Green IT and Cloud Computing Essentials
Green IT Overview
(Green Computing/Technologies) refers to efficient computing resource use to minimize environmental impact, maximize economic viability, and ensure social duties. It identifies major energy consumers, environmental waste producers, promotes ecological software development, and computer recycling. Some technologies are classified as green for reducing energy consumption or CO2 emissions.
It is based on identifying technologies and energy-producing waste in computer product manufacturing, promoting ecological and computer recycling.
| Types of Green Technologies | |
| Client / Server | Data Center |
| Computer Networking | Cloud Computing |
| Data Center Virtualization | Grid Computing |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | Telecommuting |
Cloud Computing Summary
Cloud Computing offers services through an internet computer platform.
It provides computer system services via the internet cloud, allowing users access without expert resource management knowledge. The IEEE Computer Society defines it as a paradigm where information is stored on internet servers and sent to temporary client caches (desktops, entertainment centers, portable devices, etc.). Despite PC improvements, much power is wasted. Cloud computing incorporates software as a service, relying on the internet for user computing needs. It allows access to data and programs from anywhere via the internet (e.g., Google Docs, Google Apps, Amazon Web Services).
| Cloud Types | |
| Public Clouds | Private Clouds |
| Hybrid Clouds |
| Benefits | |
| Proven integration of Web services. | Faster deployment with less risk. |
| Providing world-class services. | Extensive customizability. |
| No additional hardware or software. | More options for business users. |
| Automatic updates do not adversely affect IT resources. |
Advantages
Savings: Reduced infrastructure and human resource spending. No need for personal system management.
Scalability: Extremely flexible, resources can be matched with needs almost automatically by the provider.
Ubiquity: Data can be accessed from anywhere via the cloud.
Disadvantages
Data Privacy: Data traffic is handled by others, requiring careful supplier selection.
Company Dependence: Careful selection is necessary; large enterprise solutions are usually safer.
Cloud Computing Needs Three Components:
- Communications (fast and cheap)
- Processing capacity (CPU and memory, adaptive on demand)
- Storage (large)
DRP DSS EIS Summary
Executive Information Systems (EIS)
- Oldest analysis and decision support term, consolidating and summarizing organizational data, often using a Data Warehouse.
- Provides information from internal and external sources.
EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EIS)
Management information system automating data acquisition, summarization, and presentation. Provides easy executive access to internal and external business information to track critical success factors.
Focuses on providing current company information, with secondary emphasis on future projections.
Consolidates and manages daily information functions for office, administrative, financial, and other executive needs.
Decision Support System (DSS)
- Information and planning system allowing natural database interrogation, information analysis, and decision impact prediction.
- Coherent, integrated programs sharing data on a Data Warehouse for statistical and historical purposes.
Interactive, flexible, and adaptable computer systems supporting non-structured management problem solutions for improved organizational decision-making.
Operates in a multidisciplinary environment, including database research, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, simulation methods, software engineering, and telecommunications.
Uses data, provides friendly interfaces, and allows decisions based on situation analysis.
Useful in Business Intelligence for analyzing variables to support managerial decision-making.
SYSTEMS ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
Management information systems integrating and automating business practices related to company operations or production. Integrated management systems for the company.
Composed of different parts in a single integrated application (production, sales, purchasing, logistics, accounting, project management, GIS, inventory, payroll, etc.). Integration of all parts defines an ERP, unlike a simple billing program.
Integrates everything needed for business process operation. ERP requires “all information available to everyone all the time.”
Management Technology Summary (URS)
What is ICANN?
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Called “Global Governance of the Internet,” managing domain name and IP address administration, security, network stability, root servers, and IPv6 infrastructure design.
Management of Information Technology
Develops information systems to solve management problems.
Organizations need up-to-date information systems to meet internal and external environment needs.
Management Technology Summary (URS)
What is ICANN?
