Today’s and tomorrow’s networks must support more sustainable ways of living and working. Cisco’s vision is to transform the network into a platform for environmental sustainability, with every networked device potentially a part of the environmental solution. That means using the network to collaborate, and also to measure, monitor, and better utilize energy and natural resources.
Cisco is developing technology solutions that benefit the environment by improving transportation in urban areas, reducing the need to travel, making buildings more manageable and energy efficient, and helping people and businesses rethink traditional ways of working. Many of these benefits require a network architecture that can perform multiple tasks, such as:
- Integrating an array of monitoring and control mechanisms
- Enabling comprehensive management of diverse systems and operations
- Supporting technologies that encourage long-distance collaboration
Our aim is to help our customers meet their environmental goals by making every network connection a sustainable one.
Read more about how Cisco is architecting networks for environmental sustainability:
- Network-Enabled Cities: Connected Urban Development helps reduce carbon footprints and improve services for urban citizens
- Virtual Collaboration: Cisco’s collaboration and unified communications solutions reduce emissions by bringing people together without the need to travel
- Smarter Buildings: Connected Workplace and Connected Real Estate initiatives make the human-built environment more sustainable
- Energy-Efficient Data Centers: Facility planning and architecture coupled with new technologies increase network capacity with less hardware and greater power efficiency
