San Murugesan

Umang Singh

Ashish Seth

Principles, Advances and Applications

Emerging Computing Paradigms

G. R. Gangadharan

“Ultimately, this is a remarkable book, a practicaltestimonial, and a comprehensive bibliography rolled into one. Itis a single, bright sword cut across the various murky green ITtopics. And if my mistakes and lessons learned through the green ITjourney are any indication, this book will be used every day byfolks interested in greening IT.” — Simon Y. Liu, Ph.D. & Ed.D.,Editor-in-Chief, IT Professional Magazine, IEEEComputer Society, Director, U.S. National AgriculturalLibrary This book presents a holistic perspective on Green IT bydiscussing its various facets and showing how to strategicallyembrace it Harnessing Green IT: Principles andPractices examines various ways of making computing andinformation systems greener – environmentally sustainable -,as well as several means of using Information Technology (IT) as atool and an enabler to improve the environmental sustainability.The book focuses on both greening of IT and greening by IT –complimentary approaches to attaining environmental sustainability. In a single volume, it comprehensively covers severalkey aspects of Green IT - green technologies, design, standards,maturity models, strategies and adoption -, and presents a clearapproach to greening IT encompassing green use, green disposal,green design, and green manufacturing. It also illustrates how tostrategically apply green IT in practice in several areas. Key Features: Presents a comprehensive coverage of key topics of importanceand practical relevance - green technologies, design,standards, maturity models, strategies and adoption Highlights several useful approaches to embracing green IT inseveral areas Features chapters written by accomplished experts from industryand academia who have first-hand knowledge and expertise inspecific areas of green IT Presents a set of review and discussion questions for eachchapter that will help the readers to examine and explore the greenIT domain further Includes a companion website providing resources forfurther information and presentation slides This book will be an invaluable resource for IT Professionals,academics, students, researchers, project leaders/managers, ITbusiness executives, CIOs, CTOs and anyone interested in Green ITand harnessing it to enhance our environment.

Principles and Practices

Harnessing Green IT

Sarika Jain

This book provides an overview of the emerging smart connected world, and discusses the roles and the usage of underlying semantic computing and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies. The book comprises ten chapters overall, grouped in two parts. Part I “Smart Connected World: Overview and Technologies” consists of seven chapters and provides a holistic overview of the smart connected world and its supporting tools and technologies. Part II “Applications and Case Studies” consists of three chapters that describe applications and case studies in manufacturing, smart cities, health, and more. Each chapter is self-contained and can be read independently; taken together, readers get a bigger picture of the technological and application landscape of the smart connected world. This book is of interest for researchers, lecturers, and practitioners in Semantic Web, IoT and related fields. It can serve as a reference for instructors and students taking courses in hybrid computing getting abreast of cutting edge and future directions of a connected ecosystem. It will also benefit industry professionals like software engineers or data scientists, by providing a synergy between Web technologies and applications. This book covers the most important topics on the emerging field of the smart connected world. The contributions from leading active researchers and practitioners in the field are thought provoking and can help in learning and further research. The book is a valuable resource that will benefit academics and industry. It will lead to further research and advancement of the field. Bharat K. Bhargava, Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University, United States

Technologies and Applications Shaping the Future

Smart Connected World

Irena Bojanova

The Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing provides IT professionals, educators, researchers and students with a compendium of cloud computing knowledge. Authored by a spectrum of subject matter experts in industry and academia, this unique publication, in a single volume, covers a wide range of cloud computing topics, including technological trends and developments, research opportunities, best practices, standards, and cloud adoption. Providing multiple perspectives, it also addresses questions that stakeholders might have in the context of development, operation, management, and use of clouds. Furthermore, it examines cloud computing's impact now and in the future. The encyclopedia presents 56 chapters logically organized into 10 sections. Each chapter covers a major topic/area with cross-references to other chapters and contains tables, illustrations, side-bars as appropriate. Furthermore, each chapter presents its summary at the beginning and backend material, references and additional resources for further information.

Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing

San Murugesan

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