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Environment & Energy
Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecasts That the Middle East and Africa will have the Highest Cloud Traffic Growth Rate By 2016
6 months ago
MUSCAT, Oman, November 21, 2012 – In the second annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2011 – 2016), Cisco forecasts that global data center traffic will grow 4-fold and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016. The company also foresees that Middle East and Africa will have the... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecasts That the Middle East and Africa will have the Highest Cloud Traffic Growth Rate By 2016
6 months ago
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, November 21, 2012 – In the second annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2011 – 2016), Cisco forecasts that global data center traffic will grow 4-fold and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016. The company also foresees that Middle East and Africa will... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecasts That the Middle East and Africa will have the Highest Cloud Traffic Growth Rate By 2016
6 months ago
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, November 21, 2012 – In the second annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2011 – 2016), Cisco forecasts that global data center traffic will grow 4-fold and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016. The company also foresees that Middle East and Africa ... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Indian children wish for a greener future
6 months ago
20 November 2012 One-third of children across the globe are concerned about pollution, and over a quarter of children in India want to participate in afforestation activities, a global survey on children's hopes, aspirations and fears revealed Tuesday. The Small Voices, Big Dreams survey... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Greenhouse gas volumes reached new high in 2011
6 months ago
20 November 2012The volume of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activities, grew at a similar rate to the previous decade and reached 390.9 parts per million (ppm), 40 percent above the pre-industrial level, the survey said.It has increased by an average of 2 ppm for... Full story
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Environment & Energy
MD & CEO of DEWA emphasizes importance of GCC Interconnection
6 months ago
Dubai, UAE; 20 November, 2012: HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) emphasized while receiving a delegation headed by Adnan Al Mohaisen, CEO of the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA), the importance of GCC Interconnection.... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Floods, droughts, heat waves hit poor worst
6 months ago
WASHINGTON - US droughts, floods and heat waves likely fueled by climate change in the last two years hit the people who can afford it the least - the poor and middle class, a report published on Friday said. In affected areas of US states hit by five or more extreme weather events in the last ... Full story
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Environment & Energy
World Bank fears devastating 4.0 degree warming
6 months ago
19 November 2012 The World Bank warned Sunday that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a call for action, the World Bank tied the future wealth of the planet... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Emirati-Swiss Friendship Forum set to meet
6 months ago
Dubai: Water sustainability for future generations will be the focus of discussions as the Emirati-Swiss Friendship Forum holds its third meeting in the UAE from November 11-12. Launched in November 2010, the forum aims at strengthening bilateral relations between the UAE and... Full story
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Environment & Energy
Dubai well placed to beat other 4 candidate cities to host World Expo 2020, after success of World Energy Forum 2012
6 months ago
Dubai, UAE, 19th November 2012: Following the stupendous success in organizing the World Energy Forum 2012 in Dubai attended by some prominent heads of states, the UAE is well placed to beat the other four candidate cities to host the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, according to Ahmed Bin Shafar, CEO of... Full story



