...Enpowering persistent systems | | Contents Acknowledgement 1. Introduction 2. Persistent Systems 3. Green Persistent Movement 4. Business Need 5. Creative Riot 6. Enpower – Plugging the Leak 6.1 Scope Process Flow Sources Client Agent Central Server Mathematical Model Enalytics Advantages over Windows Salient Features Technical Requirements Additional Features Enpower Results Input Documents Output Documents Input Screen Formats Output Screen Formats Reports Application Testing User Training Data Migration Implementation Method Integration with Systems Integration with Partners 6.2 Challenges 6.3 Benefits 6.4 Future 7. Bibliography Page 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 11 11 13 14 14 15 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 36 37 40 47 48 48 49 49 49 50 53 54 55 2 | | Acknowledgement We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Prof. J.M. Shah for providing us an opportunity to work on the project „Enpowering Persistent Systems.‟ It was an extremely enriching learning and we could easily apply the concepts taught in class to our understanding. We would like to thank the library staff and the administrative staff for being extremely cooperative. 3 | | 1. Introduction The world today faces unprecedented problems due to rapid climate change which are now receiving attention from governments and businesses across the globe. As concern for climate change and sustainability continues to grow, and actions now ramp up, businesses are grappling with reducing carbon footprints while remaining...
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...realize that if we don’t actively try to make our environment brighter and cleaner not only for ourselves but for our children as well. A cleaner way of living is a way to provide a healthier, brighter and cleaner long term future for ourselves, for our children and their children. E227 Global Solutions has decided that we need to reduce our carbon foot print by 25% in the upcoming year in an effort to help our fellow human race. Also this will lead E227 Global Solutions to become one of the leaders in the industry that will use the three methods of solar energy to reduce electricity, paper/waste reduction, and focusing on green power. All of the money that we will be able to save because of the decrease in the energy can be used to fund future environmental safe projects or initiatives. It also allows E227 Global Solutions to possibly invest that money into hiring the additional employees who can come aboard and expand the E227 Global Solutions going green initiatives as well. * Background of the Problem In our recent findings we have noticed that several of our employees are leaving the lights on with there computers overnight and over the weekends and while on vacation. Many of the employees are constantly printing out stacks and stacks of paper that are most likely being left on the printer to only being thrown away. E227 Global Solutions has a duty to...
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...Energy Saving Through Smart Home By M.VINOD KUMAR 09H71A0256 K.V.P.CHAND 10H75A0206 EEE, B-tech IV year MIC College of Technology Kanchikacherla 1 Abstract-Energy saving is considered as one of the most important issue affects the consumers, power system quality and the global environment. The high energy demanded by home appliances, air conditioning and lighting makes homes to be considered as one of the most critical area for the impact of energy consumption. Smart home technology is a good choice for people not only care about security, comfort but energy saving as well. In this paper, a smart home energy management technique based on a set of sensors is presented. It minimizes the domestic energy waste and can be adapted according to the user habits. A proposed scenario is reported of daily routine and performed by 16 steps. Three assumptions of varying the time spent in each step according to different behaviour are examined. The effectiveness of the proposed set is shown based on a static correlation between the power consumption and saving. Keywords- Energy saving, smart home, occupancy sensor. I. INTRODUCTION Smart home technology started for more than a decade to introduce the concept of device and equipment networking in house. Smart home contains internal network and intelligent control on different home's services. The internal network can be built via wire or wireless communication technique between sensors and actuators .The intelligent control means the entire...
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...Because manufacturing processes are undergoing continuous change, forward thinking companies are looking for new incentives to motivate labor. Companies are learning that they can no longer cling only to individual incentive pay plans. Just as an artist relies on a whole pallet of colors, the future success of incentives is having and using many different pay plans, each tailored to achieve a desired effect. There are many incentive plans for you to consider. Some even de-emphasize money and appeal to employees higher needs. I even discussed one plan, Merit Pay, in a previous Industry Advisor article. Now I will compare individual to group incentives – in certain key areas and provide highlights of the differences. Be aware that I am an advocate of group incentives. PERFORMANCE Individual Incentives Since each direct labor employee – who is motivated by money – is theoretically in "business for him/her self" there should be a strong inducement for high performance. A piece work operator could care less about a fellow operator’s performance. The relative productivity of each individual can be readily determined. Likewise, actual time spent on specific jobs is also easily determined and standards set. Individual incentives work best on singularity of product and long runs. They lose their effectiveness and are usually costly to maintain in a high style, fast in-process turnover environment. Group Incentives Groups attempt to empower people and tend to have a leveling effect...
