Application and Data

“We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that.”

– David Attenborough

In this chapter, you will learn how to optimize your entire application portfolio to a single application to run more sustainably, impacting energy consumption, resource consumption, and utilization, which will result in emitting less carbon.

The main objective of this chapter is to introduce you to achieving sustainability targets with Enterprise Architecture (EA), application portfolio management, and sustainable software development.

First, you will learn how to turn your sustainability strategy into action with EA. Then, you will learn what different considerations are available to optimize your application portfolio to simplify, modernize, and transform your entire application estate, which will result in a lower total...