Reducing Power Consumption: Improving the Heat and Power Efficiency of Switching and Telephony Equipment

Enterprises around the world are seeking out IT suppliers whose products and solutions take the environment and human health into account. Reducing power consumption ranks high on the list of companies' environmental priorities - especially given its attendant benefits of bringing down operating and capital expenses. This paper looks at technologies available today that achieve these important environmental and business goals by minimizing heat and power dissipation in Ethernet-based switching and telephony equipment.