Green is not just media/technology hype. IT organizations can reduce their carbon footprint, reduce energy consumption and drive cost out of the data center. This paper examines the costs and strategies that can be deployed to reduce Tier 1 storage in production and reduce the overall storage and servers required for data management.
EMC Isilon: A Scalable Storage Platform for Big DataEMC
This white paper provides insights into EMC Isilon's shared storage approach, covering a wide range of desired characteristics including increased efficiency and reduced total cost.
In this PPT, We describing the important things about Data Management and Data Governance. The data governance approach provides the right practices and processes that help an enterprise manage its data flows.
A Data Quality Model for Asset Management in Engineering OrganisationsCyrus Sorab
Abstract: Data Quality (DQ) is a critical issue for effective asset management. DQ problems can result in severe negative consequences for an organisation. This paper aims to explore DQ issues associated with the implementation of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
Completed Paper - Authors
Andy Koronios
University of South Australia
andy.koronios@unisa.edu.au
Shien Lin
University of South Australia
shien.lin@unisa.edu.au
Jing Gao
University of South Australia
jing.gao@unisa.edu.au
Paper available for download here - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cb3c/9209e2909033e21019157d279d5363b0db76.pdf
EcoGreenOffice Guide To Greening BusinessBryan Beckett
Sustainability is now a huge factor to moving business forward. Companies that adopt a green strategy will move ahead, those that don't, will disappear. This Guide To Greening Business is perfect for any business wanting to make a sustainability effort. Visit www.ecogreenoffice.com for more information.
EMC Isilon: A Scalable Storage Platform for Big DataEMC
This white paper provides insights into EMC Isilon's shared storage approach, covering a wide range of desired characteristics including increased efficiency and reduced total cost.
In this PPT, We describing the important things about Data Management and Data Governance. The data governance approach provides the right practices and processes that help an enterprise manage its data flows.
A Data Quality Model for Asset Management in Engineering OrganisationsCyrus Sorab
Abstract: Data Quality (DQ) is a critical issue for effective asset management. DQ problems can result in severe negative consequences for an organisation. This paper aims to explore DQ issues associated with the implementation of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems.
Completed Paper - Authors
Andy Koronios
University of South Australia
andy.koronios@unisa.edu.au
Shien Lin
University of South Australia
shien.lin@unisa.edu.au
Jing Gao
University of South Australia
jing.gao@unisa.edu.au
Paper available for download here - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/cb3c/9209e2909033e21019157d279d5363b0db76.pdf
EcoGreenOffice Guide To Greening BusinessBryan Beckett
Sustainability is now a huge factor to moving business forward. Companies that adopt a green strategy will move ahead, those that don't, will disappear. This Guide To Greening Business is perfect for any business wanting to make a sustainability effort. Visit www.ecogreenoffice.com for more information.
Strategic Energy Procurement: Using Data to Forecast, Plan & Manage Your SpendConstellation
Harnessing energy data for strategic energy planning and management is key to any business or agency meeting their energy-related goals. This free whitepaper discusses practical strategies for building an energy procurement program that utilizes energy data to mitigate price risk, allow more accurate energy budgeting and forecasting, and provide your business with the flexibility to optimize its enterprise-wide energy spend and energy consumption.
Energy data is more accessible today thanks to the convergence of technologies such as automated building controls, advanced meters, and enterprise energy management software with unprecedented access to real-time market prices, and regulatory and legislative insight.
Topics addressed in this whitepaper include:
- Why Some Companies Are Not
- Optimizing Energy Data
- What is Strategic Energy Procurement?
- The Four Steps of Strategic Energy Procurement
- Taking Data from Information to Implementation
- How Leading Companies Are Using Strategic Energy
- Procurement to Lower Energy Costs and Energy Consumption
Designed to address more mature programs, this tutorial covers the issues and approaches to sustaining Data Governance and value creation over time, amongst a changing business and personnel environment.
Part of the reason many companies launch a Data Governance program again and again is that over time, it is challenging to maintain the enthusiasm and excitement that accompanies a newly initiated program.
Learn about:
• Typical obstacles to sustainable Data Governance
• Re-energizing your program after a key player (or two) leave and other personnel challenges
• Staying relevant to the company as the business evolves over time
• Understanding the role of metrics and why they are critical
• Leveraging Communication and Stakeholder Management practices to maintain commitment
• Embedding Data Governance into the operations of the company
Designing a Successful Governed Citizen Data Science StrategyDATAVERSITY
To compete in today’s digital economy, enterprises require new ways to expand AI across their entire organization. Nearly all firms want to do more with data science, but they don't know where to begin or how to properly empower citizen data scientists to avoid common AI gone wrong accidents.
In this session, we will discuss how to approach your journey into citizen data science with existing analytics talent. Proven best practices and lessons learned from successful early adopters of augmented data science will be shared. We will walk through example initiative roadmaps, recommended staffing, upskilling, mentoring and ongoing governance.
To take a “ready, aim, fire” tactic to implement Data Governance, many organizations assess themselves against industry best practices. The process is not difficult or time-consuming and can directly assure that your activities target your specific needs. Best practices are always a strong place to start.
