Generic Web Services: A Step Towards Green Computing

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a buzzword especially in the realm of Cloud Computing. We can reduce the number of applications deployed on the data-centers by using similar applications hosted by the SaaS providers. Thus, “reusability” of a SaaS is a key-point of focus promoting the same code-base of an application serving multiple clients. This reduces the need for more storage space and computational power in the data-centers thus aligning the SaaS architecture to a “greener” computing paradigm. In this paper, we provide a prototype implementation framework, which uses the same web service to Register and Report the results of a backend Network Monitoring (NM) as well as Weather Monitoring application. We have designed and developed this “Generic Web Services Framework” as well as both the backend applications. The NM application is done using both Mobile Agents and SNMP and the WM application is implemented using Temperature Sensors. This paper aims to give a prototype implementation as proof of SaaS maturity levels of a generic / reusable web service thus orienting towards green computing.