU secretary general Dr Hamadoun Toure has issued a statement laying out what he wants to see at the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. Deemed “an urgent plea to COP15,” the statement asks delegates not to miss the opportunity of harnessing advanced technologies to reduce emissions across different [...]
GSMA’s recently announced Green Manifesto is a milestone in that it represents the first official pledge by the telecoms industry (albeit primarily mobile) to combat the effects of climate change. Not only does the document set a target for the mobile industry to curb its own emissions, but also offers a systematic (somewhat) analysis of [...]
CA, formerly Computer Associates, has officially launched its CA ecoSoftware suite aimed at helping corporations better manage the implementation, progress and outcomes of global sustainability initiatives.
As reported earlier on Green Telecom Live, CA ecoSoftware is also being deployed by UK supermarket chain, Tesco, to reduce its carbon footprint.
The two new CA ecoSoftware products include CA [...]
HP already had a sensor system for determining data centre cooling performance, but starting January 2010, the company will also provide you with a host of software tools that give you a graphical view of your data centre’s environment. The HP Data Center Environmental Edge product now leverages wireless sensor technology to provide graphical visualisation [...]
You know a product or service is hitting the sweet spot when companies who previously provided competing services are embracing it as one of their own. That seems to be what is happening with Telepresence. While hotels were one of the first industries to set up Telepresence for their clients, that move was quite understandable [...]
Google will be bringing its PowerMeter energy management application to the UK with first:utility, a gas and electricity provider with around 30,000 customers.
first:utility, which provides free smart metres to its customers, said the service will launch in early November and be available to customers at no extra charge.
Mark Daeche, first:utility’s Chief Executive, said: “Ever since [...]
The Australian government is launching a A$100m tender for smart grid projects in the country, but at least one commentator notes that few energy companies have shown interest in the topic, according to a report in our partner publications, Communications Day.
The joint announcement by the ministers in the communications, environment and energy sectors calls for [...]
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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 [...]