Join Bob Seiner for this popular RWDG topic, where he will provide the information you need to set your program in the best possible direction. Bob will walk you through the steps of conducting an assessment and share with you a set of typical results from taking this action. You may be surprised at how easy it is to organize the assessment and may hear results that stimulate the actions that you need to take.
In this webinar, Bob will share:
- The value of performing a Data Governance best practice assessment
- A practical list of industry Data Governance best practices
- Criteria to determine if a practice is best practice
- Steps to follow to complete an assessment
- Typical recommendations and actions that result from an assessment
Originally Published: Jan 21, 2015
The size and complexity of data make it difficult for companies to unlock the true value of their data. IBM Information Integration Governance can improve data quality, protect sensitive data, and reduce cost and risk. Free up your resources and get more out of your data.
Improving energy efficiency in SMEs – an interdisciplinary perspectiveLeonardo ENERGY
Research however states that there is still large untapped energy efficiency potential which deployment is hindered by the existence of various barriers to energy efficiency. The complexity of improved energy efficiency in manufacturing industry calls for an interdisciplinary approach to the issue. The book “Improving Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems” applies: “an interdisciplinary perspective in examining energy efficiency in industrial energy systems, and discusses how “cross-pollinating” perspectives and theories from the social and engineering sciences can enhance our understanding of barriers, energy audits, energy management, policies, and programmes as they pertain to improved energy efficiency in industry.”
As the Coalition Government promises to tear out large sections of the rulebook and relax targets in an attempt to ease the strain on struggling UK businesses, it is tempting to conclude that environmental sustainability initiatives can be put on a backburner. In crisis mode, the country and its commercial entities surely have more pressing concerns?
Keeping the lights on remains one of them and this demands that organisations can continue to balance their books. Evidence has shown that there is a direct correlation between energy efficiency and cost efficiency for a business. As a result, the attention paid to carbon emissions monitoring and management is no longer something that is automatically handed over to corporate social responsibility and marketing teams.
At more astute companies, the discipline is now firmly on the radar of the finance department. If international pledges and government targets around global warming have done anything positive for businesses, it is to encourage them to measure and gain an appreciation for just how much wastage goes on in companies – and how much this is costing them.
The following white paper assesses the current landscape for carbon emission monitoring, exploring not only companies’ regulatory responsibilities for behaving in a more environmentally sustainable way but also how, through systematic, integrated measuring and reporting, they can substantially reduce their internal costs at a time when energy prices and other business costs are escalating at a punishing rate.
To find out more about our carbon accounting solutions please contact us on 01582 714 810.
Strategic Energy Procurement: Using Data to Forecast, Plan & Manage Your SpendConstellation
Harnessing energy data for strategic energy planning and management is key to any business or agency meeting their energy-related goals. This free whitepaper discusses practical strategies for building an energy procurement program that utilizes energy data to mitigate price risk, allow more accurate energy budgeting and forecasting, and provide your business with the flexibility to optimize its enterprise-wide energy spend and energy consumption.
Energy data is more accessible today thanks to the convergence of technologies such as automated building controls, advanced meters, and enterprise energy management software with unprecedented access to real-time market prices, and regulatory and legislative insight.
Topics addressed in this whitepaper include:
- Why Some Companies Are Not
- Optimizing Energy Data
- What is Strategic Energy Procurement?
- The Four Steps of Strategic Energy Procurement
- Taking Data from Information to Implementation
- How Leading Companies Are Using Strategic Energy
- Procurement to Lower Energy Costs and Energy Consumption
Designed to address more mature programs, this tutorial covers the issues and approaches to sustaining Data Governance and value creation over time, amongst a changing business and personnel environment.
Part of the reason many companies launch a Data Governance program again and again is that over time, it is challenging to maintain the enthusiasm and excitement that accompanies a newly initiated program.
Learn about:
• Typical obstacles to sustainable Data Governance
• Re-energizing your program after a key player (or two) leave and other personnel challenges
• Staying relevant to the company as the business evolves over time
• Understanding the role of metrics and why they are critical
• Leveraging Communication and Stakeholder Management practices to maintain commitment
• Embedding Data Governance into the operations of the company
Designing a Successful Governed Citizen Data Science StrategyDATAVERSITY
To compete in today’s digital economy, enterprises require new ways to expand AI across their entire organization. Nearly all firms want to do more with data science, but they don't know where to begin or how to properly empower citizen data scientists to avoid common AI gone wrong accidents.
In this session, we will discuss how to approach your journey into citizen data science with existing analytics talent. Proven best practices and lessons learned from successful early adopters of augmented data science will be shared. We will walk through example initiative roadmaps, recommended staffing, upskilling, mentoring and ongoing governance.
To take a “ready, aim, fire” tactic to implement Data Governance, many organizations assess themselves against industry best practices. The process is not difficult or time-consuming and can directly assure that your activities target your specific needs. Best practices are always a strong place to start.
Join Bob Seiner for this popular RWDG topic, where he will provide the information you need to set your program in the best possible direction. Bob will walk you through the steps of conducting an assessment and share with you a set of typical results from taking this action. You may be surprised at how easy it is to organize the assessment and may hear results that stimulate the actions that you need to take.
