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Cisco Goes Green with Energy Gauging

Networking company to measure power use from data centers

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 10:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Green-minded Cisco Systems is looking to improve energy efficiency by monitoring power consumption, operating temperature, and more from its enterprise data network. With energy costs and global warming worries escalating, Cisco plans to expand beyond communications and use its data network to help companies manage their power use and prevent servers from overheating and shutting down.

Collection and analysis of information on power use is key in the age of virtualization, PC World notes; Cisco will use software on routers and switches to collect the data and
then forward it to companies, allowing them to make adjustments and to bill individual departments for their energy use, reports PCWorld. Cisco hopes to implement the technology within 3 years.

Cisco worker Sehjung Hah plays with huge model of a working Cisco phone in the lobby of Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.  Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Cisco worker Sehjung Hah plays with huge model of a working Cisco phone in the lobby of Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter...   (Associated Press)
A sign in the lobby of Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A sign in the lobby of Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday....   (Associated Press)
Cisco worker Sehjung Hah demonstrates Cisco's CRS-1 system at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Cisco worker Sehjung Hah demonstrates Cisco's CRS-1 system at Cisco headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings after...   (Associated Press)
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