A study on the applications of green computing practices in Singapore organizations.
This report explores the applications of green computing practices and cloud computing in Singapore-based organizations. We conducted face-to-face interviews with two profit-making companies and one government school, which enabled us to gain clearer understanding of how commercial companies and edu...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-480862023-05-19T05:45:01Z A study on the applications of green computing practices in Singapore organizations. Hung, Daniel. Soh, Eliza Tian-Ern. Teh, Ching Kai. Jian Ming Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Information technology::Business enterprises DRNTU::Business::Operations management::Business planning DRNTU::Business::Marketing::Environmental::Green marketing This report explores the applications of green computing practices and cloud computing in Singapore-based organizations. We conducted face-to-face interviews with two profit-making companies and one government school, which enabled us to gain clearer understanding of how commercial companies and educational academies view these topics. We found that all the interviewees have basic practices in place to save energy during their IT equipment use. However, the organizations pay little attention to energy-saving ratings of IT products when procuring equipment, and two of them do not have proper disposal plans in place. It was also concluded that despite relatively deep understanding of cloud computing, most of them were unwilling to embrace their service providers due to a spectrum of concerns. The number of interviews conducted limits our research and the results are not representatives of all industries. As an exploratory research, it is recommended that large-scaled, survey-based research to be conducted in the future for firmer conclusions to the topics. BUSINESS 2012-03-15T06:19:27Z 2012-03-15T06:19:27Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48086 en Nanyang Technological University 62 p. application/pdf application/pdf |
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This report explores the applications of green computing practices and cloud computing in Singapore-based organizations. We conducted face-to-face interviews with two profit-making companies and one government school, which enabled us to gain clearer understanding of how commercial companies and educational academies view these topics. We found that all the interviewees have basic practices in place to save energy during their IT equipment use. However, the organizations pay little attention to energy-saving ratings of IT products when procuring equipment, and two of them do not have proper disposal plans in place. It was also concluded that despite relatively deep understanding of cloud computing, most of them were unwilling to embrace their service providers due to a spectrum of concerns. The number of interviews conducted limits our research and the results are not representatives of all industries. As an exploratory research, it is recommended that large-scaled, survey-based research to be conducted in the future for firmer conclusions to the topics. |
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