CENIC Today -- March 2008
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[CENIC Today -- March 2008, Volume 11 Issue 3] <http://www.cenic.org/>
CENIC News & CENIC 08 Special Report:
* President's Message: Lightpath to Sustainability <#1>
* CENIC Participates, Presents at Community College CISOA Conference
<#2>
* Five High-Performance Broadband Projects Receive CENIC 2008
Innovations in Networking Awards: <#3>
o 2008 Gigabit/Broadband Award <#3>
o 2008 Educational Award <#4>
o 2008 High-Performance Award <#5>
o 2008 Experimental/Developmental Award (Tie) <#6>
o Outstanding Individual Achievement Award <#7>
* Three Stellar Keynote Speakers, Live Demos Wow CENIC 08 Attendees <#8>
National Networking News:
* Google Outlines Proposal for "Wi-Fi on Steroids"
* The EUR100 Trillion FTTH Investment Opportunity
* Hybrid Courses Show Promise
* Schools Mull Needs of Adult Distance Learners
* SNIA Forms Alliance with The Green Grid
* Moblogging in Schools: With mobile blogging students can share
video, pictures, ideas
CENIC News & CENIC 08 Special Report:
President's Message: Lightpath to Sustainability
by Jim Dolgonas, CENIC President & CEO
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[Picture of Jim Dolgonas]
Many of our subscribers know that CENIC acquired our own fiber over
which the CalREN backbone network operates. And our network is connected
to many other similar fiber-based research and education networks across
the world. The main purpose for this interconnection of R&E networks, of
course, has been support for various research and teaching initiatives.
But the increasing concerns over data center power consumption costs and
its effect on global warming have highlighted other important potential
benefits of fiber-optic networks such as ours. Of particular importance
is the power required to keep such data centers cool; not only does the
very process of artificial cooling naturally generate more heat than it
removes, but it also creates a substantial carbon "footprint" through
consuming large amounts of electricity often generated by less than
environmentally friendly means.
Today, the costs both economic and environmental of powering and cooling
data centers have become a major issue. According to a March 20, 2008
BusinessWeek article titled It's Too Darn Hot
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_13/b4077060400752.html%3F>,
the cost of power consumption by data centers doubled between 2000 and
2006. Andy Karsner, Assistant US Energy Secretary for energy efficiency
points out that "the demands for computing will grow exponentially, but
electric consumption can't grow the same way." So, there is a major push
to find solutions to this cooling conundrum.
Featuring cheap energy and a chilly climate that reduces the need for
cooling data centers, northern countries such as Canada and Iceland may
offer a natural solution, and many major commercial companies are
considering locating data centers in these places.
However, locating data centers far from most human habitation in effect
turns data centers into yet another advanced piece of isolated and
remote scientific equipment -- like telescopes or deep-ocean
observatories -- that must nevertheless be accessed quickly and
transparently.
Happily, the means to achieving this are already with us and used every
day by the world's research and education communities: optical networks
like CalREN which are already used to provide a cost-effective means of
shipping data to and from such locations. CalREN provides CENIC
Associates with an excellent means of dealing with escalating power
demands as well as answering the increasingly pressing question of
climate change. Consolidated data centers even within California offer
considerable opportunity to control costs, though with worldwide fiber
connectivity, facilities beyond California and even beyond the United
States are quite attractive, too.
CENIC would be pleased to assist with any such initiatives of our
Associates.
[***] <#top>
CENIC Participates, Presents at Community College CISOA Conference
by Ed Smith, CENIC Project Manager
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As in years past, CENIC participated in the recently held California
Community College annual conference of the CISOA/RP
<http://www.cisoa.org/index.php?module=sthtml&op=load&sid=s1_012_news&article=15>
(Chief Information Systems Officers Association/Research & Planning
Group) with a booth in the vendor display area and as presenters.
"Having a presence at the CISOA conference was a great way to both meet
with member institutions and communicate the system office plans for
improving the campus connections to the CalREN network," said Ed Smith,
who also presented the planned improvements in a break-out session along
with Catherine McKenzie from the CCC System Office
<http://www.cccco.edu/> (shown at right) and Deborah Ludford from the
North Orange County Community College District <http://www.nocccd.edu/>.
