Allied Telesis Reduces Wattage and Goes 'Green'.ECO-Switch Technology Will Significantly Reduce Overall Power Consumption SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Allied Telesis Allied Telesis is a telecommunications company, formerly Allied Telesyn. Headquartered in Japan, their North American headquarters are in Bothell, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. goes 'green' with its new ecologically engineered range of products which have been designed to operate with the lowest possible power consumption, saving the customer money whilst reducing their overall carbon footprint A carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service. . Alongside this new series of highly efficient devices, Allied Telesis has begun the process of re-engineering its existing products to identify and eliminate power wastage wastage a loss of product or productivity; in terms of animal production includes losses due to deaths of animals, lowered production from survivors, including reproduction, and lost opportunity income. wastage Fetal wastage, see there . To create this new range Allied Telesis has followed the approach of "measure and minimize" - measuring every single watt of power used by its products and reducing it to the lowest possible wattage wattage the output or consumption of an electric device expressed in watts. in order to function efficiently. "The trend for "green" computing is here to stay and hence it is important for companies to reduce their carbon footprint," said Melvyn Wray, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. at Allied Telesis. "Apart from compliance with legislative requirements, we decided to follow a "measure and minimize" approach, which involves re-engineering our products from the ground up, looking at every component in turn to ensure the amount of power consumed was minimized. Our new range of 'green' solutions will hence save our customers a considerable amount of money in power costs, whilst retaining the high levels of performance they are accustomed to." Apart from compliance with Energy Star energy efficiency specifications, a number of innovations have come together to reduce the power consumed by devices in the new range. One of these is Allied Telesis' 'ECO-Switch technology', which allows the user to run the device in the lowest possible power mode at the push of a button. Automatic turn-off for ports overnight ensures that when the switch is not being used it does not waste power. Also, when connected to Ethernet cables the device can detect the cable length and will drive less power through shorter cables. "We fully expect this switch to catch the eye of the mass marketplace, as organizations & individuals alike are specifically looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to reduce overhead costs overhead costs see fixed costs. along with keeping up ECO-friendly practices," said David MacLeod, Senior Director Enterprise Sales, NA at Allied Telesis. "The ever growing demand for "green" devices has increased significantly and Allied Telesis is now geared up to make a mark to do our part for the environment." The first product in Allied Telesis' new range will be the AT-9000/28 Layer 2 Switch and will be launched in November 2009. |
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