1. Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Business Plug-In B9 Sustainable MIS Infrastructures

2. 9-2 LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Identify the environmental impacts associated with MIS 2. Explain the three components of a sustainable MIS infrastructures along with their business benefits

3. 9-3 MIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT O Moore’s Law - Refers to the computer chip performance per dollar doubles every 18 months O Sustainable, or “green,” MIS - Describes the production, management, use, and disposal of technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment O Corporate social responsibility - Companies’ acknowledged responsibility to society

4. 9-4 MIS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Three Primary Side Effects Of Businesses’ Expanded Use Of Technology

5. 9-5 Increased Electronic Waste O Ewaste - Refers to discarded, obsolete or broken electronic devices O Sustainable MIS disposal - Refers to the safe disposal of MIS assets at the end of their life cycle

6. 9-6 Increased Energy Consumption O Energy consumption – The amount of energy consumed by business processes and systems O Huge increases in technology use have greatly amplified energy consumption O The energy consumed by a computer is estimated to produce as much as 10 percent of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by an automobile

7. 9-7 Increased Carbon Emissions O Carbon emissions – Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide produced by business processes and systems O When left on continuously, a single desktop computer and monitor can consume at least 100 watts of power per hour

8. 9-8 SUPPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT: SUSTAINABLE MIS INFRASTRUCTURE O The components of a sustainable MIS infrastructure include

9. 9-9 Grid Computing O Grid computing - A collection of computers, often geographically dispersed, that are coordinated to solve a common problem

10. 9-10 Virtualized Computing O Virtualization - Creates multiple “virtual” machines on a single computing device

11. 9-11 Virtualized Computing O Data center – A facility used to house management information systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems O Sustainable data centers O Reduces carbon emissions O Reduces required floor Space O Chooses Geographic location

12. 9-12 Cloud Computing O Cloud computing - A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction

13. 9-13 Cloud Computing O Multi-tenancy – The cloud means that a single instance of a system serves multiple customers O Single-tenancy – Each customer or tenant must purchase and maintain an individual system O Cloud fabric – The software that makes possible the benefits of cloud computing, such as multi- tenancy

14. 9-14 Cloud Computing

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16. 9-16 Cloud Computing