Ms. Ludford is Vice-Chair of CENIC's DC Technocal Advisory Committee
(DC-TAC) this year and will assume the position of Chair of the DC-TAC
next fiscal year.
CENIC President and CEO Jim Dolgonas also attended the conference and
gave an update on current and upcoming CENIC activities during the
System Office presentation.
[***] <#top>
Governor Schwarzenegger's California Broadband Task Force Wins 2008
Gigabit/Broadband Award
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Over the past half a dozen or more years' concerns have been expressed
regarding the availability of broadband services in California,
especially in rural areas. Efforts such as CENIC's own Gigabit or Bust
initiative sought to raise the visibility of networking needs across the
state.
Shortly after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's election to office, he
explored using technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of state operations. Subsequently, he issued an Executive Order
directing state agencies to consider the use of videoconferencing as a
way to avoid travel costs. Closely on the heels of a major report by the
CA Public Utilities Commission <http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/> on the
status of broadband in California, the Governor issued an Executive
Order in October 2006 calling for the creation of a Broadband Task Force
<http://www.calink.ca.gov/taskforcereport/> to identify steps toward
increasing broadband deployment in California.
Pursuant to the Executive Order, Dale Bonner, Secretary of Business,
Transportation and Housing, convened and led the task force. The
California Broadband Task Force brought together public and private
stakeholders to identify barriers to broadband deployment and approaches
for reducing them, to identify opportunities for increased broadband
adoption, and enable the creation and deployment of new advanced
communication technologies. An accurate snapshot of areas in the state
that lack adequate access to broadband services is one of many valuable
outcomes of the work of the task force.
The final Task Force report <http://www.calink.ca.gov/taskforcereport/>
was released on January 17, 2008. The ongoing attention that Governor
Schwarzenegger and his staff have given to broadband technology issues
is admirable. Through his leadership and his willingness to elevate the
importance of broadband deployment and usage in California, the Governor
has contributed to a more technology friendly climate in the state,
paving the way for additional opportunities for advancement in this area.
California Broadband Initiative Manager Anne Neville accepted the award
on behalf of the California Broadband Task Force.
[***] <#top>
K-20 Education Collaborative Effort to Create Rich Online Course to Help
California Students Pass Required High School Exit Exam, Wins 2008
Educational Award
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The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) represents the state's
most recent attempt to improve education by tying graduation to a single
standardized measure of competency. Statewide, approximately 48,000
students in the Class of 2006 found themselves unable to get a diploma
due to the need to pass one or both portions of the Exit Exam
(mathematics and/or English Language Arts), and controversy ensued. In
response, the State Legislature made block grants available through the
California Community College Chancellor's Office <http://www.cccco.edu/>
to local Community Colleges that wanted to serve this population of
students. The Butte-Glenn <http://www.butte.edu/> and Lake Tahoe
Community College <http://www.ltcc.edu/> Districts independently applied
for grants, and finding they shared a common vision on how students
should be served, they entered into a partnership, planting the seed
that would become the statewide CAHSEE: Stepping into Your Future
<http://www.cahseesteps.net/> initiative.
Given limited funds, students in roughly forty counties were not going
to be able to be served by grant-funded community college programs. Even
if sufficient funds were available to offer programs in every county,
many 18 and 19 year old students would not be able to participate due to
the need to work or meet the needs of young children. That reality drove
the Butte-Glenn CCD, the Lake Tahoe CCD and their partners to the
conclusion that online opportunities for students were sorely needed.
Teachers, faculty, and staff from the state's K-20 education community,
public libraries, and nonprofit community technology centers have worked
together to develop two highly engaging hybrid courses that prepare
students across the state for the CAHSEE. This CalREN-enabled program
includes online interactive exercises as well as "face time" with
instructors via web based collaboration tools and/or videoconferencing.
Gordon D. Cremer (Bute-Glenn Community College), Stephanie Couch
(CENIC), and Rudy Rizo (LA USD <http://www.lausd.net/>) accepted the
award on behalf of CAHSEE: Stepping Into Your Future.
