Building Sustainable MIS Infrastuctures Environmental Impacts Associated with MIS & Components of A Sustainable MIS Infrastructure

Impacts of MIS on Environment Side Effects

Sustainable or Green MIS The measurement tool of Disposal of technology in a effort to reduce the amount of damages on the Environment. Be the core parts of a corporate social responsibility

The Side Effects of MIS Increased Ewaste Increased Energy consumption Increased Carbon Emission

Increased Electronic Waste Ewaste may be defined as discarded computers, office electronic equipment, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones, television sets and refrigerators. This definition includes used electronics which are destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal.

Increased Energy Consumption Computers consume energy even when they are not used Adding 10% of the carbon dioxide produced by cars Computers are an open 24/7 business but only to produce more carbon dioxide

Increased Carbon Emissions carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. The effect of all this extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is that the overall temperature of the planet is increasing (global warming). global temperature is increasing, on a day-to-day level the climate is changing in unpredictable ways

Components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure: Grid Computing Cloud Computing Virtualized computing

Grid Computing —A collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem — Smart grids solve the Energy Issue by delivering electricity using two-way digital technology.

Cloud Computing — refers to the use of resources and applications hosted remotely on the Internet — offers new ways to store, access, process, and analyze information — connect people and resources from any location — information is safe and always available — Utility computing – pay per use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkryri12lKw

Cloud Computing Service Delivery Methods Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service Definition: Delivers hardware networking capabilities, including the use of servers, networking, and storage over the cloud Think of it as a utility Dynamic scaling: MIS infrastructure can be automatically scaled up or down based on needed requirements of the business Example: Amazon EC2

Software as a Service Definition: Delivers applications over the cloud Advantages include: Cost effective Immediate benefits Benefits of testing new software Example: Salesforce.com

Platform as a Service Definition: Supports the deployment of entire systems including hardware, networking, and applications Solution for the headache of maintaining a software PaaS helps to minimize operational costs and increase productivity Example: Google’s App Engine

Virtualization — allows multiple virtual computers to exist on a single computing device — one of the primary uses is for performing backup and recovery — Data Center - a facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems