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green building , constructed with the assistance of a federal government grant . This teaching and research facility is designed to operate for up to seven days off the electricity grid , through features like a hydrogen fuel cell and solar cells across its roof and siding , and has given Cisco and Griffith a chance to push their boundaries , while helping the university in the process .
“ The building has allowed us to work within smart building design and to trial appropriate technologies such as extensive use of POE and virtual desktop environment delivery and management . All precursor work to moving the University to a virtualized digital workspace service ,” says Callow . “ On a good sunny day it actively feeds electricity back into the grid for the rest of our buildings on campus .”
MAINTAINING SECURITY IN A CONNECTED WORLD As Griffith University increases its connectivity , operational complexity and utilisation of cloud services ,
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