The proliferation of video and other forms of rich media is changing the nature of networks today, a trend that calls for a new generation of equipment and technologies at the network level, says Cisco.
The company announced at its C-Scape annual analysts briefing event yesterday, what it calls its medianet strategy, which will provide the […]

The emergence of cloud and grid computing across the globe is giving birth to a new business, one that registered and connects massive networks of computing resources with organizations that require those resources.
In an article published by International Science Grid This Week, author Danielle Venton at EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-Science), an European Commission co-funded […]

By Petroc Wilton, CommsDay
New research has warned that increasing demands for broadband capacity will lead to surging energy requirements, threatening to choke internet speeds. The internet power consumption model developed by the University of Melbourne also suggested that the situation can be averted – but only if industry and governments begin to act now.
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Cisco Systems plans to launch a consumer version of its HD teleconferencing solution next year. CEO John Chambers told reporters the company was confident it could crack the consumer market with “high definition capabilities for TelePresence into the home” by next winter despite a faltering global economy. But he may be optimistic.
The enterprise version of […]

Cisco Systems announced a new flagship Carrier Ethernet-based Aggregation Router product that the company says is especially designed to support the massive amount of IP traffic expected in networks. Cisco unveiled the ASR 9000, which features a maximum switching capacity of 6.4 Tbps and per slot capacity of 400Gbps.
The new ASR9000 is designed for the […]

Juniper Networks and Ixia, a provider of IP performance testing services, have set up a new Energy Consumption Rating (ECR) Initiative designed to test the energy efficiency of telecoms equipment and networks.
The effort, set up in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, consists of a set of standard tests on a range of equipment categories, […]

The International Telecommunications Union concluded its first ever Global Standards Symposium this week with the determination to call for more ‘aggressive action’ to streamline standardisation work and end duplication of efforts within the sector.
The event, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, was attended by government Ministers, diplomats, senior executives from the private sector and lead offices […]

Australia ISP, Internode, says it will now purchase all its power from green sources despite having to pay a 20% premium on its electricity supply.
Internode, which achieved carbon neutral status last year through the purchase of carbon credit offsets, will now buy green power in Australia from ‘fully audited sources,’ says Internode managing director Simon […]

The emerging capabilities of cloud computing environments holds the potential to drive efficiency of IT infrastructure as much as 100 fold, according to estimates of one application services provider.
READ the full interview with Graham Weston here
According to the chairman of Rackspace Hosting, Graham Weston, cloud computing, by driving up the utilization of data centre infrastructure, […]

Green Telecom’s Tony Chan speaks to Rackspace Hosting chairman, Graham Weston, on the company’s approach to green practices, what’s makes a green data centre and what’s the real significance of virtualisation.
Green Telecom: So what is Rackspace Hosting’s approach to ‘green’ practices?
Graham Weston: Two three years ago, we actually switched to AMD processors because they drew […]