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Called “Global Governance of the Internet,” managing domain name and IP address administration, security, network stability, root servers, and IPv6 infrastructure design.
Management of Information Technology
Develops information systems to solve management problems.
Organizations need up-to-date information systems to meet internal and external environment needs.
Organizations related to Internet domains
IANA: the Authority for Assigned Numbers (English: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), responsible for overall coordination of the protocols of DNS Root, IP addressing and other Internet protocol resources.
ICANN and the official assignment: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Domains (English: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is a nonprofit organization that operates at the level of address space allocation protocol Internet (IP), protocol identifiers and system management of root servers. Although originally performed these services Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other entities under contract with the U.S. government, currently the responsibility of ICANN.
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Fast Suspension System Uniform Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)
The proposed Uniform Suspension System Express (URS) is the result of the perceived need for a rapid process of low for offensive and clearly infringing domains.
The Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has developed a set of recommendations for implementation, related to intellectual property protection for the program of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
What is URS?
The URS is an implementation of a mechanism of protection of rights and does not replace but complements the UDRP.
It is designed to prosecute malicious users performing unauthorized use of trademarks in Internet domain and not for marginal scenarios in which there may be some alternative generic meaning a trademark, or in some jurisdictions, a stage of expression free or fair use another scenario.
URS How it works?
ICANN selects a provider of dispute resolution neutral. This implies a claim, the notice to the registrant, a response, evaluation of the case, a decision of a qualified legal expert to be chosen by the service provider dispute resolution and then the means of appeal.
Once filed the complaint with the service provider’s dispute resolution thirds, the website is “frozen” immediately (not suspended, but can not be transferred). If the claim is successful, the site remains frozen, remove the content and instead is directed to a page of URS process standard.
URS Object
The Uniform System Suspension Quick (URS) is to provide an accelerated procedure to deal with clear cases of infringement.
Both the URS as the UDRP are intended to be procedures for alternative dispute resolution, which complement the existing legal procedures.
The URS is designed to provide coverage and protection for trademark owners in cases where the breach raises no controversy or doubt. The main novelty introduced by the URS is the remedy provided by the system. Waterfront URDP offered the applicant the transfer or cancellation of the disputed domain, the URS and off the domain blocks being unusable during the time for which you registered.
URS and URDP
The Uniform System Suspension Quick (URS) is a complement to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Dispute and Domain Names (UDRP), which also deals with matters of trademark infringement in domain names.
Standard Suspension System Express (URS) has been designed to provide the fastest way to stop the abuse of a site running, while the Uniform Dispute Resolution Dispute and Domain Names (UDRP) provides for the transfer of a disputed domain name to the owner of rights. Rights owners who wish to resolve cases of infringement, can use one or both of the procedures mentioned above.
Summary of Computer Architecture (GRID)
Grid, What is it?
There are different definitions about the term, among them are the:
Foster IALI: Resources not centrally managed computing based on open standards and quality of service is not trivial.
Plaszczak / Wellner: Technology that enables resource virtualization, on-demand provisioning perform and share services between organizations.
IBM: The ability, using open standards and protocols, to gain access to applications, data, etc. through Internet. A grid is a type of parallel and distributed system for sharing resources across different administrative domains based on service quality, cost …
The computing grid or mesh is a new paradigm of distributed computing in which all the resources of an unspecified number of computers are subsumed to be treated as a single supercomputer in a transparent manner. The shared resources can be computers (PC, stations work , supercomputers, PDAs , laptops ,mobile, etc), software , data and information , special tools ( radio , telescopes , etc..) or people / employees.
Encompassed these computers are not connected or strongly linked, ie not have to be in the same geographical location.
Grid technologies allow computers to share via the Internet or other telecommunications networks not only information but also computing power (grid computing) and storage capacity (grid data). That is, in the grid are shared not only content but also processing power, applications, and even completely heterogeneous devices (sensors, networks, computers, etc.