[***] <#top>
With Pac-10 Internet Video Exchange, 2008 High-Performance Award Winner,
Collegiate Athletics Enter the Digital Age via Reliable Broadband Networking
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Today, the typical Office of Intercollegiate Athletics is a far
different place than what most people knew as "the gym" in past student
days. Walk into any coach's office and you will see, besides the normal
sports gear, piles and piles of video tapes and DVDs. Video of athletes'
performance is critical to coaching today, and all teams analyze their
opponent's previous performance. However, to prevent wealthier schools
from having an unfair advantage, NCAA rules disallow in-person scouting
of opponents. Instead, and with the NCAA's blessing, each team
videotapes its own games and exchanges these video files with their next
opponent one week before a given game.
Prior to the 2005 season, these video exchanges consisted of exchanging
physical media via courier services such as Federal Express. This was an
onerous task for all schools, and was particularly so for those schools
located long distances from airports or without appropriate courier
services. It was also very costly; for example, at UCLA
<http://www.ucla.edu/> these courier services could cost roughly $6,000
per year per sport.
Many of the video coordinators at the 110 division I-A NCAA schools
realized there must be an electronic solution, but attempts to use FTP
(the Internet-based File Transfer Protocol) were deemed failures due to
extremely long and unreliable file transfer times. For example, a single
football game is typically an 18 Gigabit video file, and teams must
exchange all of their current season's past games each weekend. A single
game video transfer could take 10-15 hours and by the end of the season,
a team may have ten or more games to transfer.
At a Pac-10 video coordinators' meeting prior to the 2005 football
season, Steve Pohl of the University of Oregon <http://www.uoregon.edu/>
suggested the Pac-10 look into using the high-bandwidth connections that
academic colleagues already enjoyed through CalREN in California and
interconnections across Internet2 to universities in other states. UCLA
Video Coordinator Ken Norris contacted Chris Thomas of UCLA's Office of
Information Technology asking for assistance. Together, the two men
designed a pilot program involving four conference schools (UCLA
<http://www.ucla.edu/>, USC <http://www.usc.edu/>, Stanford
<http://www.stanford.edu/> -- all CalREN-connected CENIC member
institutions, and the University of Washington
<http://www.uwashington.edu/>, plus a site outside the Pac-10
conference, Notre Dame <http://www.notredame.edu/>. Instead of using
commercial Internet connections, these sites interconnected via
high-bandwidth links that all of these schools have to each other via
advanced next generation Internet networks for high-speed FTP-based
electronic video exchange for the 2005 season, using a specially tuned
FTP implementation from the French National Particle Physics Institute
<http://www.in2p3.fr/> in Lyon, France. The increase in speed of
transfer over these links turned a previously unsuccessful solution into
a viable option.
Based on the success of this pilot, all ten video coordinators for the
Pac-10 voted unanimously to move to full electronic exchange for the
2006 season, and the new technology was an unqualified success. No
Pac-10 school exchanged conference video via courier, and all
participants were delighted by the time savings and ease of electronic
video exchange. The success of the program in fact was a significant
motivator for some schools to upgrade their connectivity and to improve
their own campus networks to eliminate bottlenecks.
The ten Pac-10 video coordinators also responded to the outstanding
reliability and predictability of CENIC's CalREN services, and in some
particularly illuminating ways. At the beginning of the season, vide
coordinators were downloading videos on Saturday night to be sure of
meeting their coaches' 5:00 PM Sunday deadlines. As they gained
confidence in the system, however, downloads began to take place after
noon on Sunday, a clear expression of faith that the network could be
counted on for quick, robust delivery of large video files on a regular
basis.
Ken Norris and Chris Thomas of UCLA accepted the award.
[***] <#top>
High Energy Physics and Digital Cinema Tie for 2008
Experimental/Developmental Award
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The bleeding-edge category of Experimental/Developmental Applications
includes some of the most far-sighted and visionary research projects
anywhere on the globe, and in 2008, CENIC found it impossible to choose
only one winner. Consequently, a tie was declared between the
international high-energy physics computing project UltraLight and the
equally global, super-high-quality digital media exchange and production
projects of CineGrid.
