A Very Mobile Magazine Christmas - October 2024
Sunrise announced that it would be migrating 1,000 databases to Oracle’s Exadata Cloud@Customer platform to modernise services and bring cloud capabilities to its data centre.
The decision for Sunrise to undergo a cloud transformation with Oracle is part of a wider consolidation and modernisation project.
As reported by Inside IT, the Swiss telco is currently eager to update its infrastructure, which includes the migration of the Sunrise databases to Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer.
Exadata is a combined hardware and software platform optimised for running Oracle databases. It is deployed in Sunrise’s own data centres, but also aims to offer some of the benefits of the cloud, according to the company’s Director of IT Technologies & Assurance, Stephen Dowling.
"We didn't want to move completely to the cloud for a number of reasons," says Dowling, who is responsible for the project. "We have around 18 months to upgrade all the databases and consolidate them in our two data centres."
There were almost 1,000 databases involved in this migration, which is expected to be largely completed by the first quarter of 2026.
Sunrise stated that, since the databases are operated on-premises, data protection requirements can be met in accordance with regulations and individual customer needs. Oracle’s platform offers some of the advantages of the cloud, which includes greater levels of flexibility and less effort for database administrators thanks to automated patching and improved monitoring.
BT Boosts AI Carbon Tracking to Optimise Networking
BT Group, the UK's largest telecommunications provider, expanded its carbon monitoring platform to track emissions from AI operations within data centres.
The company's Carbon Network Dashboard, a tool that monitors power consumption across network infrastructure, now includes capabilities to measure the environmental impact of AI applications and workloads. It is also able to provide greater visibility of electricity usage, allowing data centre operators to identify areas where emissions can be reduced.
Such an expansion comes as the telecommunications sector faces growing regulatory pressure to ensure its network expansions are meeting environmental targets. In response, BT’s dashboard enables the telco’s business customers to monitor and optimise their infrastructure for both performance and sustainability.
Carbon Network Dashboard was a landmark announcement for BT in 2024, as it offers enhanced capabilities for businesses seeking to manage their environmental impact.
Through detailed monitoring of network traffic patterns, the dashboard can identify how specific AI applications affect power consumption and carbon emissions.
"BT is committed to helping customers innovate to achieve sustainable growth," says Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Director, Business at BT. "With our Carbon Network Dashboard, we can help them adopt AI at scale while optimising their infrastructure to achieve their decarbonisation goals."
See also in October
VodafoneZiggo: A driving force of the Dutch digitisation
Huawei: The Journey to Future 6G Networks Must Embrace AI
Community Fibre: Building London's best broadband network
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