Green information technology : a sustainable approach / edited by Mohammad Dastbaz, Colin Pattinson, Babak Akhgar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dastbaz, M. (Mohammad), editor.

Pattinson, Colin, editor.

Akhgar, Babak, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cloud computing.

Data processing service centers--Energy conservation.

Data processing service centers.

Big data.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Morgan Kaufmann, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Offers in a single volume a broad collection of practical techniques and methodologies for designing, building and implementing a green technology strategy in any large enterprise environment, which up until now has been scattered in difficult-to-find scholarly resources. Included here is the latest information on emerging technologies and their environmental impact, how to effectively measure sustainability, discussions on sustainable hardware and software design, as well as how to use big data and cloud computing to drive efficiencies and establish a framework for sustainability in the information technology infrastructure.

Contents:

Contents

Foreword

Preface

About the Editors

Contributor Biographies

Acknowledgments

Section I: Green IT: Emerging Technologies and Challenges

Chapter 1: Green ICT: History, Agenda, and Challenges Ahead

Chapter 2: Emerging Technologies and Their Environmental Impact

Conclusion

Section II: Green IT: Law and Measurement

Chapter 3: Measurements and Sustainability

Chapter 4: The Law of Green IT

Chapter 5 - Quantitative and Systemic Methods for Modeling Sustainability

Section III. Sustainable Computing, Cloud and Big Data

Chapter 6: Sustainable Cloud Computing

Chapter 7: Sustainable Software Design

Chapter 8: Achieving the Green Theme Through the Use of Traffic Characteristics in Data Centers

Chapter 9: Energy Harvesting and the Internet of Things

Chapter 10: 3D Printing and Sustainable Product Development Section V. Case Studies

Chapter 11: Automated Demand Response, Smart Grid Technologies, and Sustainable Energy Solutions

Chapter 12: Critical Issues for Data Center Energy Efficiency

Chapter 13: Communitywide Area Network and Mobile ISP

Chapter 14: Thin-Client and Energy Efficiency

Chapter 15: Cloud Computing, Sustainability, and Risk

Case Study: A Quantitative Fuzzy Optimization Model for Determining Cloud Inexperienced Risks' Appetite

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 23, 2015).

ISBN:

9780128016718

012801671X

9780128013793

0128013796

OCLC:

906182626