Analysis of Green IT Features for Improving Business Performance

Srikanth Subburaj, Siddhivinayak Kulkarni
2014 International Journal for Infonomics  
Nowadays business growth vastly depends on computing resources but its environmental cause and effect relating to its footprints are closely monitored by regulatory bodies. To achieve business goals, data centres anticipate growth and its computing resources consume high energy that results to carbon footprints. Green IT plays an important role to address these issues by offering various Green IT initiatives through which efficiencies are met to reduce the footprints. Representation of a Green
more » ... T initiative with its business benefits gives organizations an immediate boost to choose initiatives that yields values as per their business model. This research aims to develop an EPL model considering three Green IT initiatives Energy [E], Policy [P] and Legacy [P] and reveals its business benefits.
doi:10.20533/iji.1742.4712.2014.0103 fatcat:jpr4i43iuvf2picnce4ggbnik4