Green IT Implementation in Telstra and Vodafone: A Comparative Analysis

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS - INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINE
BCO6653  Management of Information Technology
Semester 2, 2014
ASSIGNMENT #2
Case Analysis for
place business names here
A study of issues in:
List the topic areas here such as (order matching ‘submitted by’ list):
IT Human Resource Management
Business Continuity Management
Submitted by:
Place your student numbers and names here; these match the topic order above
Group # (place your group number here)
Place date submitted here
IT Manager Interviews for place names of businesses here
List your names here followed by a comma and your email address:
Jane Smith, [e-mail]

Abstract
This paper describes about the Green IT in the organization. The benefits of the green IT has
been discussed in the report. This report comprises of two companies having IT department in
their operational structure. The implementation in the green IT in these organization has been
discussed. This paper has provided a brief introduction of the Green IT concept in the
organization. The responses of the interview has been provided in the report. A literature
analysis on green IT and security issues has been provided in the report. A comparative
analysis of the literature review and interview responses have been provided in the report.
Different issues related to green IT has been provided in the report. The comparative analysis
of the issues found in both companies have been explained in the report.
Introduction
Green IT has been referring to the managing and manufacturing of IT systems. The concept of
green IT deals with minimizing the negative impact of IT operations on the environment with the help
of designing, operating and manufacturing technology and computer related wastages. The
accessibility factor of the cloud computing has been creating a lot of opportunities for the
companies in the market. The security of the data and information has been a major issue for
the company. Therefore, interview has been conducted for gathering responses of the
executives from both company related to the cloud computing. The use of the cloud
computing in the companies have been discussed in the report.
Organisation background
Telstra Australia
Telstra Corporation Limited, or normally named as Telstra, is a primary media
transmission relationship in Australia. Telstra had first begun in a joint exertion with
Australia Post as the Post Master General's Department. It used to control the media
transmission organizations of entire Australia through the Post Master General's Department.
With a couple of weakening later, it finally started to work as an individual relationship after
the split in 1992. It was privatized in three novel stages calmly implied as T1, T2 and T3.
Since, the entire affiliation deals with the media transmission organizations of the entire
Australia, it oversees one of the major discrete and individual data of its customers. In the
year 2011, Telstra had proclaimed that the affiliation would progress in executing another
technique with the dispatch of Telstra Digital, drove by Gerd Schenkel of National Australia
Bank.
The basic inspiration driving this dispatch was for improving the usage of modernized
channels for customer organizations. Regardless, changes in a media correspondences based
relationship in Australia should keep up moral direct as per Australian law proposes. Thusly,
it is crucial that Telstra has bleeding edge computerized security endeavors to guarantee the
essential and discrete data of their customers from being hacked or mishandled by noxious
software engineers. In Australia itself, the entire relationship of Telstra had executed divisions
in the various leveled structure, fundamentally dedicated to the computerized security
gathering. The gathering divisions secure propose an orchestrated structure through which the
security bunch is realized. The security structure is then composed in rates, making it tried
and true to address each one of these divisions as showed by their necessities. Out of the
entire workforce in the advanced security gathering, 38 percent require is resolved to audit the
security system. 36 percent of the sorted out errand remains dedicated to risk assessments of
the entire system.
P a g e | 2

The Head office is located in Melbourne Australia. It is one of the tallest structures in
Australia and is arranged in 242 Exhibition street. The point of arrival URL of the affiliation
is https://www.telstra.com.au/. The person who is met for this particular undertaking is
Stephen Eloph, the Technology and advancement authority of the association (Telstra -
mobile phones, prepaid phones, broadband, web, home phones, business phones 2018). He is
starting at now arranged in Sydney and is accountable for keeping up the computerized
security issues of the association.
Vodafone Australia
Vodafone Australia is a media transmission affiliation taking a shot at Australia which
gives settled and versatile broadband organizations. The framework covers more than 21
million Australians and its broadband organizations and expands its organizations in regional
concentrations and capital urban zones. The affiliation was made as a joint meander between
Hutchison Telecommunications and Vodafone Group Plc. The association has solid advanced
security masters and have enhanced their gathering limits after the vulnerabilities recognized
by Specter and Meltdown.
The association has true blue 4G orchestrate advantages and keeps up the IT systems
capably. It has in excess of 120 Retail stores all around Australia and has its essential
headquarter at Sydney, 177 Pacific Hwy. The greeting page URL of the association is
https://www.vodafone.com.au.
The person who is met for this particular errand is the focal development officer of the
association to be particular Kevin Millroy. Kevin Milroy was designated as the primary
development officer by Vodafone in July. He was accountable for managing the IT branch of
the association. He was the general director of the association and was accountable for
broadening the IT foresees and uncovering the framework update. He was related with the
Mobile dull spot program also. As the pioneer of the IT division his action is to develop the
current VHS arrange and passing on the required broadband inside the next year (Mobile
Phone, Tablet and Mobile Broadband Plans 2018).
P a g e | 3

P a g e | 4