Environmental Impact and Software Sustainability in IT

Environmental impact:

  • GHG emission: Computer systems consume huge amounts of electricity. This electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels like coal, gas, and oil. They emit greenhouse gases that are hazardous to the environment. GHG consists of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and CFC gases polluting the environment. These chemicals lead to global warming that changes global climate and weather patterns. GHG emissions can be controlled by reducing power consumption by computer systems.
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Information Technology for Management

Chapter 5:

Per OxyChem’s Cloud Computing Formula for Success:

Problem

  • Loss of IT infrastructure from divestiture

  • Limited time frame and resources

  • Inadequate in-house IT staff

Solutions

  • Managed cloud infrastructure

  • On-demand, scalable services

-Illustrates use of cloud computing to improve effectiveness and control costs. 

Infrastructure Components:

IT infrastructure:

  • Platform for supporting all information systems in the business

-Computer hardware, Computer software, Data management technology, Networking

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Understanding Data Warehouses: Models, Design, and Usage

A decision support database that is maintained separately from the organization’s operational database

Support information processing by providing a solid platform of consolidated, historical data for analysis.

“A data warehouse is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, and nonvolatile collection of data in support of management’s decision-making process

Subject-Oriented

Organized around major subjects, such as customer,

product, sales

Focusing on the modeling and analysis of data for

decision

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Understanding Cloud Computing: Types, Models, and Applications

CLOUD COMPUTING

The term cloud refers to a network or the internet. It is a technology that uses remote servers or the internet to store, manage, and access data online rather than local drivers. The data can be anything such as files, images, documents, audio, video, and more. There are several operations that we can do using cloud computing:

  • Develop new applications and services.
  • Store, backup, and recover data.
  • Develop software on demand.
  • Analyze data.
  • Stream videos and audio.

Characteristics of Cloud

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Understanding Electric Current and Circuits: A Comprehensive Guide

Electric current:

Is the continuous flow of electrons.

Conductors:

Materials that allow electric current to pass through them.

Insulators:

Materials that do not allow electric current to pass through them.

Static electricity:

Is the result of an imbalance between negative and positive charges in an object.

Electric circuit:

Is a set of connected components through which an electric current circulates.

Generators:

Provide the necessary energy to move the electrons. (Batteries: use chemical processes to generate

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SEO and Digital Marketing Glossary

Cookie

Cookie: packet of data that is sent from a server to your browser to identify and track the user to make the next visit more useful and personal. cookies in your browser are like a small snippet of text, and when you accept this one is when you send the data.

Page Visit

number of pages that the user visit or load on the same browser, in one session the user can include one or more pages of visit, this metric is important to analyst the strategies of SEO.

Browser

Informatic Program with a graphic

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