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Green Conference

June 5, 2007

The world is going green and TMC wants to be part of the solution. As you may know back in 2002 (see the site courtesy of the WayBack machine in May of that year) we launched a publication called Alternative Power Magazine because we saw the need for alternative sources of energy. While we were early to spot the need for education regarding alternative energy sources, as of late it has become clear alternative energy is only part of the solution to the earth’s problems. Increasing pollution and global warming are a few of the problems gaining widespread recognition and the time has come for TMC to have a renewed a focus on this space. At the next Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Los Angeles, CA, September 10-12, 2007 you will find a full virtual track of green sessions which will be part of the first TMC Green Conference. Videoconferencing, collaboration, work at home technologies, etc are just a few of the topics you will learn about at this event. IP communications is actually an amazing technology as it affords us the ability to save hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel over the years. Telepresence for example saves not only time but massive quantities of corporate jet fuel. IP collaboration saves not only time but airline fuel and gas for cars. If you are looking to add the color of chlorophyll to your enterprise, be sure to come to the show and furthermore be sure to drop me a line if you can think of any high level speakers who symbolize the movement to green.

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Google Goes Green

June 6, 2007

Google announced today it has acquired PeakStream. The company makes tools for programming multiple processors and this technology can be applied to multicore chips such as GPUs or graphical processing units. Speculation exists the company may have made this purchase so as to allow Google’s servers to bring the GPUs into the mix when writing programs. Google’s programming language is highly abstracted from the hardware and if the company can find a way to leverage the powerful GPUs in the hundreds of thousands if not millions of servers it owns, the result could be an increase in server efficiency. In the end, this efficiency increase will save Google electricity, resources and of course time, as processing will take place much faster. This acquisition could be looked at as the ultimate “green” play… allowing Google to take advantage of millions of dormant graphical cores in its servers. As I mentioned yesterday, the world is going green, prompting TMC to launch it’s Green Conference in Los Angeles later this year.

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Green Technology World

June 12, 2007

The green conference I discussed here a few days ago has officially become Green Technology World™ to be held Sept 11-12, 2007 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information please check out this press release. We are very excited about this event and we believe this new expo is a great way to show just how incredibly green many of today’s IP communications and collaboration solutions are. In addition, expect this conference to include coverage on all technology which can be considered green. If it reduces your corporate carbon footprint or reduces gas or jet fuel consumption it will be discussed.

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Green Blog

June 13, 2007

The TMC Green Blog has officially launched. When you think about it… Blogs are about as green a communications medium as there is. Enjoy!

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WiFi Goes Green

June 15, 2007

Here is an interesting blog post from none other than me on TMC’s new green blog. Be sure to click here if you want to learn more about a solar powered municipal WiFi installation.

Posted in Green, Technology, Wireless

TMCnet Goes Twitter

July 4, 2007

It seems like if you are under 18 you spend a good deal of time twittering on well – Twitter. Since my typical reader is above 18 you may not be aware that Twitter is a service allowing you to send and receive messages via SMS on cell phones. People spend hours letting their friends know (in excruciating detail sometimes) about all aspects of their life. “I am going to have lunch.” “I am having a snack.” “I am sick,” are some of the things you may see while twittering. But if you get sick of twittering with friends and are interested in using Twitter to keep up with the latest (and best of course) communications and technology news and analysis, be sure to check twitter.com/tmcnet.

Posted in Apple, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, Green, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Microsoft, Musings, Open Source, Patent, Personal, Podcast, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Security, Skype, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, TMCnet, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless

Live Earth

July 8, 2007

You may have been reading some of the latest Live Earth posts from TMC’s Green Blog. As I sit here at my computer watching streaming concerts from around the globe I start to think about the massive quantity of data I am consuming. I noticed my wife too is streaming the concert on her computer. I wonder if this weekend will prove to be one of the most bandwidth-intensive in history.

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Om Goes Green

July 22, 2007

I am happy to report that Om Malik has launched a “Green blog” named Earth2tech. Om starts his post on the subject with the following comment: “Apparently like everyone else, we are going green!” Yes, I know what Om means as TMC launched a Green Technology Blog and a green technology conference over a month ago. I look forward to keeping up with the writers at GigaOm. Good luck Om.

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Cisco Beat Earnings

August 7, 2007

Cisco beat earnings by $120 million dollars and they say enterprise earnings are strong. Scientific Atlanta also produced outstanding results for the company. Emerging markets are growing at 40% Here are some statements I just wrote up for a TMCnet article that should be coming out soon: John Chambers is on record as saying has never seen such a surge in technology since 1990. This bodes very well for the industry. I would imagine Cisco should have a blow out quarter with most of the revenue growth coming from outside the US. In addition, I would expect the company’s IP communications growth to be strong. This bodes well for the industry but as Cisco gets stronger it may become tougher for the smaller players to compete. Update: Here is a great article from TMCnet’s Tim Gray on Cisco beating the earnings.

Posted in Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Green, IMS, IPTV, JITC, Microsoft, SIP, Science, Security, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Morgan Stanley Carbon Offset News

August 15, 2007

As Greg Galitzine mentions, follow the money if you think the green movement is just a fad. Greg reports Morgan Stanley will be investing up to $3 billion in environmental markets consisting of among other things, carbon offset trading. According the Morgan Stanley, the system will work as follows: Under the new service, clients will compile their emissions inventory and calculate their carbon footprint by applying the monitoring standards of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, which has provided the accounting framework for many mandatory greenhouse gas programs across the world, including the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. DNV will then verify these emissions inventories and calculated carbon footprints. Carbon quantification, monitoring and verification will be conducted consistent with ISO 14064 standards. Morgan Stanley’s Commodities Group will procure and cancel carbon credits equivalent to a client’s verified carbon footprint.

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