2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Energy Efficiency for Software and Services on the Cloud
Authors : Priyanka Bhati, Prerna Sharma, Avinash Sharma, Jatin Sutaria, M. Hanumanthapa
Published in: High Performance Architecture and Grid Computing
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The market for cloud computing services has continued to expand despite a general decline in economic activity in most of the world. Cloud computing is computation, software, data access, and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical location and configuration of the system that delivers the services.
This Paper provides an in-depth analysis of the energy efficiency benefits of cloud computing, including an assessment of the software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) markets. It also highlights the key demand drivers and technical developments related to cloud computing, in addition to detailed quantification of energy savings and GHG reduction opportunities under a cloud computing adoption scenario, with a forecast period extending through 2020.