is cloud computing green?
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Is Cloud Computing Green ?
Kevin L. Jackson
Director, Cloud Services
NJVC, LLC
Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
Section 1. Policy. In order to create a clean energy economy that will increase our Nation's
prosperity, promote energy security, protect the interests of taxpayers, and safeguard the
health of our environment, the Federal Government must lead by example. It is therefore the
policy of the United States that Federal agencies shall increase energy efficiency; measure,
report, and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from direct and indirect activities; …..
Sec. 2. Goals for Agencies. In implementing the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, and
preparing and implementing the Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan called for in section
8 of this order, the head of each agency shall:
◦ …..
◦ (i) promote electronics stewardship, in particular by:
…..
(v) implementing best management practices for energy-efficient management of
servers and Federal data centers; and
Presidential Executive Order 13514 October 5, 2009
"Of the investments that will involve up-front costs to be recouped in outyear savings, cloud-computing is a
prime case in point. The Federal Government will transform its Information Technology Infrastructure by
virtualizing data centers, consolidating data centers and operations, and ultimately adopting a cloud-
computing business model. Initial pilots conducted in collaboration with Federal agencies will serve as test
beds to demonstrate capabilities, including appropriate security and privacy protection at or exceeding current
best practices, developing standards, gathering data, and benchmarking costs and performance. The pilots will
evolve into migrations of major agency capabilities from agency computing platforms to base agency IT
processes and data in the cloud. Expected savings in the outyears, as more agencies reduce their costs of
hosting systems in their own data centers, should be many times the original investment in this area."
President Obama FY 2010 Budget
Federal Cloud Computing Initiative (FCCI)
Cloud Computing
Not a new technology but a new approach in the provisioning and consumption of
information technology
A services oriented architecture (SOA) implemented typically on a virtualized infrastructure
(compute, storage, networks) using commodity components coupled with highly automated
controls enable the five essential characteristics of cloud computing.
The “sale” is consultative based on the business model change, not on the technology
Key Concerns Standards
Portability
Control/Availability
Security
IT Policy
Management / Monitoring
Ecosystem
Key Benefits Significant cost reductions
Reduced time to capability
Increased flexibility
Elastic scalability
Increase service quality
Increased security
Ease of technology refresh
Ease of collaboration
Increased efficiency
I’ll tell you in a few years.
Is Cloud Computing Green Computing?
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