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...an important place to start when considering how to reduce data center power consumption? What value of PUE should data center managers strive for? - PUE is simply defined as “Power Usage Effectiveness”. It measures how efficiently data centers use energy. PUE is an important place to start because it makes Google to measure the change in usage effectiveness. The ratio of PUE is total facility energy over IT equipment energy. A PUE of 1.00 would be best, but 1.09 was the lowest estimated value until 2011 as the video says. Data center managers are still striving for that. PUE = IT Equipment Energy + Facility Overhead Energy / IT Equipment Energy 2. Describe the five methods recommended by Google for reducing power consumption. - Measure PUE As I mentioned in Question 1, the industry uses a ratio called Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) to measure and help reduce the energy used for non-computing functions. To effectively use PUE, it's important to measure often (at least once per second). If the ratio has a 1.00 PUE, it means the energy can be used in the most effective way possible. - Manage airflow Good air flow management is significant to efficient data center operation. By Minimize hot and cold air mixing, Google reduces its power consumption. Google should eliminate hot spots and be sure to use blanking plates (or flat sheets of metal) for any empty slots in the rack. Thermal modeling using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can help data center managers quickly...
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...the cost of power consumption and efficiently use different improved tools and technique’s such as virtualization in data centers.it even visualize some of the world’s prominent firms like Microsoft, Google and Facebook; how have they used the concept of green computing that helps in business market even. Case Facts 1. Power and cooling costs for data centers have highly risen. 2. The power consumption for cooling the server has negative impact on the environment. 3. The efficient energy of data center is measured in Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). 4. The lower PUE is better, 1.0 is the desirable target, which traditionally was 2.0, and newly they designed for 1.5 and much better are emerging. 5. PUE is influenced by many factors, including hardware efficiency, data center size, the types of servers and their uses, the proficiency of monitoring software. 6. Union pacific, the largest North American Rail road, implemented Microsoft windows server 2008 virtualization, in order to use the computing resources more efficiently. Previously it had run an application per server which underutilized all the resources. By 2009, it created 380 virtual machines and 40 virtualized host servers which helped in saving 60 percent in hardware cost for each virtual server, it also helped in reducing 10 percent of energy costs. 7. World's most prominent firms have led with innovative programs and technologies which have helped in reducing the cost and power consumption...
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...Financial Management Case Presented to Ms. Shama Ahmed Presented by Sabeen Jamil Sana’a Imran Shah Zainab Dadabhoy Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Section One 4 Introduction 4 Company Information: 4 Background: 4 Section Two 5 Problem Statement: 5 Existing Processes 6 Process of Approving Capital Expenditure Requests 6 Time Value of Money 7 Illustration 7 Proposed Methodology and Requirements: 7 Existing Process of approving capital expenditure requests 8 Strengths of Existing Processes 8 Limitations 8 Section Three 10 Solutions: 10 Present Value Techniques 10 Depreciation Accounts: 10 Taxable Transactions: 11 Assessment Of Suggested Technique 13 Strengths 13 Weaknesses 13 Recommendations: 13 Strategic Investments 14 Replacement Analysis 15 Executive Summary This case revolves around the financial analysis of a Company, Thermo Rubber. The essence of this report was to identify the weaknesses and problems listed in the case and to provide plausible solutions and recommendations to counter it. This involves detail study and extensive analysis to provide a pragmatic view of the company’s financial dealings and propose an implementable solution or alterations in the current financial set-up. Section One Introduction Company...
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...Williams Plant Services February 6th 2016 (Webmaster, September 1st 2011) Ross Marcoot President Williams Plant Services 100 Crescent Centre Parkway Suite 1240 Tucker, Ga. 30084 Company Program for Williams Plant Services Going Green As awareness of the importance of the preservation of the environment continues to grow in 2016, companies are looking for ways to become environmentally friendly, also known as "going green." Not only can green business practices and processes help protect the environment, they may also help a company improve its bottom line. There are many direct benefits for businesses that embrace social and environmental responsibility. There are tangibles and financials that come from efficiency and cost savings: * Increased revenues and market share * Mutual benefits in contract alignments * Reduced risk, easier financing * Reduced expenses of construction sites In addition, today much of the value of a company lies below the bottom line in intangibles, nonfinancial and brand reputation. Mainstream investors are demanding thoughtful corporate social responsibility structures. Leading research in the field of "Extra-Financial" valuation shows that environmental, social and governance issues are material to long term results -- so must be factored into investment decisions. A sustainability focus for a business can add extra-financial value through: * Meeting the growing demand of green clients; environmentally conscious purchasing ...
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...OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BMIT 5103 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS Individual Assignment Abdul Matheen Abdul Sattar - S1409012172 Telephone: 7965141 Email addresses: abdul.matheen@villacollege.edu.mv Lecturer Name: Ahmed Shareef Learning centre: Villa College Eydhafushi Campus Trimester: January 2014 VILLA COLLEGE EYDHAFUSHI CAMPUS MBA B11 GREEN IT Abdul matheen abdul sattar s1409012172 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest heartfelt appreciation to my lecturer who has given guidelines, advice and support during his hectic schedule which will not be forgotten. Without the supervision and commitment this dissertation would not have been possible. I would also like to thank people whom I have interviewed to get the information from the different companies; Hussain Meeaadh from Baa Atoll Office, Thoriq Abdul Rahman from Baa Atoll Education Center and Mr.Prashaad from Sonevafushi Resort. Without their engagement and full support this project would be incomplete. Finally I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my classmates, where this project could not have been accomplished without the support of you all. ABSTRACT This research involves the study of the attitudes namely the awareness and readiness of IT managers towards Green IT adoption. The goal is to identify how much companies are aware and readiness towards Green IT adoption and propose the best...