"Ties aren't the sort of thing we work toward," says CENIC President and
CEO Jim Dolgonas. "We have four categories, and we generally aim to give
four awards. But this year, choosing between UltraLight and CineGrid
would simply have been impossible. Both projects are absolutely stunning
and showcase everything that a researcher could hope for in terms of
what reliable high-performance networking can help them achieve." Adds
Dolgonas, "Both projects will be influential in shaping broadband
applications for decades to come, and we're thrilled that CENIC could
play a central part in enabling them. Enabling California's research and
education community is, after all, why we were created."
The UltraLight <http://www.ultralight.org/> collaboration is comprised
of an international team of researchers currently working on advanced
global systems and networks to meet the needs of experiments due to
begin at CERN's Large Hadron Collider <http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/> in
2008. In a demonstration at the SuperComputing 07
<sc07.supercomputing.org/> conference held last November in Reno, NV,
seven individual 10-Gigabit fiber paths (six provided by CENIC and one
by Internet2) were used bi-directionally at high efficiency to move vast
files of scientific data at blinding transfer rates of 80 Gigabits per
second of bi-directional transfer. This is the equivalent of twelve
full-length Hollywood movie DVDs in one second!
This achievement relied in part on one of the 2006 Innovations in
Networking Award Winners, MonALISA <http://monalisa.caltech.edu/>.
MonALISA, developed over the last six years by Caltech and its partners
at CERN and the Universitatea Politehnica Bucharest, is a globally
scalable framework of services to monitor and help manage and optimize
the operational performance of computing grids, networks, and running
applications in real time. This framework is ideal for creating and
dynamically managing dispersed collaborative environments over Internet
networks.
Accepting on behalf of the UltraLight project was Julian Bunn of the
California Institute of Technology <http://www.caltech.edu/>.
From the very tiny, very specialized world of high-energy physics, the
next award winner moves to the world of digital cinema and
entertainment. The international nonprofit CineGrid
<http://www.cinegrid.org/> promotes research, development, and
deployment of ultra-high performance digital media -- sound and picture
-- over advanced networks, using grid computing technologies for
networked collaboration. CineGrid has organized a number of experimental
projects designed both to showcase what advanced networks can support in
the world of digital media, and to test those same networks, pushing
them as far as they can go in the pursuit of the most immersive possible
experience. CineGrid @ Holland Festival 2007 certainly did that and more.
On June 20-21, 2007 CineGrid recorded and streamed live 4K digital
motion pictures with 5.1 surround sound of the operatic performance "Era
la Notte" from the Holland Festival <http:/www.hollandfestival.nl/> in
Amsterdam over CalREN and partner IP networks to California. The
75-minute live performance was transmitted nearly 10,000 kilometers, in
real time, to the University of California, San Diego
<http://www.ucsd.edu/> where it was viewed in 4K on a large screen, with
surround-sound, by an audience in the 200-seat auditorium of the
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
(Calit2 <http://www.calit2.net/>). People in the audience in San Diego
reported that they felt as if they were actually in the concert hall in
Amsterdam.
This technical experiment was particularly interesting for many reasons
but primarily because live performances require utterly reliable
throughput and low-latency responsiveness. A less than perfect
connection would be instantly noticed and may not be fixed later since,
during a live performance of course, there is no "later."
The CineGrid @ Holland Festival 2007, which is being recognized for the
2008 Experimental/Developmental Award, confirms that even these most
demanding types of streaming media distribution can be done over
high-performance fiber-optic infrastructure such as CalREN, today.
Accepting on behalf of CineGrid was Tom DeFanti (Calit2 at UCSD), Laurin
Herr (Pacific Interface), Natalie von Osdol (Pacific Interface), and
Naohisa Ohta (Keio University).
[***] <#top>
Jerry Keith Wins Outstanding Individual Achievement Award
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CENIC will also present an Outstanding Individual Achievement award for
2008 to Jerry Keith in recognition of the outstanding contributions he
has made to CENIC and the CalREN community. Not only did Jerry serve as
Business Advisory Council (BAC) chair and CENIC Conference Committee
chair multiple years, but he assumed both roles during times of
transition, when strong leadership was most essential.
