Network Vendors Play The Green Card

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Sep 24 2010) Carbon Footprint , Networking

1. Data centres could make "huge" energy savings through lower energy networks, says Juniper. The contribution of networking equipment to a data centre’s carbon footprint is often neglected, largely because the amount of energy used by the network is a relatively small proportion of the overall consumption of a data centre. However, with the data demands on networks constantly growing, networking companies are coming under increasing pressure to offer greener switches – to deliver savings in cost as well as carbon. This translates into an opportunity for network switch makers to distinguish themselves from each other – and also to put pressure on the market leader, Cisco. While the network giant promises to support greener data centres, its rivals are increasingly using hard power consumption figures – and green commitments – as a competitive bargaining chip with customers. (Read Full Article)

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