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...GREEN COMPUTING AND GREEN IT BEST PRACTICES On Regulations and Industry Initiatives, Virtualization, Power Management, Materials Recycling and Telecommuting Notice of Rights: Copyright © Jason Harris. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Notice of Liability: The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor the publisher shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the products described in it. Trademarks: Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book. 1 WRITE A REVIEW & RECEIVE A BONUS EMEREO EBOOK...
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...Zopa 1. Zopa is the world’s oldest peer-to-peer lending and borrowing services. They provide a matching solution that brings people who want to borrow with individual who want to lend. So Zopa was considered industrial-scale online financial matchmakers at which point borrowers or companies with savers willing to put money aside for longer in order to hunt for higher return. According to Martin Lewis 2014, showed the comparison interest rate between peer-to-peer lending and original bank (see table below). |Savings interest vs peer-to-peer predicted returns |Easy access |3-year fix |5-year fix | |(best pre-tax rates at June 2014) | | | | |Normal savings |1.5% |2.7% |3.1% | |Peer-to-peer websites |2.5% (1) |5.2% (2) |6.2% (3) | Therefore, as a member of the team at the investor reviewing the viability of the Zopa business. There are some criteria that should analyze to evaluate potential future of Zopa: -Target Market: Zopa completely aim to new market that never exists in whatever business model. The consumer-to-consumer lending and borrowing financial online market appears. Zopa...
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...Personal Financial Planning: Chapter One Concept Checks Concept Check 1-1 (pg 9): What steps should we take in developing our financial plan?1) Determining your current financial situation 2) Developing your financial goals 3) Identifying alternative courses of action 4) Evaluating alternatives 5) Creating and implementing a financial action plan 6) Re-evaluating and revising the plan What are some risks associated with financial decisions? Economic and Product Risk: Interest rate risk- changing interest rates affect your cost when you borrow and your benefits when you invest Inflation risk- rising prices cause lost buying power Liquidity risk- Some investments may be more difficult to convert to cash or to sell without significant loss in value Product risk- products may be flawed or services may not meet your expectations. Retailers may not honor their obligations Personal Risk: Risk of Death- Premature death may cause financial hardship to family members left behind Risk of income loss- Your income could stop as a result of job loss or because you fall ill or are hurt in an accident Health Risk- Poor health may increase your medical costs. At the same time, it may reduce your working capacity or life expectancy Asset and Liability Risk- Your assets may be stolen or damaged. Others may sue you for negligence or for damages cause by your actions What are some common sources of financial planning information? Printed Materials: newsletters...
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...Organization and Technology of Information Management (MCAP-303) Perform an Internet search on the phrase “green computing” and then answer the following questions. How would you define green computing? Green computing or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. It is also defined as "the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.” Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), servers and peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste). GREEN computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such included the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste. Modern IT systems rely upon a complicated mix of people, networks and hardware; therefore GREEN computing initiative must be systemic in nature. GREEN computing may comprise items such as management restructuring, energy use, virtualization of server resources, and return on investment. The term “GREEN computing” was coined shortly after...
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...“green computing” and then answer the following questions. How would you define green computing? Green computing or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. It is also defined as "the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.” Green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such practices include the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units (CPUs), servers and peripherals as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste). GREEN computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers and related resources. Such included the implementation of energy-efficient central processing units as well as reduced resource consumption and proper disposal of electronic waste. Modern IT systems rely upon a complicated mix of people, networks and hardware; therefore GREEN computing initiative must be systemic in nature. GREEN computing may comprise items such as management restructuring, energy use, virtualization of server resources, and return on investment. The term “GREEN computing” was coined shortly after the Energy Star program. The Energy Star program was launched by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in...
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...history and background of Dell will be shown. Then, in the second part of this report, advanced technology is shown as one of many vital keys in computer and peripheral industry along with lesser keys like economic, political, and demographic conditions. For the third part, an industry analysis using Porter 5 forces theory will analyze how those forces affect computer and peripheral industry generally. The second and the third part will focus on the industry as a whole. For the fourth and fifth part of this report, it will highlight Dell. The fourth part will show Dell’s strategic capabilities and how they help and enable Dell to survive and competitive in the industry. Meanwhile, the fifth part of this report will talk about Dell’s business strategy and how it transforms Dell to be a better company. The last part of this report will show the evaluation of Dell’s strategy evaluation that determines the sustainability of Dell. TABLE OF CONTENT 1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 3 2. MICRO ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 4 3. INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 7 A. RIVALRY 7 B. THREATS OF NEW ENTRANTS 7 C. THREATS OF SUBSTITUTES 8 D. POWER OF SUPPLIERS 8 E. POWER OF BUYERS 9 4. STRATEGIC CAPABILITY 10 5. GENERIC BUSINESS STRATEGY 12 6. COMPANY AND STRATEGY EVALUATION 14 7. REFERENCES 15 8. APPENDICE...
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