As chair of the CENIC Conference Committee in 2004, the first year in
which we handled planning directly, Jerry adeptly managed the
relationship with our external events coordinators, providing an
essential link between these coordinators and the conference planning
committee. As continuing chair of the Conference Committee in 2005, when
we brought all logistics for this event in-house, Jerry ensured that
every detail was addressed, leading to a successful and well-run
conference. In addition to the myriad conference issues, he also
provided the wireless equipment and technical resources to create a
back-up network connection both years when he realized previous
conferences had not included a backup link. Two years later, as the 2007
Conference Chair, he once again provided much-needed guidance due to the
departure of our in-house conference coordinator just two short months
before the event.
Jerry also took over the role of BAC Chair at a pivotal time. In
2004-05, amid spirited discussion related to the transition of our
funding model, Jerry led the successful effort to establish a new fee
schedule for member institutions.
CENIC is recognizing Jerry Keith for his leadership in two highly
visible areas of interest to the CalREN community during times when good
leadership was critical. We are honored to provide him with this
well-deserved recognition
[***] <#top>
Three Stellar Keynote Speakers, Live Demos Wow CENIC 08 Attendees
by Janis Cortese, CENIC Manager of Publicity & Communications
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This year's Keynote Speakers were as illustrious as the winners of the
2008 Innovations in Networking Awards, with Rachelle Chong, California
Public Utilities Commissioner <http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/> giving a talk on
Monday titled "Building Tomorrow's California: Broadband Highways and
Environmental Leadership." (Video of this address can be found on the
CENIC 08 conference website <http://cenic08.cenic.org/video.html>, along
with the other Keynote Addresses and many presentations.)
In her engaging address, Commissioner Chong considered the utility of
government regulation in promoting broadband, where the market can be
trusted to provide adequate penetration and where government regulation
is needed, and the broad array of economic and social benefits, both
current and projected, to the state thanks to broadband deployment,
availability, and adoption.
Tuesday's Keynote Speaker was Dan Bursch, the Naval Postgraduate School
<http://www.nps.edu/> National Reconnaissance Office chair and former
NASA Astronaut.
His talk, enhanced by many beautiful, high-resolution photographs, was
titled "Expedition Four to the International Space Station:
Collaboration off the planet" and examined the technological and even
psychological aspects to collaborating across distances normally not
spanned by fiber-optic cable, using examples of his own experiences on
the Space Shuttle and during his tenure on board the International Space
Station.
A dynamic and witty speaker, Bursch also related anecdotes about his
time in orbit that alternately held the audience rapt and elicited
laughter.
The Wednesday Keynote Address was equally fascinating, given by UC Santa
Cruz <http://www.ucsc.edu/>'s Sandra Faber and titled "Piping the Light
of the Cosmos Through Dark Fiber." Her talk considered the vast quantity
of data (by her projects, soon to equal an Exabyte) generated by
professional and amateur astronomy, the problems associated with
analyzing it, and the ways in which high-performance networking can
mitigate them. In her talk, she shared with a wowed audience some of the
most advanced (and unwieldy without cutting-edge networking, in terms of
processing and file size) simulations of galactic formation, galactic
collisions, and planetary behavior to date.
Like Chong's address, both Bursch's and Faber's addresses are also
available in MP4 format on the CENIC 08 conference website.
On March 10, after a day of fabulous general sessions presentations and
breakout sessions on both teaching and learning and network technology
and research, attendees to CENIC 08 were also treated to demonstrations
on precisely the sorts of applications made possible by networks like
CalREN and the difference they can make to people throughout the state
and beyond. UCLA <http://www.ucla.edu/>'s Joan Slottow, the
Exploratorium <http://www.exploratorium.edu/>'s Sherry Hsi, and San
Diego State University <http://www.sdsu.edu/>'s Eric Frost shared with
attendees in Exhibit Hall East achievements in media-enriched teaching
and learning, grid computing, and emergency response.
Sherry Hsi presented the great media resources made available by the
Exploratorium that can be used to enhance learning throughout the state
and beyond, including lessons and demonstrations that students can use
to gain hands-on experience with scientific ideas -- and that teachers
can use as well to present these ideas in an engaging, participatory
manner.
