San Murugesan - Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harnessing green IT : principles and practices / San Murugesan, G. R.

Gangadharan, editors. 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-119-97005-7 (cloth)

1. Information technology Environmental aspects. 2. Computer science

Environmental aspects. 3. Information technology Energy consumption. 4.

Green technology. I. Murugesan, San. II. Gangadharan, G. R.

QA76.9.E58H37 2012

004.028 dc23

2012010715

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (H/B): 9781119970057

Dedicated to all who are interested in learning and harnessing green IT to create a sustainable environment for the benefit of current and future generations.

About the Editors

San Murugesan is Director of BRITE Professional Services and Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is a Senior Consultant with the Data Insight & Social BI practice of Cutter Consortium, United States. He is also a corporate trainer and an independent IT and education consultant. He held various senior positions at the University of Western Sydney and Southern Cross University, both in Australia, and at Multimedia University in Malaysia. He also worked at the Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore, India. He has served as Senior Research Fellow of the US National Research Council at the NASA Ames Research Center, United States. In a career spanning over three decades in academia and industry, Dr Murugesan has led several innovative IT projects, provided leadership in teaching and research, and consulted to business, industry and educational institutions.

His work has focussed on the development, application and management of IT with expertise and interests spanning a range of areas, including green computing, cloud computing, Web 2.0 and 3.0, mobile computing applications, Web engineering, e-business and IT for emerging markets. He has over 150 publications which include journal and conference papers, executive reports, edited books, IEEE CS EssentialSets and e-mail advisories. He has developed and delivered professional certificate training programs on green IT and cloud computing. He serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE's IT Professional magazine and on the editorial boards of other international journals. He also edits and contributes to the IT in Emerging Markets Department of IT Professional. He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow of IETE, a Senior Member of IEEE and a distinguished visitor and tutorial speaker of the IEEE Computer Society. You can follow him on Twitter @santweets and at LinkedIn and contact him at .

G.R. Gangadharan currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad, India. He has rich experience of working on several European Framework projects including COMPAS, GAMES, COCKPIT and WATTALYST. His areas of research interests include Internet technologies (service-oriented computing and cloud computing), green information systems and energy-efficient computing, information and communication technology (ICT) for emerging markets, free and open source systems (FOSS) and enterprise information systems. He has over 40 publications in international conference proceedings and journals. He is a member of IEEE. He holds a PhD in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Trento, Trento, Italy and the European University Association; an MS in Information Technology from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy; and an MSc in Computer Science from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India. Contact him at .

About the Authors

Abhishek Agrawal () has over 10 years of industry experience and is currently a Senior Technical Lead in Intel's Software Services Group who drives Intel's initiatives on power efficiency for client and Atom-based platforms. He has significant research experience in energy efficiency and has authored and co-authored several industry white papers and technical papers in refereed international conferences and journals. Abhishek is Intel's representative for Climate Savers Computing Initiative, has participated in numerous industry panels on green computing, has delivered multiple tutorial sessions at industry and academic events and is member of multiple industry power working groups such as the Extended Battery Life Working Group (EBLWG) and Universal Power Adapter for Mobile Devices (UPAMD).

Felipe Albertao () is a Researcher at IBM ResearchChina who focusses on software solutions for improving urban water systems as part of IBM's Smarter Planet effort. His previous research and activism are related to the use of technology for environmental and social development in Brazil (his native country) and the USA. Felipe has a master's degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and two decades of experience in information technology.

Tom Butler () is a Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University College Cork, Ireland. Since joining academia from the Telecommunications Industry in 1998, he has authored over 95 publications. Tom held a Government of Ireland Research Fellowship in green IT from 2009 to 2010. Subsequently he became Champion of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC)/Irish Software Innovation Network (ISIN) green information and communication technology (ICT) cluster. Since 2005 he has been conducting research into environmental compliance management systems (ECMSs), which are a type of green IS that enables organizations to, for example, design green IT and remain in compliance with regulations globally. He is currently conducting research on green ICT in the public sector and on the role of green IS for the Smart Grid.