Intelligent CIO North America Issue 30 | Page 9

NEWS

Transportation and logistics giant Werner Enterprises drives climate action with Net Zero Cloud

chain gives us a unique opportunity to both exceed our own ESG goals and help our customers meet their sustainability goals .
“ By leveraging Net Zero Cloud , we can measure progress on our ESG metrics and report on how we are tracking towards those goals to ensure we ’ re driving impact .”

Salesforce has announced it will collaborate with Werner Enterprises to enhance the transportation and logistics company ’ s Environmental , Social and Governance ( ESG ) tracking and reporting capabilities .

Werner will leverage Salesforce Net Zero Cloud to quickly track , analyze and report reliable environmental data , accelerating progress toward its sustainability goals .
“ The trucking industry is critical to getting goods into the hands of consumers across the US every day ,” said Shawntell Kroese , AVP of Sustainability and Sales Operations , Werner . “ Werner ’ s vital role in the supply
In 2021 , Werner released its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ) report , announcing nine ESG goals the company plans to achieve in the coming years . In its 2022 CSR report , Werner highlighted its resulting achievements , including progress toward a 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 across Scopes 1 , 2 and 3 .
By leveraging Net Zero Cloud , Werner can now quickly adapt its strategies and tactics to make measurable , data-driven progress toward its ESG goals .

T-Mobile and Cisco launch world ’ s largest cloud native converged core gateway

T-Mobile has teamed up with Cisco to launch the world ’ s largest highly scalable and distributed nationwide cloud native converged core gateway . The Uncarrier has moved all its 5G and 4G traffic to the new cloud native core gateway , which immediately boosted performance for customers with more than a 10 % improvement in both speed and latency .

The new converged core gateway also simplifies operations for T-Mobile , allowing the Un-carrier to shift resources with better agility and roll out services like 5G Home Internet . It will also expedite time to market for new 5G and IoT services like network slicing and Voice over 5G ( VoNR ) by allowing T-Mobile to easily test and deploy new capabilities at scale .
“ T-Mobile customers already have access to the largest , most powerful 5G network in the country , this cloud native core gateway takes our network to new heights , allowing us to push 5G forward by delivering next-level performance for consumers and businesses nationwide while setting the stage for new applications enabled by next-gen networks ,” said Delan Beah , Senior Vice President of Core Network and Services Engineering at T-Mobile .
With a fully automated converged core gateway , T-Mobile can simplify network functions across the cloud , edge and data centers to significantly reduce operational life cycle management .
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