In this webinar, Bob will share:
- The value of performing a Data Governance best practice assessment
- A practical list of industry Data Governance best practices
- Criteria to determine if a practice is best practice
- Steps to follow to complete an assessment
- Typical recommendations and actions that result from an assessment
Originally Published: Jan 21, 2015
The size and complexity of data make it difficult for companies to unlock the true value of their data. IBM Information Integration Governance can improve data quality, protect sensitive data, and reduce cost and risk. Free up your resources and get more out of your data.
Improving energy efficiency in SMEs – an interdisciplinary perspectiveLeonardo ENERGY
Research however states that there is still large untapped energy efficiency potential which deployment is hindered by the existence of various barriers to energy efficiency. The complexity of improved energy efficiency in manufacturing industry calls for an interdisciplinary approach to the issue. The book “Improving Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems” applies: “an interdisciplinary perspective in examining energy efficiency in industrial energy systems, and discusses how “cross-pollinating” perspectives and theories from the social and engineering sciences can enhance our understanding of barriers, energy audits, energy management, policies, and programmes as they pertain to improved energy efficiency in industry.”
As the Coalition Government promises to tear out large sections of the rulebook and relax targets in an attempt to ease the strain on struggling UK businesses, it is tempting to conclude that environmental sustainability initiatives can be put on a backburner. In crisis mode, the country and its commercial entities surely have more pressing concerns?
Keeping the lights on remains one of them and this demands that organisations can continue to balance their books. Evidence has shown that there is a direct correlation between energy efficiency and cost efficiency for a business. As a result, the attention paid to carbon emissions monitoring and management is no longer something that is automatically handed over to corporate social responsibility and marketing teams.
At more astute companies, the discipline is now firmly on the radar of the finance department. If international pledges and government targets around global warming have done anything positive for businesses, it is to encourage them to measure and gain an appreciation for just how much wastage goes on in companies – and how much this is costing them.
The following white paper assesses the current landscape for carbon emission monitoring, exploring not only companies’ regulatory responsibilities for behaving in a more environmentally sustainable way but also how, through systematic, integrated measuring and reporting, they can substantially reduce their internal costs at a time when energy prices and other business costs are escalating at a punishing rate.
To find out more about our carbon accounting solutions please contact us on 01582 714 810.
When it comes to Green IT, businesses have been reactive. Interest in Green IT rises significantly when energy prices increase, and drops just as quickly when prices flatten out. This is typical of the ad-hoc approach taken by most organizations which has led to inconsistent results. This research will help organizations determine:
•Why Green IT is important.
•Examples of Green IT opportunities.
•The state of Green IT today.
•How to implement a successful Green IT program.
In this storyboard, learn how a strategic approach to Green IT and a longer-term commitment to sustainability can positively impact the bottom line.
A Big Data Approach to Energy Management in RetailJack Watson
Retail businesses spend billions of dollars each year on energy. The industry faces the dual challenge of not only reducing carbon footprint, but also imbibing sustainable strategies that balance business objectives with environmental responsibilities. This paper discusses how the effective usage of Big Data Analytics can revolutionize energy sustainability initiatives for retailers, driving consumption pattern analysis, establishing efficiency blueprints and supporting maintenance efforts.
A big-data-approach-to-energy-management-in-retailsiya4
Retail businesses spend billions of dollars each year on energy. The industry faces the dual challenge of not only reducing carbon footprint, but also imbibing sustainable strategies that balance business objectives with environmental responsibilities. This paper discusses how the effective usage of Big Data Analytics can revolutionize energy sustainability initiatives for retailers, driving consumption pattern analysis, establishing efficiency blueprints and supporting maintenance efforts.
A Big Data Approach to Energy Management in RetailNidhi Vora
Retail businesses spend billions of dollars each year on energy. The industry faces the dual challenge of not only reducing carbon footprint, but also imbibing sustainable strategies that balance business objectives with environmental responsibilities. This paper discusses how the effective usage of Big Data Analytics can revolutionize energy sustainability initiatives for retailers, driving consumption pattern analysis, establishing efficiency blueprints and supporting maintenance efforts.
A big-data-approach-to-energy-management-in-retailmalini87
Retail businesses spend billions of dollars each year on energy. The industry faces the dual challenge of not only reducing carbon footprint, but also imbibing sustainable strategies that balance business objectives with environmental responsibilities. This paper discusses how the effective usage of Big Data Analytics can revolutionize energy sustainability initiatives for retailers, driving consumption pattern analysis, establishing efficiency blueprints and supporting maintenance efforts
This paper discusses how the effective usage of Big Data Analytics can revolutionize energy sustainability initiatives for retailers, driving consumption pattern analysis, establishing efficiency blueprints and supporting maintenance efforts. Indeed, Big Data is the harbinger of an efficient tomorrow, bolstering the retailer’s fiscal as well as competitive repute in the market, combined with the augmentation of savings potential.
Green Computing, eco trends, climate change, e-waste and eco-friendlyEditor IJCATR
This study focused on the practice of using computing resources more efficiently while maintaining or increasing overall performance. Sustainable IT services require the integration of green computing practices such as power management, virtualization, improving cooling technology, recycling, electronic waste disposal, and optimization of the IT infrastructure to meet sustainability requirements. Studies have shown that costs of power utilized by IT departments can approach 50% of the overall energy costs for an organization. While there is an expectation that green IT should lower costs and the firm’s impact on the environment, there has been far less attention directed at understanding the strategic benefits of sustainable IT services in terms of the creation of customer value, business value and societal value. This paper provides a review of the literature on sustainable IT, key areas of focus, and identifies a core set of principles to guide sustainable IT service design.
