{"id":699,"date":"2011-07-24T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T08:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=699"},"modified":"2011-07-24T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T08:49:54","slug":"go-green-with-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/go-green-with-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Green With Cloud Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Software as a service  [SaaS], infrastructure as as service [Iaas], and platform as a service [PaaS]  are all inherently more efficient models than conventional alternatives<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyber-gear.com\/images\/julyart.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing is the new <em>mantra<\/em> in the business world. For many, it represents the platform  for the next generation enterprise, promising low total cost of ownership  (TCO), high scalability and an easy pay-as-you-go cost structure. These  advantages and more are driving its adoption across businesses around the world  and are causing leading IT companies to focus their energies on the cloud and  the applications that can be derived from it.<\/p>\n<p>This video explains why it is imperative to embrace cloud  computing, sooner than later. It is good for your business and good for the  planet.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"257\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Yv-eBhAVpIw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Yv-eBhAVpIw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A recent study conducted in US reveals that cloud computing  offers solutions for businesses to be greener and cut costs along the way. Some  of the key findings include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>US Companies plan to increase their investment on cloud  computing from 10% of their overall IT budget today to almost 70% of the same  budget in the near future. <\/li>\n<li>Cloud computing reduces carbon emissions by almost 86  millions metric tons per year by 2020. <\/li>\n<li>Annual economy-wide energy savings could be more than $12  billion\/year by 2020 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the US alone!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Large companies adopting the cloud can reduce energy  consumption and carbon emissions by 30 percent. The better news is, small  businesses even save more energy than the larger counterparts \u00e2\u20ac\u201c up to 90  percent.<\/p>\n<p>Access to the networked resources provided by \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcclouds\u00e2\u20ac\u2122  enables companies to enter markets without having to meet the capital costs of  building their own computer infrastructure. This is especially significant in  the present sluggish market scenario, at a time when we are seeing an explosion  in the number of portable devices with limited storage capacity. Access to  clouds enables them to transcend that limitation and provide a level of  functionality and cost effectiveness which would normally be associated with  much larger machines.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the bottomline: Cloud computing allows higher  hardware utilization. Applications can be run on less equipment; less equipment  means less energy to power and for cooling the equipment. Less energy means a lighter  and happier mother earth.<\/p>\n<p>1,000 cloud servers cut 50 percent of carbon emissions,  equaling to carbon emissions produced by 261 homes or removing 444 cars off the  road or planting 5,810 trees to offset carbon footprints. With the cloud will  become mainstream in less than 5 years, the contribution of cloud computing to  the environment is huge \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so, you can now go cloud and go green at the same  time!<\/p>\n<p>Send your technical feedback to <a href=\"mailto:sharad@cyber-gear.com\">sharad@cyber-gear.com<\/a> and\/or your  eco-feedback to <a href=\"mailto:sharad@go-green.ae\">sharad@go-green.ae<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software as a service [SaaS], infrastructure as as service [Iaas], and platform as a service [PaaS] are all inherently more efficient models than conventional alternatives Cloud computing is the new mantra in the business world. 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