Massive Scale for a Shrinking World: Clouds and Sustainable Computing
Authors: Peter Coffee, Vice President & Head of Platform Research, Salesforce
Josh Whitney, Lead Corporate Sustainability Practise, WSP Environment
Getting past the casual use of cloud for any Internet service, it's a measurable fact that massively scalable shared services true clouds can reduce carbon footprint by 95% while performing the data-intensive tasks of modern lifestyles. Crucial to informed conversation on this subject is an understanding of the multi-tenant model: the heart of all true clouds, which don't settle for merely centralizing old complexities but instead achieve radical simplification of traditional IT practices by reexamining and redefining core processes. Join Peter Coffee, VP of Platform Research at enterprise cloud computing pioneer salesforce.com, and Josh Whitney, Corporate Sustainability Lead at WSP Environment & Energy, for an exploration of the innovative approaches being brought to bear by many cloud service providers to redefine expectations of IT sustainability in the workplace and the world.