Is Cisco Greener?

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Interesting comments, but there seems to be a bunch of whiners here who miss the point of the tests. The test was not to compare a DMS-100. What enterprise needs that type of test? This was a test of enterprise equipment which is far more pervasive geographically.

Everyone raise your hand if you have a router or Ethernet switch at home. Keep your hand raised if your office has data network routers and Ethernet switches. Now lower your hand if you own a carrier class voice network. Is your hand still raised? :-)

My point is that this is a great thing to keep an eye on... Lets do the math... Millions of routers * ### Watts per hour consumed = a lot of potential money to save.

I'm glad Nortel jumped out there any poked the other guys, but not completely from a Nortel bias standpoint. If Cisco, Juniper and Lucent step up and compete, our datacenter costs could drop no matter who you buy from. how is this not a good think to focus on in the current economic crisis? Less recurring cost of operation = money saved that can be put towards expanding your datacenter..

Hell, it might save enough for you to keep your pretty car and 6 figure income. (Trust me, put it towards your kids college fund instead of the car).

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"Nortel" is greener as it shares with the word "green" the letters "n" , "r" "e".

"Cisco" and "green"? Zip.

"Cisco" and "Nortel" - "o". As in "Oh, yeah, I should've noticed that."

When Nortel is bankrupt we'll definately have the greenest products !

What a dumb metric for us to focus on during this time of crisis.

Who is greener doesn't matter; who is profitting matters a lot!

Only way Nortel leads in being greener is with envy or lack of experience. =)

I guess this is like listening to stock analysis or as the other saying goes with the tag line "everyone has one"

I don't this Cisco did as well in this one that just showed. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/101608-green-it-ibm-hp-leaders.html

Its like Jim Cramer yelling BUY WACHOVIA........

It mentions "internal green initiatives" so maybe they counted how many employees drove a Prius or wore green shirts to work :P

So if Nortel has the Greenest Switches and the Power consumption tool from Nortel is so good...how did Cisco Edge out Nortel? Seems like no matter what conclusion....people put on the Cisco shades and drink that koolaid.

Nortel's Enterprise switches are just one piece of Nortel's broader business. If you look at Nortel's aging Carrier portfolio, you'll find some energy hogs.

Yip, those ATCA require so much cooling that it's a deafening experience when you have to visit the labs.

Agree 100%.. In the carrier space (DMS100, MTX, ATCA)... All these prodcuts are POWER GUZZLERS!!! Service operators need to take extra care of Nortel's POWER HUNGRY equipment....If thats what is going Green.. Yes.. Nortel is GREENER :))