Project Charter

Green Computing Research Project

CIS 517

10/18/2011

Project Title: Green Computing Research Project

Project Start Date: October 18, 2011 Projected Finish Date: April 20, 2012

Budget Information: The firm has allocated $500,000 for this project. The majority of costs for this project will be both internal resources and external resources (if needed) providing the skill sets needed to provide expertise in green computing solutions.

Project Manager: Greg Smith (757) 713-4425, gregosmith@myemail.com

Project Objectives: Develop an effective solution in providing more cost effective, energy efficient means of producing computer products and meeting the energy needs of the data center in an effort to reduce the energy cost. Find ways to reduce data storage issues by considering cloud computing to reduce costs in additional storage hardware and labor hours required to maintain physical data storage usage. External consultants will be utilized as subject matter experts in green computing contributing ideas in the initial planning and development stage in assisting in providing technological concepts used to facilitate a green computing environment. The company will also consult with members of the Green Grid in providing green technology solutions to datacenters.” As business demands increase, so does the number of data center facilities which house a rising amount of powerful IT equipment. Data center managers around the world are running into resource limits related to power, cooling, and space, making the resource efficiency of data centers an important topic of discussion.”(Unknown, 2011) With the assistance of the Green Grid, We Are Big, Inc hopes to find green computing solutions for data storage, cooling, and finding effective energy cost solutions. Research data on effective green computing solutions by other companies and measure the effectiveness of cost of energy and virtualized data storage within their IT...