Controlling Corporate Energy Consumption via the Enterprise Network
A New Approach to Achieving Energy Efficiency by Leveraging Network Infrastructure
by Nicholas John Lippis III
President, Lippis Consulting
The days of a procurement officer working alone to sign long-term energy contracts are drawing to a close. Same with an operations manager deciding to pursue an LED lighting retrofit. Or a sustainability director who enters into a PPA with a wind developer.
And it’s not because there’s no value in these pursuits. They each have immense worth. But they can be so much more transformative when they are managed as a cohesive strategy.
A perfect storm of data growth is brewing. According to a recent survey by Gartner, data growth is now the leading infrastructure challenge.1 Left unchecked data growth negatively impacts application performance, compliance goals and IT costs. Yet, this very same data is also the lifeblood of today’s organizations driving demand for enterprise analytics to extract value from enterprise data like never before.
Healthcare is undergoing a fundamental transformation, driven by advancing innovations and demand for a 360-degree view of patient care. Whether providers, payers, or pharmaceutical companies, organizations across the industry face an inundation of data, often in new and varied formats.
To get the best from a new ERP system, it’s important to ensure good data management practices are in place. Because any potential risk during the upgrade can disrupt the business operations. This white paper examines Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (EDMS), and how it can provide an organization with the much-needed security during an upgrade. The white paper also mentions case examples of customers who have unlocked the true potential of their enterprise data using Solix EDMS.
Solix Cloud – Managing Data Growth with Database Archiving and Application Re...LindaWatson19
Mission-critical ERP and CRM applications are the lifeblood of any business. This paper examines how Solix Cloud Database Archiving and Application Retirement Solutions enable enterprises to achieve their ILM goals while reducing complexity and offering superior performance.
Simplifying Enterprise Application Retirement with Solix ExAPPS – Industry’s ...LindaWatson19
This white paper examines how Solix ExAPPS Application Retirement appliance provides a better management of legacy data and helps enterprises benefit from significant reduction in storage costs while meeting compliance requirements.
Solix Common Data Platform: Advanced Analytics and the Data-Driven EnterpriseLindaWatson19
Enterprise data continues to grow at an accelerating rate, increasingly in unstructured or semi-structured formats. At the same time, as Forrester shares in the report, “Business users are demanding faster, more real-time, and integrated customer analytics from multiple sources, so they can make better decisions and increase their company’s competitiveness.”
Solix EDMS and Oracle Exadata: Transitioning to the Private CloudLindaWatson19
This white paper discusses how Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (EDMS) has been adapted for the cloud computing model and how it can assist organizations to make the transition to a private cloud such as Oracle Exadata and maintain efficient utilization of the cloud infrastructure over the long-term.
Solving The Data Growth Crisis: Solix Big Data SuiteLindaWatson19
Today’s Chief Information Officer operates in a perfect storm of data growth. Left unchecked data growth negatively impacts application performance, compliance goals and IT costs. Yet, this very same data is the lifeblood of today’s organizations. .
Jump-Start the Enterprise Journey to the CloudLindaWatson19
In the pre-1880 era onsite power generation was the norm for factories. When the central power stations were built, these factories outsourced their power generation. Cloud infrastructure presents a similar opportunity for organizations wishing to outsource their IT infrastructure.
The landscape of enterprise data is changing with the advent of enterprise social data, IoT, logs and click-streams. The data is too big, moves too fast, or doesn’t fit the structures of current database architectures. As Forrester points out, “with growing data volume, increasing compliance pressure, and the evolution of Big Data, enterprise architect (EA) professionals should review their archiving strategies, leveraging new technologies and approaches.”
Extending Information Security to Non-Production EnvironmentsLindaWatson19
This paper discusses the threats that non-production environments pose to database security and provides practical advice and multiple options for ensuring data assets remain secure against unauthorized access.
Enterprise Data Management “As-a-Service”LindaWatson19
The explosion of enterprise data is recognized as one of the most pressing challenges facing organizations today. This white paper examines how Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (EDMS) Managed Services deliver database archiving, data masking, test data management and application retirement – at a low monthly fee.
Database Archiving: The Key to Siebel PerformanceLindaWatson19
This white paper examines why an organization should archive data and details how one solution, Solix Technologies’ Enterprise Data Management Suite (EDMS), has helped customers improve application performance while maintaining information access.
Data-driven Healthcare for the Pharmaceutical IndustryLindaWatson19
The tremendous opportunity of a data-driven strategy is apparent to the pharmaceutical industry, as all these informational assets exhibiting volume, variety, and velocity need to be ingested and analyzed for enhanced insight leading to better business decisions to address proactively the needs of patient care, while getting to market cheaper, faster, with better products.
Healthcare data and its impact upon the patient care decision process via accurate, real-time, reliable data from disparate sources is creating a digital health revolution. Data-driven healthcare is beginning to have a huge impact addressing the challenges of every provider, through efficient handling of huge volumes of patient care data.
