2. Agenda
Orange, cloud computing & green IT
A few facts about “green IT”, “green cloud”, “green data centers”
A R&D cloud project with an software-managed energy concerns
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3. France Telecom Orange
On the move At home
Europe leader for broadband
Internet (ADSL) with around
N°3
in Europe for mobile with
193 millions 13,4 millions customers
around 133 millions customers
customers in 8,4
millions residential home
Around27 millions broadband
32 countries gateways Livebox, key
mobile customers with access to
component to get access to
Orange world mobile portal.
broadband services
N°1in Europe for IPTV (ADSL)
with over 3.2 million customers
At work
WithOrange Business Services,
one of the leaders in the world
(220 territories)
Providestelecommunication
services to more than 3 750 MNC
(Multi National Companies)
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5. Opportunities for Orange in Cloud Computing
Optimized (cost, flexibility) ITN business support infrastructures
Provide on-demand provisioning, reliability and security on the enterprise market
Provide storage services for user generated content on the residential market
Leverage ubiquity of mobile devices
Leverage network assets
Green computing
orporate Social Responsibility
C
ost/competitive advantage
C
Source: BT web based survey, 2009
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9. Software to help save energy
EnergeTIC collaborative project
– http://multicom.imag.fr/recherche/spip.php?article164
– 3 modes: reactive, anticipative, continuous
– includes pattern detection and prediction
CoolIT collaborative project
– shows necessity of software for taking decisions and placing tasks on
the infrastructure
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10. Example of the CloudForce project
CloudForce labelled by Minalogic, Systematic, SCS
– Project proposal under evaluation
Goals
– open PaaS platform to manage the lifecycle of complex distributed
applications
– from Think to Build to Run
– multi-IaaS compatibility
– self-management and elasticity at runtime
– open source dissemination of results through OW2 www.ow2.org
Includes flexible and customizable components
– Use of Entropy for energy savings
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13. Some (controversial) issues
Is data center really the problem?
Is cloud really “greener”?
Recycling?
What about renewable electricity?
Does industry really care about
sustainability (“green washing”)?
13 Source: Greenpeace, Make IT Green report, 2010