ICT is contributing to global warming. Yet, at the same time, with smart ICT solutions, we can stop this climate change. How do companies approach this dilemma in practice? One held a debate about Green ICT and “ICT for green” on the green roof of Cameleon in Brussels, a shopping complex where sustainability and energy efficiency have been applied, down to the smallest details of the building.
Posts Tagged ‘Belgacom’
Round Table
Wednesday October 12th, 2011Can ICT save the planet?
ICT: part of the problem as well as the solution
News
Friday May 6th, 2011Belgacom selected as Telecom Services Company of the Year
Data News Awards for Excellence 2011, 5 May, Tour & Taxis Brussels
Belgacom was a winner at the ‘Data News Awards for Excellence’ gala last Thursday. This prize is awarded each year by the editors of Data News in recognition of outstanding companies from 12 major categories in the ICT-sector. Over 2,000 readers determined the top 3 nominees for each category via online voting. A professional jury, made up of CIOs, IT-managers and directors of user organizations, picked the winners from these finalists.
Dossier
Wednesday June 9th, 2010Progress thanks to mobility
Mobility plays an increasingly important role
Mobility is an important dynamo of progress in our society. The new generation of mobile devices is more powerful than ever. They make it possible to use complex applications mobilely. At the same time, businesses are opting for cloud computing and allowing their staff to work from home or from the client’s location, while they are able to remotely access data and applications in a partner’s datacenter. Belgacom supports the growing demand for mobility through an open collaboration with innovative partners so as to offer the very best solutions. Read more
Events
Friday May 28th, 2010Meet the experts from Belgacom…
at the Virtual Desktop Conference
Research bureau IDC has tipped the virtual desktop as an important new tool with which companies can support their business. At the ‘Virtual Desktop Conference’ on 10 June, you can discover how Belgacom can virtualize your environment, from server to desktop. Read more
Services & Utilities
Friday May 28th, 2010A clearly positive bottom line
Virtualization reduces server costs at Belgacom by 85 percent
Belgacom transferred 3,000 servers to a virtual environment. Implementing VMware allowed the management and maintenance costs for the server fleet to be cut by 85 percent. Moreover, the implementation of new servers now goes five times faster in the virtual environment than in the past. Read more
News
Wednesday May 12th, 2010Belgacom voted Telecom Services Vendor of the Year
Data News Awards for Excellence 2010
On Thursday 29 April, for the 11th time, Data News issued its prestigious Data News Awards for Excellence. For each category, a top three was compiled by 2,500 readers of the trade journal, from which a professional jury then chose the winners. In the category Telecom Services Vendor of the Year the prize was awarded to Belgacom. The jury chose Belgacom because the operator is “the only one in the telecom market able to provide landline, mobile and data services and they continue to invest in new solutions and technologies”. For Belgacom the award is an important confirmation of “the quality of their service and their customer-centricity”.
Customer cases
Tuesday March 2nd, 2010How Belgacom reduced its server’s TCO by 85%
Virtualisation is a major trend in modern datacenters as it allows to optimize the server consolidation wave that is taking place today. Also at Belgacom. This article goes into why and how we did it and what the results are. Read more
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