Payers are being challenged as the industry shifts from volume-based care to a value-based reimbursement structure that would benefit the patient, the healthcare provider and the payer. New payment models including fee-for-service only and pay-for performance creates impetus for payers to acquire, aggregate, and analyze data.
Data-driven Healthcare for ManufacturersLindaWatson19
Medical Device Equipment and Hospital Supplies Manufacturers also face increased pressure to comply with strict regulatory procedures to ensure patient safety. Product transparency and efficient end-to-end processes that optimize the manufacturing process and decision making are very important.
Data-driven Banking: Managing the Digital TransformationLindaWatson19
The digital revolution has arrived in banking. Evolving customer expectations, increasing cyber threats and growing volumes of data are just a few of the challenges faced by traditional financial institutions.
Case Studies in Improving Application Performance With Solix Database Archivi...LindaWatson19
This paper briefly examines the reasons why organization should archive data and details how one solution, Solix Technologies’ Enterprise Data Management Suite (EDMS), has helped customers improve application performance while maintaining information access.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
Many companies today use green washing to lure the public into thinking they are conserving the environment but in real sense they are doing more harm. There have been such several cases from very big companies here in Kenya and also globally. This ranges from various sectors from manufacturing and goes to consumer products. Educating people on greenwashing will enable people to make better choices based on their analysis and not on what they see on marketing sites.
Micro RNA genes and their likely influence in rice (Oryza sativa L.) dynamic ...Open Access Research Paper
Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs molecules having approximately 18-25 nucleotides, they are present in both plants and animals genomes. MiRNAs have diverse spatial expression patterns and regulate various developmental metabolisms, stress responses and other physiological processes. The dynamic gene expression playing major roles in phenotypic differences in organisms are believed to be controlled by miRNAs. Mutations in regions of regulatory factors, such as miRNA genes or transcription factors (TF) necessitated by dynamic environmental factors or pathogen infections, have tremendous effects on structure and expression of genes. The resultant novel gene products presents potential explanations for constant evolving desirable traits that have long been bred using conventional means, biotechnology or genetic engineering. Rice grain quality, yield, disease tolerance, climate-resilience and palatability properties are not exceptional to miRN Asmutations effects. There are new insights courtesy of high-throughput sequencing and improved proteomic techniques that organisms’ complexity and adaptations are highly contributed by miRNAs containing regulatory networks. This article aims to expound on how rice miRNAs could be driving evolution of traits and highlight the latest miRNA research progress. Moreover, the review accentuates miRNAs grey areas to be addressed and gives recommendations for further studies.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
Artificial Reefs by Kuddle Life Foundation - May 2024punit537210
Situated in Pondicherry, India, Kuddle Life Foundation is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving the living standards of coastal communities and simultaneously placing a strong emphasis on the protection of marine ecosystems.
One of the key areas we work in is Artificial Reefs. This presentation captures our journey so far and our learnings. We hope you get as excited about marine conservation and artificial reefs as we are.
Please visit our website: https://kuddlelife.org
Our Instagram channel:
@kuddlelifefoundation
Our Linkedin Page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuddlelifefoundation/
and write to us if you have any questions:
info@kuddlelife.org
"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
Natural farming @ Dr. Siddhartha S. Jena.pptxsidjena70
A brief about organic farming/ Natural farming/ Zero budget natural farming/ Subash Palekar Natural farming which keeps us and environment safe and healthy. Next gen Agricultural practices of chemical free farming.
Diabetes is a rapidly and serious health problem in Pakistan. This chronic condition is associated with serious long-term complications, including higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Aggressive treatment of hypertension and hyperlipideamia can result in a substantial reduction in cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes 1. Consequently pharmacist-led diabetes cardiovascular risk (DCVR) clinics have been established in both primary and secondary care sites in NHS Lothian during the past five years. An audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery at the clinics was conducted in order to evaluate practice and to standardize the pharmacists’ documentation of outcomes. Pharmaceutical care issues (PCI) and patient details were collected both prospectively and retrospectively from three DCVR clinics. The PCI`s were categorized according to a triangularised system consisting of multiple categories. These were ‘checks’, ‘changes’ (‘change in drug therapy process’ and ‘change in drug therapy’), ‘drug therapy problems’ and ‘quality assurance descriptors’ (‘timer perspective’ and ‘degree of change’). A verified medication assessment tool (MAT) for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease was applied to the patients from one of the clinics. The tool was used to quantify PCI`s and pharmacist actions that were centered on implementing or enforcing clinical guideline standards. A database was developed to be used as an assessment tool and to standardize the documentation of achievement of outcomes. Feedback on the audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery and the database was received from the DCVR clinic pharmacist at a focus group meeting.
