This did actually make me smile. Nortel’s energy calculator has obviously ruffled some feathers over at Cisco. They have posted this response on youtube:

Actually, getting real power consumption figures for network kit is very tricky. Experiments here suggest that consumption varies by use (both traffic/processor load and what is plugged in). But at least we [...]

This week I’m in New York, for Interop and Web 2.0. There is lots going off here, but I’m looking for the critically important things that would otherwise be drowned out in the noise.
The most interesting network technology session was actually at the Web 2.0 show: “Electricity as the new Internet” (looks like you can [...]

Nice post over at saastainability lead me to an article on Information Age: Virtualising the desktop. I mentioned VMWare in yesterday’s Energy Efficiency in the Data Center post, and had a bit of an update from them at a recent storage event. Life is getting pretty interesting in the space, with Microsoft sticking their oar in too.
The most [...]

A 1U server, running 24×7, produces more emmisions than a Toyota Camry driving 15,000 miles per year. According to Cisco calculations. Regardless of the maths, most of the industry is getting pretty hot on the environmental issues with IT. Vendors and customers alike have been impacted by regulations like RoHS and WEE, which deal with the cradle and the grave impacts of kit, now the spotlight is on the power that gets used in between.