This workshop was part of the project “Local Development and Promotion of LED Technologies for Advanced General Lighting in Vietnam” (LED project), supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNDP. Energy labels This is the third in a series of workshops on implementation of the energy labeling program with an aim to introduce, guide and discuss energy labeling regulations to be readily prepared for compulsory labeling of LED lighting products as of 1 January 2020. Within the framework of the Energy labeling program for electrical equipment and appliances implemented by the MOIT since 2006, the LED Project has supported the MOIT to develop regulations and roadmap for labeling and certification of LED lighting products. To implement this program, the project continues to support the MOIT to develop a methodology to determine the appropriate energy efficiency levels and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for the implementation of the LED … [Read more...] about Energy labeling for LED lighting products boost energy efficiency
Energy efficient data centers
SPARC Servers for Virtualization, Energy Efficiency
(VEN) - To support continued innovation and reduce organization-wide energy consumption, BMC Software has implemented Oracle's SPARC Enterprise T-series servers with Oracle Solaris in its datacenters and research and development (R&D) department. In particular, Oracle's high-density, low power consumption SPARC T-Series servers help reduce data center costs with massive scalability, on-chip security, and built-in, no-cost virtualization. Besides, Oracle's SPARC Enterprise systems running Oracle Solaris and Oracle VM Server for SPARC, and tightly integrated with Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications, deliver highly optimized system performance, efficiency and scalability. Notably, over a three-year period, Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server has saved BMC on average between $20,000 and $35,000 in power costs per server. Oracle's SPARC T3-2 server is expected to nearly double those savings, consuming one-eighth the power and emitting one-eighth … [Read more...] about SPARC Servers for Virtualization, Energy Efficiency
CMC Telecom launches data center, joins Asia alliance
CMC Telecom launches data center, joins Asia alliance By Hien Nguyen - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - CMC Telecommunication Services Corporation (CMC Telecom) last week launched its first international standard data center with the brand name BlueData®. It also clinched a memorandum of understanding with 1-Net Singapore, the Malaysia-based AIMS Asia Group and T.C.C Technology of Thailand to establish the data center alliance in the Southeast Asian region. The deal marks CMC Telecom’s first step to expand its business to international markets. On the occasion, the alliance struck a deal with Intel to develop a Green Data Center to accelerate data center development in the region. The data center alliance has a combined space of more than 45,000 square meters and a projected annual turnover of US$77 million by 2009. The alliance is looking to become one of the biggest data center operators in the region catered for first-tier telcos, government agencies, banks and other … [Read more...] about CMC Telecom launches data center, joins Asia alliance
ViNetworks licensed to build data center in hi-tech park
ViNetworks licensed to build data center in hi-tech park By Quoc Hung - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Mang Viet Telecom Joint Stock Company, or ViNetworks, obtained an investment certificate to build a US$100-million data center in Hanoi's Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park at a seminar on investment promotion into hi-tech parks in HCMC last Thursday. The center will be built on four hectares that provides a network for neutral collocation, interconnection and managed services to multinational enterprises operating in Vietnam and the Asia Pacific region, said Francois Tran, CEO of the company. The center is optimized for modern data center requirements, featuring 24/24 power, cooling, connectivity and security capabilities to ensure mission-critical operations and business continuity for customers, he said. "Intelligently designed and expertly managed, ViNetworks' data center will be certified to the highest industry standards and compliance requirements," he said, adding "our goal is to bring the … [Read more...] about ViNetworks licensed to build data center in hi-tech park
Facebook makes data centers greener and cheaper
Facebook on Thursday presented an Internet-obsessed world with a gift -- greener, cheaper data centers to more efficiently power online services. Schematics and designs for Facebook's revolutionary data center in the Oregon city of Prineville were made available to the world as part of an Open Compute Project announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg. "We found a lot of stuff mass manufacturers were putting out wasn't what we needed, so we customized it to better fit social applications," Zuckerberg said during a press conference at Facebook's campus in Palo Alto, California. "We are trying to foster this ecosystem where developers can easily build startups." A shift to hosting software applications as services in the Internet "cloud" is driving enormous growth of data centers globally, according to Graham Weston, chairman and founder of US computer network hosting giant Rackspace. Cheaper data centers should translate into lower costs for Internet startups that typically rent … [Read more...] about Facebook makes data centers greener and cheaper