Go Green to Save Green – Embracing Green Energy Practices
1. • Reduce Carbon Footprint
• Save Energy
• Increase Profits
A SOLIX WHITEPAPER
GO GREEN TO SAVE GREEN
EMBRACING GREEN ENERGY PRACTICES
2. Contents
Going Green - An Enterprise Storage Savings Strategy.....................................................1
Enterprise Data Management and a Green Energy Approach.......................................2
Understand the Use and Deployment of Data....................................................2
Take Control of Your Data...........................................................................................3
Retool Your Approach to Data Management......................................................4
Align IT and Facilities Functions...............................................................................5
Tailoring a“Green-Fit”Strategy for Your Company with Solix Data Management...6
Enterprise Data Archiving............................................................................................6
Secure Test and Development....................................................................................7
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................7
Working with Leading Organizations Across the Globe....................................8
Whitepaper | Going Green - An Enterprise Storag e Savings Strategy
3. Going Green - An Enterprise Storage Savings Strategy
Shifting Industry Dynamics towards “Green”
Environmental Change
Growing data volumes have long been
known to negatively impact application and
reporting performance but organizations are
now looking at the total cost of data,
including maintenance, storage, and more
recently, energy consumption.
Whitepaper | Going Green - An Enterprise Storag e Savings Strategy | Page 1
With energy prices exceeding historical levels and demand from emerging economies in
China, India, and others continuing unabated, the days of cheap and unlimited energy
for all may be over. Global warming activist are increasingly focusing their attention
on corporate impact on the environment. Even the most profit motivated executives are
sitting up and taking notice of the bottom line profits that can be attained with a focus
on lowering power consumption as evidenced by Rupert Murdoch announcing
earlier this year that News Corporation will be carbon neutral by 2010. During an
interview with Fox News, Murdoch said,“When all of News Corp. becomes carbon
neutral, it will have the same impact as turning off the electricity in the city of London
for five full days.”The rhetoric may be on being carbon neutral but the underlying
motivation is lower costs in increased profitability. Companies that take the lead in
optimizing their organizations will not only get ahead of legislation and the consumer
pressure but in a position to reap significant cost savings in storage, server and cooling
infrastructure. Embracing Green IT requires it’s leadership to move beyond short term
hardware fixes and embrace new thinking in application and data management that
marry hardware, software and data strategy.
Legislation related to energy performance standards and regulation of energy
consumption are already on the books and include, Energy Star, the European Union
Directive for Energy Using Products (EuP), the Japan Energy Law, the SPEC Power, the
ECMA Energy Efficiency (ECMA TC-38 TG2), and EPEAT. Coupled with these legislative
directives is increasing pressure from wellinformed consumers and shareholders who
want environmentally responsible corporate citizens.
Power regulation, higher cost and restricted supply are part of the new power reality for
all organizations and will have a tremendous impact on data and storage management
methodologies and strategies. While consolidation efforts on the IT front have been
undertaken for the past few years in terms of centralizing and streamlining data center
infrastructures, notedly through server virtualization, it is the new externalities and
trends of“Green”, fast-morphing market conditions related to soaring energy and
electricity costs that has brought environmentally friendly enterprise data management
strategies to the forefront. Working against efficient disposal of useless data, and
subsequent power savings is the near unending flow of information into corporate
databases and the legislative need to save more and more data to comply with
regulations such as HIPAA, S-Ox, Basel II and others.
It is a mistake to think of the
climate crisis as one in a list
of issues, it is the issue
Al Gore
Nobel Peace Prize winner
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4. Enterprise Data Management and a Green Energy Approach
Managing Data for Access, Cost, and Energy Consumption
The Challenges
Understand the Use and Deployment of Data
The energy used by companies to power data
centers is significant. In 2006 the amount of
energy consumed by U.S data centers
was estimated at 61 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh)
(about 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity
consumption) for a total electricity
cost of about $4.5 billion. This level of electricity
consumption exceeds the amount of electricity consumed by all of the televisions in the
U.S. and is equal to the amount of electricity consumed by approximately 5.8 million U.S.
households.
Primarily, a set of inter-linked forces such as government-related initiatives, industry
demands and initiatives and the larger issue of climate change are dictating the spread and
awareness of environment impact and overall corporate social responsibility. Further
concerns about the rising cost of energy, lighting, power-supply and cooling in data
centers are driving greater demand and awareness of“Green”strategies. It is no longer a
mere matter of streamlining the growing IT infrastructure of enterprises and businesses,
efficient power and cooling systems and realizing long-term benefits. In effect, with“Green”
being the way forward for data centers, the strategic intent is to turn data centers from
inefficient and occasionally unwieldy structures to environmental friendly in the medium
to long term.
Issues related to consumer-dictated demands, capital expenditure, operating expenditure,
energy consumption and long term Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) will also be critical in
shaping environmentally friendly strategies for the data center. The very premise of a Green
or environmental friendly strategy (with latency for green grid metrics) has to be aligned
with time-tested metrics like optimization, efficiency and ROI .
With data at the forefront of all activities in an enterprise, ultimately it is data management
and the mass of information stored in the corporate databases that will determine
deployment of Green storage management solutions. Managing growing volumes of data
related to transactional systems, consumer information, Web site traffic, core
enterprise-centric applications and their availability and usage will continue well into the
future. Understanding the use and deployment of data will hold the key to better
management. Before organizations begin collecting new data, consideration needs to be
given to the short and long term use and classification policies created where data
can be moved out of power hungry Tier 1 storage into more efficient storage Tiers that take
advantage of power down technology when data is not being accessed.
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US Data Centers
61 billion kWh
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5. Take Control of Your Data
Data center systems are straining under the large amount of data volume that it must
manage. In the past few years, data center managers have experienced a dramatic
increase in the amount of data collected. Online transaction systems have made it faster
and easier to collect volumes of information about products, customers and suppliers
and in recent years companies have been required legally to save more and more data.
