Re: Ixia, Juniper going green?

["Glen Kent" <glen.kent () gmail com>]

Just saw www.vnl.in

Agreed that they're not making routers, but if a base station can be
made, then am sure some inroads can be made in data comm too .. !

Glen

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Justin M. Streiner
<streiner () cluebyfour org> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Glen Kent wrote:
>
> > http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=166871
> >
> > I wonder what impact this would put on other vendors to turn down
> > their power consumptions and turn, as Juniper and Ixia like to put it
> > - Green!
>
> I do recall some people bashing Cisco products for their power consumption
> at a recent tech event I attended.  Granted, that event was Juniper-centric
> :)
>
> Given the economic (rising power and cooling costs) and sometimes logistical
> (lack of power available in a facility) realities of operating networks and
> data centers, I'm sure everyone would love for their gear to draw less
> power.  How many watts could actually be saved remains to be seen...
>
> jms