Big Data And Large Firms Cloud Green IT Issues

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Oct 26 2011) Wind , Cloud Computing , Servers

1. Costas Galonis, CTO of cloud provider Cirrus Stratus, says Google’s huge energy bills mask how green cloud computing can be Is Google’s energy footprint really that big or does the sheer scale of the organisation mask a Green agenda? I think the latter is the case and I will explain why. These recent reports about Google’s large energy footprint miss the point that cloud computing offers businesses, and squeezed public sector organisations, not just a number of key advantages over conventional data centres and allied IT storage platforms, but a fundamentally greener, planet-friendly agenda. Besides direct energy savings, cloud computing offers healthy savings to a variety of direct costs which in-turn offer more indirect energy savings, by running key aspects of IT systems on a carefully planned and centralised basis. (Read Full Article)

   Bookmark or Share this article

Login to comment.