Effective data management needs to incorporate the needs of not only the production
environment but also of Test and Development. Reducing the need for full size
development copies can significantly reduce the storage footprint required, saving
storage, lowering power requirements and saving money.
In effect, this understanding of data, how and why it is used will determine how and
when it is moved to lower-cost data storage options. The“Green”effect on storage
decisions is expected to be immense. Solutions that boost energy efficiency will be a
natural corollary to reducing the thirst for power as the volume of business related data
grows. Accordingly, the mechanisms to control the storage footprint and the servers
required to access the data will be in place leading to greater savings in power. To be
sure, effective data management can help organizations to manage data growth,
decrease costs in the data center and lower an organization’s impact on the
environment.
Due to duplication of data and multiple back-ups in these highly competitive times of
de-risking business uncertainties and compliance requirements, more investments were
made in storage technologies, leading to more power consumption and thereby
greater load on cooling systems. However, with the externalities of“Green”coming to
the forefront of enterprise data management, such storage technologies and
components have to reduce their power consumption at all levels. Critically, keeping
storage space in mind, users need to identify storage, usage and archival aspects of
information in order to leverage opportunities for consolidation and lessen the load on
power and cooling systems.
Strategies to manage the proliferation of data and systems include virtualization of
servers, server consolidation and powering disks on an as-needed basis (focused on
efficient power supplies through tighter integration between system workloads and
storage drives). These strategies are all valid but the fact remains that 80 percent of data
being retained in production systems is under utilized by the organization. Better
data-management techniques such as data compression, data de-duplication, and
tiered storage can create significant energy savings.
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6. Retool Your Approach to Data Management
The data layer is where the real problems lie. Storage is consuming power, and the same
principles that govern storage space saving should be applied to power management.
Users need to identify what information is being stored, quantify where and for
how long it is being kept, and detect redundancies and opportunities for information
consolidation. Once this is known, IT managers can move forward with incremental
backups, snapshots, and other advanced storage technologies to sever the inactive
data and reduce the overall volume of information.
Data archiving and migration are potent strategies that can directly help optimize
storage capacity needs. These strategies optimize storage capacity utilization and
reduce the associated power demands. Policy-based archiving and purging eliminates
redundant copies of stored data, enabling significant data reduction for backup and
storage applications.
The large data footprint in production systems has led to a much larger downstream
effect as companies struggle to manage not only the core transaction system but the
proliferation of copies that are being made to support the production system. On
average, for every production application, IT makes 8 copies for production support. As
the production system grows, so do all the copies, consuming large quantities of
storage and power. When an application or database needs to be upgraded, additional
copies are required to reduce risk associated with the upgrade process.
IT data centers typically manage at least 6 mission
critical applications. Multiply the number of
applications by the number of copies (6 Apps x 8
copies = 48 total copies) needed to meet the
Storage requirement, plus the servers required to
support each copy, and the power to support the
entire infrastructure, it is no surprise that more
than 70% of IT budgets are allocated to the database applications even though only
20% of the production data is database data.
Thinking of data through from conception to retirement will help CIOs, IT managers
and information architects to ensure incremental backups, snapshots and adoption of
related advanced storage technologies to reduce the volume of information at all
levels. This will also help IT managers to liaison with facilities managers to measure or
model the power cooling load because of greater emphasis on storage consolidation.
It’s a given that operational differences, if any, have to be sorted out right at the
planning stage of the re-oriented approach so as to galvanize around benefits for the
enterprise as a whole instead of compartmentalizing storage and power benefits.
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Production
1TB
Production
1TB
Standby
1TB
Test
1TB
Reports
1TB
DR
1TB
QA
1TB
Dev
1TB
Patch
1TB
Training
1TB
48 Copies
Test and Development
Production
48 TB Storage6 Production Systems
7. Letting data grow without regard to value is not a viable strategy going forward. The
acceleration of data growth over time due to business and industry dictated demands
will only decrease application and reporting performance even faster, putting more
pressure on storage budgets and IT to respond to business users needs. Thus storage
space saving which consumes tremendous amount of power will have to be addressed
at the earliest in the data management process. This would ensure greater information
consolidation in terms of availability, archiving and removal of data.
All the inter-related forces of change and government dictatedregulations and initia-
tives has brought about a near paradigm shift from addressing merely the overall needs
of data center management to extend that to adoption of energy-efficiency operations
and measures encompassing the entire spectrum of IT systems. It is a matter of intro-
ducing cost minimization measures to account for long -term profit maximization. Such
a strategy focuses on the mechanics of data center design, the critical operational
aspects, the power and cooling of servers and the size of power and cooling equipment.
This should also have a long-term impact on the trade off between capital expenditure
and operating expenditure. A cohesive plan worked out between the facilities and IT
managers can go a long way in addressing the latent issues related to size, redesign or
remodeling of the data center itself and power and cooling requirements.
Hitherto, the aligning of IT and business strategy and the matching of imperatives of
business and IT managers dictated the very organizational growth objectives. Increas-
ingly, with the emphasis on“Green”in the future, partnerships between IT and facilities
managers and business managers will go a long way in deciding the evolution of the
enterprise data center itself and its very association with data storage and enterprise
storage management techniques.
