Cloud Computing Economics

<h3><a href=”http://cloud-computing-economics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/GreenCloud.png”><img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-663″ title=”GreenCloud” src=”http://cloud-computing-economics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/GreenCloud.png” alt=”” width=”165″ height=”89″ /></a>What is the right cloud architecture to create a green and sustainable cloud? Should we consolidate to huge mega data centers or is there another way to go?</h3> <strong>The analogy</strong> Currently data centers are constructed on the intersection of the electrical energy infrastructure and the [...]

The third paper we want to look at, A. Spellmann et al., “Leveraging the Cloud for Green IT: Predicting the Energy, Cost and Performance of Cloud Computing” (1),  deals with the green aspects of cloud computing. This might not look like a paper contributing very much to cloud computing economics at first fight. This paper [...]