October 2012 - Teletimes

New ITU ‘Sustainability Toolkit’ for the ICT sectorGreen standards highlighted as tools toachieve greener corporationsITU has published a new guideto aid the shift towards amore sustainable ICT industry.The “Toolkit on EnvironmentalSustainability for the ICT Sector”provides detailed help onbuilding sustainability into themanagement and operationsof ICT companies through theapplication of international standardsand best practices.The toolkit provides a standardizedmethod to report on sustainabilityperformance, whichis increasingly required bycustomers, investors, governmentsand other stakeholders.It will also enable companies tomanage and improve their ownsustainability performance.The toolkit was producedin partnership with over 50ICT companies, UN agencies,environmental organizations,and research institutes. It waslaunched during ITU GreenStandards Week in Paris, 17-21September, an event advocatingthe creation and applicationof ‘green ICT’ standardsfor boosting environmentalefficiency across all industrysectors.ITU Secretary-General HamadounI. Touré said, “Internationalstandards are globally agreedbest practices or benchmarksin development. Standards willhowever only deliver promisedbenefits if implementedeffectively, and this Toolkit isan essential companion to theenvironmental sustainabilitystandards developed by ITU-T,ITU’s Standardization Sector.”The toolkit provides a set ofsustainability requirements forICT companies to allow moreobjective reporting in the followingareas:1. Sustainable ICT in corporateorganizations, looking primarilyat four ICT areas: datacentres, desktop infrastructure,broadcasting servicesand telecommunicationsnetworks.2. Sustainable products,through the use of environmentallyconscious design,development and manufacturingprinciples, from aproduct’s birth to its end-oflifetreatment.3. Sustainable buildings, focusingon minimizing the footprintof buildings throughthe integration of sustainabilityconsiderations withinthe design, construction,use and de-commissioningphases; considering that ICTcompanies operate facilitiesdemanding large volumesof energy at all life-cyclestages.4. End-of-life management,covering the various endof-lifestages and theiraccompanying legislation,and providing companieswith guidance on theenvironmentally-consciousmanagement of end-of-lifeICT equipment.5. General specifications andkey performance indicators(KPIs), matching environmentalKPIs to an organization’sstrategic targets, andexploring the developmentof standardized processes toensure KPI data is presentedin a form most useful tomanagement.6. Assessment frameworkfor environmental impacts,explores how various standardsand guidelines canform part of sustainabilityframeworks tailored to eachorganization’s objectivesand desired sustainabilityperformance.Tadiran Telecom Unveils Aeonix -A new software based unified communications andcollaboration solutionTadiran Telecom, a leader incommunications solutions,announced the launch of Aeonix,a new Unified Communicationsand Collaboration Solutionthat consolidates disparatebusiness applications into asingle communications platformand is designed to grow andadapt intelligently to changingcustomer needs. Aeonix utilizesthe latest server based softswitchtechnologies and it featuresrobust fault tolerance, anopen architecture, and a simpleintuitive management interface.Aeonix can be deployed in aprivate cloud environment or asEldad Barakan on-premise solution.“Aeonix was designed to intuitivelyaddress current and futurechallenges in enterprise communications,”said Eldad Barak,President and CEO of TadiranTelecom.New CEO at CE On-DemandCE On-Demand, the leadingregional cloud enableris pleased to announce thenomination of Tamás Soós asnew Chief Executive Officer(CEO), based on the company’sSupervisory Board Meeting lastweek. Mr. Soós has 15 years’ ofexperience in small and mediumsized businesses delivering ITservices for large corporatecustomers. As the new CEO hereplaces William Szentágotay,who remains Senior ExecutiveMember of the Board at CEOn-Demand. “I am pleased andproud to have this opportunityto lead CE On-Demand and workwith the management team todeliver the company’s missionTamas Soosof creating cloud providers.According to our strategy, weare dedicated to enhance thecompany’s existing partnerchannel management and todrive operational excellencewith major focus on geographicalmarket expansion.54 October 2012www.teletimesinternational.com