Joan Slottow's demonstration built on her presentation introducing
attendees to the UCLA Grid Portal <http://grid.ucla.edu/>, which
provides a single web interface to those computational clusters that
have joined the UCLA Grid. Additionally, the UCLA Grid Portal can
directly access some clusters outside of the UCLA Grid, including
clusters on the TeraGrid.
Eric Frost's presentation was riveting, concentrating as it did on an
event of vivid importance to people throughout California: the 2007
wildfire season. Using stunning high-resolution photographs of the fires
themselves, Frost was able to demonstrate how such information, properly
used by emergency responders, could present an integrated, real-time
model of such an emergency situation quite unlike any that first
responders have been able to use before, transforming how such
situations could be dealt with and enhancing understanding of how they
develop.
[***] <#top>
National Networking News:
Google Outlines Proposals for "Wi-Fi on Steroids"
Source: News.com <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9901747-7.html>
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Google on Monday said it has a plan to have American consumers from
Manhattan to rural North Dakota surfing the Web on handheld gadgets at
gigabits-per-second speeds by the 2009 holiday season.
The company, joined by other heavyweights like Microsoft and Dell, has
long been lobbying for the Federal Communications Commission to free up
unused broadcast TV channels known as "white spaces" for unlicensed use
by personal devices. That portion of the TV band is highly prized
because it can propagate long distances and through obstacles.
The EUR100 Trillion FTTH Investment Opportunity
Source: Communications Breakdown
<http://telcommunicator.blogspot.com/2008/03/eur-100-trillion-ftth-investment.html>
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FTTH is a hot topic already and it is only a matter of time before
investors start realizing the true potential by launching special
products or investment funds. The only trouble is, there are few FTTH
pure plays in the public realm (unless you count any telco as such,
because FTTH is the inescapable way forward). However, direct
investments may come into play.
The Swedish Ventura Team recently reported on usage, which provided some
reassurance to anybody displaying scepticism over what to do with all
that bandwidth ...
Hybrid Courses Show Promise
Source: eSchool News
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53395;_hbguid=75a0c5cf-2d27-4826-987e-8c795427a076>
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"Hybrid courses," or courses that deliver part of their instruction in a
traditional lecture manner and part in an online environment, are
becoming increasingly popular among schools and colleges. Proponents of
the concept say it capitalizes on the benefits that both face-to-face
and online learning can provide---and now, there is some evidence to
suggest that hybrid courses can help students learn more effectively.
Schools Mull Needs of Adult Distance Learners
Source: eSchool News
<http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53419;_hbguid=96dad112-41d0-4f7f-ac57-ace8ff935539&d=top-news>
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Many ed-tech advocates have voiced support for distance learning as a
way for K-12 students to take courses not offered at their regular
schools or enroll in courses for college credit. But another group of
learners--adults who turn to distance learning to return or expand their
schooling--is attracting more and more national attention.
Colleges and universities are examining the needs of adult distance
learners as they develop online courses that meet the needs of not only
18-to-22-year-olds, but also those students who might have full-time
jobs and family responsibilities.
SNIA Forms Alliance with The Green Grid
Source: GRIDToday <http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/2274203.html>
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The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today that
it has formed an alliance with The Green Grid. The SNIA and its Green
Storage Initiative (GSI) plan to work with The Green Grid in developing
and promoting standards, measurement methods, processes and technologies
to improve overall datacenter energy efficiencies.
"Tackling the challenges associated with energy efficiency and green
computing will require collaboration across all areas of the IT
industry," said Vincent Franceschini, chair of the SNIA. "Storage plays
an important role in power and energy efficiency within datacenters and
business computing ecosystems."
Moblogging in Schools: With mobile blogging students can share video,
pictures, ideas
Source: Converge Online
<http://www.convergemag.com/story.php?catid=231&storyid=106794>
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Jonathan Furness has a mobile blog that captures the daily life of
Stepping Stones School in Hindhead, Surrey. Like regular blog spaces,
Furness posts videos, pictures and ideas, only his version is all
classroom related and the images are taken with a mobile phone.
One lesson Furness blogs about is his "tubeless siphon" experiment. He
details what the experiment is based on -- a dyed pink polyethylene
oxide solution -- and how the experiment was performed ...
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