Cloud Goes Green

So far in this blog I have talked about all the great things that cloud could do to enhance your business and bring it up to the next level. What hasn't been given a whole lot of time is the fact that cloud can help reduce the corporate carbon footprint that has been brought up. One of the ways switching your business to a cloud based software helps your business become more environmentally friendly is the simple fact that you will be using less machines. In smaller type businesses and corporate environments, server utilization rates are around 5 to 10 percent. This means that to get the same amount of work done, you need more servers. With cloud, the utilization rates are around 60 to 70 percent which means these shared data centers have require less machines to have the same capacity. Since data loads vary from time to time throughout the day, the company needs to have enough servers to handle the peak times. When these machines aren't producing at capacity they are just sitting there uselessly taking up energy for no reason. This is not as big of a problem with cloud because there are less computers to reach that capacity.

Another way cloud helps improve your businesses public image as a green company is by merging climate control costs. For a server to run at its best level, the temperature and humidity levels have to be cautiously maintained. Cloud takes advantage of efficient layouts that are hard to replicate. This makes cloud servers greener and also cuts down on the costs from your company at the same time. If there aren’t a lot of servers to take care of and control the climate for, you don’t need to pay to control it. This leads to big savings on energy bills and energy itself.

Going green by switching to cloud doesn't just help make drastic changes in the preservation of our planet, it is also a great way for you to improve your companies’ public image.

References: Smith, Matt. "Cloud Computing: The Latest in Tech Also Has Hidden Environmental Benefits." Sustainablebrands.com. Sustainable Life Media, 24 June 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.

Brown, Michael. "Going Green: The Eco-Friendly Aspect of Cloud Computing." Going Green: The Eco-Friendly Aspect of Cloud Computing. N.p., 18 Mar. 2014. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.