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IP telephony places a new spotlight on power....
With the establishment of IP based phone devices rather than traditional TDM PBX and its mix of analogue and feature phones, a new focus has to be placed on power dimensioning and design. With an IP phone being a 24/7/365 device 'ALWAYS ON' (yes that's right... always on!) PoE distribution needs to be designed properly, not simply added as a after-thought. Power-needs can differ across different suppliers phones (endpoints) as much as 10 Watts (excluding the devices that need the mains adaptor, where power needs are considerably more).
Understanding your power needs will enable you to make the right choice for the business.
Contact us to provide you with a true full cost of ownership evaluation, completely independent of suppliers and service providers.
Will a company's carbon policy accelerate the growth of FMC (fixed mobile convergence)....
We have seen FMC right at the forefront of discussions in the communication convergence space. The move to IP and more specifically the development of SIP interworking protocol, the FMC value proposition has a lot going for it. If you can reduce fixed IP phones deployment and instead use your mobile in the office it could save a considerable energy cost per user as well as reduce maintenance and call costs.
Contact us to discuss evaluating your potential cost / business benefits.
Aastra lead the pack when it comes to producing IP phones with low power consumption.
Aastra Enterprise IP phones are one of the best in the industry for being the lowest consumers of power. The 4000 and now 5000 range have a low power sleep mode that takes consumption down to 1 Watt and when fully operating you are drawing less than 3 Watts. That is a power saving of between 30% to over 75% on their competitors phones.
Contact us to discuss the power performance rating of a range of industry leading end points.
Extreme Networks have enhanced their latest range of switches to enable then to provide more energy efficience PoE.
The latest range of Summit® X450e/250e Series Switches Extreme Networks’ Advanced Edge Switches running with ExtremeXOS™ 12.0 With Universal Port™ Automation.
Clients will be able to control shutdown of PoE ports when not in use.
Contact us and we can advise you of the right solution to deliver efficient and flexible PoE solutions.
Datacentres are placing high demand on grid power supplies (in some areas accounting for up to 3% of the electricity demand).
There are concerns that there is no more room in London Docklands for further Datacente builds. In fact we understand the London Mayors' office is looking to block any further growth in new datacentres due to power supply concerns.
It makes you wonder what plans they have for the Olympics!
The Independent newspaper reports that a recent survey of 500 large companies by Accenture suggested green policies are low on their business agenda (see article).
Power demand is increasing by over 20% per decade.
Demand from developing nations for raw materials is increasing the costs of power equipment and storage devices by up to 20%.
The UK Government are moving toward legislation will require a business to declare power consumption figures across the operation...
and we all know what that will mean, once we are measuring it we will be taxing it soon after!
Gillian Merron UK Cabinet Minister said: "Figures from industry suggest that worldwide, information technology is responsible for about 1 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions each year - that's between 2 and 4% of global energy.
The UK government recognise they are the biggest users of IT, John Suffolk, the Government's Chief Information Officer, said: "There is real potential to deliver more sustainable IT that also costs less and provides better results for users. New technologies can help reduce energy consumption and allow more flexible working. There is already some excellent practice in place and we look forward to working with the IT industry to build on this and to deliver continued improvements in the future."
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