Cisco Borderless Networks at Interop New York 2009 - By the way, what is Borderless Networks?

Interop New York 2009 kicked off with a keynote by Marie Hattar, Cisco VP of Network Systems and Security, on “Business Transformation in a World Without Borders”   This  keynote was followed up with a lot of buzz on the show …Read more.

Posted by Jennifer Geisler on November 19, 2009 at 12:19AM

Overcoming Borders and Improving the Network

A few weeks ago Cisco launched the ISR G2 and introduced the concept of “Borderless Networks.” Borderless Networks summarizes an architecture, or better yet – an implementation of the network that allows you to work the way you want anytime, …Read more.

Posted by Jennifer McAdams on November 05, 2009 at 01:10PM

I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

In the 1980s, there was an American television show called The A-Team. The lead character in that series, ‘Hannibal’ Smith (played by George Peppard) had a catch-phrase that turned up in most episodes: “I love it when a plan comes together.” That’s …Read more.

Posted by Marie Hattar on September 28, 2009 at 01:01PM

Build it Right the First Time

We’ve recently embarked on an logical extension of the Advanced Services we’ve been providing for efficiency assessments for the last 24 months.  Our Facilities Design Specification Service is uncovering some interesting new approaches to energy efficient data center design.  Since …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on September 18, 2009 at 09:30PM

Modeling Your Efficiency

We’ve recently embarked on an logical extension of the Advanced Services we’ve been providing for efficiency assessments for the last 24 months.  Our Facilities Design Specification Service is uncovering some interesting new approaches to energy efficient data center design.  Since …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on September 18, 2009 at 08:26PM

When is the Data Center Ready for Energy Management?

A good report was issued last week from The 451 Group, written by Andy Lawerence.  They issued another insightful report last year called Eco-Efficient IT and appear to be an analyst body spending some real cycles on digging past the …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on August 24, 2009 at 03:33PM

Energy Management in the Data Center - New Report

A good report was issued last week from The 451 Group, written by Andy Lawerence.  They issued another insightful report last year called Eco-Efficient IT and appear to be an analyst body spending some real cycles on digging past the …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on August 24, 2009 at 02:40PM

Partnering for Energy Management

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

Cisco EnergyWise Demonstration from Interop Las Vegas 2009

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

Cisco: Best of Interop Awards 2009

Prashanth Shenoy and Tugba Goksel of Cisco discuss the three awards Cicso won at Interop 2009.  Cisco EnergyWise, WebEx Node and Unified Computing Systems. Learn more about how these products and solutions tie in to Cisco’s theme of “Redefining Innovation, …Read more.

Posted by John Earnhardt on May 19, 2009 at 09:14PM

Green IT Panel Discussion

Taken from the GigaOm Green:Net 09 show in San Francisco on March 24th.  Moderated by Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge, this is a good sampling of how large IT vendors are looking at Green from both an industry as …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on April 16, 2009 at 03:48PM

EnergyWise Timelines & Green IT

A quick overview on some of the progress being made in San Jose on EnergyWise.  As you will hear we are taking a staged approach as there is a lot of ground to cover.  It’s too early for us to …Read more.

Posted by Rob Aldrich on April 04, 2009 at 11:26PM

Cisco Manages Power Usage with EnergyWise

This screen is about to go off.  Not just yet, so do not panic; but very soon all network-attached devices will automatically turn off when not in use, thanks to an ingenious piece of software launched today at Cisco Networkers …Read more.

Posted by Jason Deign on January 27, 2009 at 02:49PM