So business, IT and facilities managers –outsourced or otherwise – have to work togeth-
er to delineate conservation efforts aimed at better resources management translating
into substantial power savings and reduced energy consumption .Whether that means
moving the data center to a location with cheaper power alternatives or less expensive
power stations or co-locating at vendor-managed locations, a storage-specific power
and cooling strategy has to be the order of the day.
Align IT and Facilities Functions
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8. Going“Green”in the data center is about reducing power, reducing carbon emission and
driving energy cost out of the IT infrastructure. By interweaving many relevant
technology strategies, organizations can aim to achieve the smooth operation of a
cost-effective, power efficient data center with the concomitant“Green”storage savings.
Such a consolidated approach can encompass a comprehensive data management
framework, virtualization technologies –server consolidation virtualization as well
as applications virtualization- and deployment of energy saving hardware. Enterprise
data management offers many approaches, techniques and technologies that can be
combined in various forms to address the power and space issues.
Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS) is uniquely tailored to match the
needs of a cost-efficient“Green”organization and to effectively manage data leading to
a more operationally efficient and fiscally prudent data center. Such a strategy also
works on the premise that data management allows your company to separate data
based on its use in the business. This smart and strategic data management policy is
critical to reducing the cost in power and cooling while fulfilling the needs of data
retention. By managing data through its entire lifecycle and reducing online data
volumes, organizations can optimize infrastructure and manage their environmental
impact to:
With Solix Enterprise Data Archiving, organizations can classify data, configure and
execute archiving and data migration routines and ensure data remains secure at every
step of the process giving you back complete and streamlined control over your
enterprise data. Moreover, organizations can create and deploy consistent policies for
managing, securing and storing data from a single platform and single tool. The result is
improved performance, improved availability through shorter backup & recovery times,
lowers labor costs to maintain the production system, and lower storage costs. Solix
Enterprise Data Archiving solution offers organizations the ability to:
• Reduce power and cooling costs in the data center.
• Reduce high cost storage options in support of database applications.
• Implement a storage policy consistent with data use and green footprint.
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership: Data classification allows enterprises to implement
tiered storage, removing data from production and all copies on disk and tape.
• Leverage IT Investments: Using Solix’s unique metadata approach, application table,
row and column relationships are stored in a central metadata repository which can be
used at a later date to implement data auditing, secure test and development or
enterprise search solutions.
Tailoring a “Green-Fit” Strategy for Your Company with
Solix Data Management
Enterprise Data Archiving
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9. Conclusion
Secure Test and Development
• Ease Administration and Improve Operations: Smaller databases backup faster, restore
faster and refresh faster. In addition, IT spends less time managing static data and
tuning the database to improve performance. Query times are reduced and response
times improve accelerating productivity for end users.
• Ensure Compliance: All data is stored online in a secure active archive that is available
in its native format.
• Create clones and instance subsets by selecting sets of transaction reducing test
database sizes while increasing productivity by creating clones with only the necessary
data to complete the task.
• Secure data before it is copied over to a non-production environment eliminating the
risk of data exposure and unauthorized access.
• Lower storage footprint and server requirements for test and development processes.
With Solix, companies have a comprehensive solution to increase productivity in the
data center by making faster clones while securing sensitive data protecting customers,
employees, and key stake holders. Solix Test and Development solution offers
organizations the ability to:
Once the aligned data management strategies that are critical to saving energy are in
place, energy efficiency opportunities can be identified and earmarked as milestones.
Such a well-defined approach would sustain the“Green”initiatives which would be
enterprise encompassing rather than achieve compartmentalized benefits and cost
savings. Thereby, greater consolidation would help in better server utilization; make
hardware more power-efficient, reduce carbon footprints and streamline power supplies
and overall usage. These measures would make the company energy efficient and
environmentally friendly in the long run which should translate into the requisite
storage savings and the overall TCO of the implemented energy efficiency strategies.
To learn how Solix can help you develop a Green IT Strategy and achieve a cost-effective,
power efficient data center, contact Solix at 1.888.GO.SOLIX (1.888.867.6549). Let us
show you how to make data management strategies like data archiving, subsetting and
automated cloning reduce the burden of under-utilized data on enterprise applications
and reduce your storage footprint, saving time, money, power and reduce your carbon
footprint.
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10. Working with Leading Organizations Across the Globe
Supported Applications:
Solix Technologies works with organizations all over the world in manufacturing,
telecom, retail, education, healthcare, financial services and government. Some of our
clients include:
• Arqiva
• Dept. of Health & Human Services
• Finisar
• Forbes Marshall
• Helen of Troy
• Hindalco
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Oracle PeopleSoft
• Oracle JD Edwards
• SAP
• Custom & 3rd party Applications
Supported Databases:
• Oracle
• IBM DB2
• MS SQL Server
• RDBMS with JDBC driver support
Hardware Platforms:
• HP-UX
• IBM AIX
• Sun Solaris
• Linux
• Korea Telecom
• LG Electronics,
• Lakshmi Machine Works
• Ministry of Defense
• Steris
• Helen of Troy
• Rediff
• TIBCO
• Traco
• Robertson Ceco
• Western Gas
• Reader’s Digest
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