*Posted by Rob Aldrich for Jenny Carless, contributor to News@Cisco* The smart grid is not just about smart technology – it’s also about how people use that technology to be smarter about their own behavior. Business and municipal leaders have …Read more.
Posted by Rob Aldrich on October 18, 2009 at 06:59PM
As a follow up to my last blog, I’m happy to say that ATIS has taken the final step in publishing a groundbreaking standard for networking energy efficiency. For those who like the details: I’m referring to the newly published …Read more.
Posted by Hugh Barrass on July 22, 2009 at 04:58PM
Late last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive energy and climate change legislation that would set our country on a path to reduce its emissions to 83% below 2005 levels by 2050, among other things. If it becomes …Read more.
Posted by Laura Ipsen on July 01, 2009 at 01:52PM
When it comes to addressing the world’s energy and environmental challenges, technology has a powerful role to play. Technology can transform how cities manage traffic, how the electrical grid delivers energy to consumers, and how enterprises manage energy consumption across …Read more.
Posted by Dave Frampton on June 23, 2009 at 01:29PM
Over the past few months, we’ve offered a number of Ecolibrium blogs on the subject of Cisco EnergyWise, the energy management software available for Catalyst switches. This technology has drawn much interest from inside and outside the IT industry. We …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on June 10, 2009 at 08:42AM
As part of Earth Day, Cisco and the City and County of San Francisco (our namesake!!) today announced Urban EcoMap, an Internet-based tool that enables cities around the world to provide smarter climate change information for their citizens. For the …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on April 22, 2009 at 09:31AM
CNBC Reports: “With Earth Day just days away, the bosses of General Electric and Cisco Systems talked about their high hopes for a smart grid initiative underway in Miami, which is expected to be a model for roll out across …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on April 20, 2009 at 10:08AM
In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. – F.D.R., Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 In …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on March 23, 2009 at 09:17AM
In a guest post on GigaOm.com, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers argues that the U.S. needs “a broadband strategy befitting a country that has long been a technology leader and innovator.” He states, in part, “Now that President Obama …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on March 04, 2009 at 05:00AM
Viva España! What a thrill it was to see the excitement generated by the EnergyWise launch in Barcelona at Networkers, our European users’ group conference. In the keynote, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers showcased the savings you can realize …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on February 05, 2009 at 11:33AM
I’ve been involved in networking standards work at Cisco for 12 years and I’m currently helping with a major program that I think will lead to some of the most important standards and developments that I’ve seen during my time …Read more.
Posted by Hugh Barrass on February 02, 2009 at 10:13AM
Today was a very good day. Guppies everywhere take note. With a little hype we announced the first energy management application in the IT industry using the network as the platform for monitoring and controlling infrastructure. Cisco EnergyWise was announced …Read more.
Posted by Rob Aldrich on January 27, 2009 at 11:39AM
A very worthy recent posting by the Sierra Club offered a Top Ten list of ways to work greener. It can be found at http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2007/03/10_ways_to_go_g.html. In reading this Sierra Club entry, I was reminded of a presentation I first did …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on January 23, 2009 at 02:15PM
High energy prices are great! Before you call for my head, let me finish. Nothing is a louder call-to-action than skyrocketing costs. And the action is heating up (Pardon the pun!) in both our personal and professional lives. Stay-at-home vacationing …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on January 20, 2009 at 03:14PM
Well… sort of. Had an interesting “Green” data center discussion at a conference this week that addressed some nuance on the developing taxonomy of energy efficiency in IT. So… to pose a specific question: Will adopting energy efficient solutions from …Read more.
Posted by Rob Aldrich on December 19, 2008 at 08:53PM
You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure With all the hype in the media today it is difficult to weed through the noise to determine what individual steps we can take to shift our global community to more sustainable models. …Read more.
Posted by Rob Aldrich on December 19, 2008 at 01:50PM
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