Impact of Green Information Technology

This report analyzes the impact of green IT on organizational operations and activities taken by organizations to enhance environmental performance through undertaking green initiatives. It also demonstrates green IT activities conducted by two IT firms in India namely CtrlS and Infosys.

Impact of Green Information Technology
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Abstract
Sustainable development is an extensively discussed subject throughout the world and there has
been growing stress on organizations to accept practices which are environment-friendly. Among
the most critical practices of organizations, Green information technology (IT) practices are
much crucial, a majority of organizations in present days use a certain form of IT in order to
conduct regular transactions. With tremendous explorations of IT and a variety of new electronic
devices being developed constantly, the requirement of green IT has become much important in
order to minimize the environmental impact of using such technologies. The term green IT
mentions the practice of using energy wisely and efficiently and also minimizing the harmful
effect of using technology. It is fundamentally a stable sustainable method towards the
accomplishment of a fit and clean atmosphere without sacrificing the requirement and needs of
technologies for the current and future generation. Based on this aspect, the paper analyses the
way green IT functions can be performed by IT organizations in present days. It also
demonstrates green IT activities conducted by two IT firms in India namely CtrlS and Infosys.
The objective is to understand the impact of green IT on organizational operations and activities
taken by organizations to enhance environmental performance through undertaking green
initiatives.
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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Organizational Background.............................................................................................................5
CtrlS.............................................................................................................................................5
Infosys..........................................................................................................................................5
IS Planning.......................................................................................................................................5
IS Planning Literature Analysis...................................................................................................6
Green IT...................................................................................................................................6
Green IT practices....................................................................................................................6
Adoption of Green IT Practices...............................................................................................7
Green Computing Solutions....................................................................................................8
Application of Green IT Practices...........................................................................................9
Energy Efficiency Framework for Cloud Computing...........................................................10
Comparative Analysis for IS Planning..........................................................................................11
Infosys........................................................................................................................................11
CtrlS...........................................................................................................................................13
Comparative Analysis....................................................................................................................14
Literature Analysis.........................................................................................................................15
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Responses from CtrlS Data Center............................................................................................17
Responses from Infosys.............................................................................................................19
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................21
References......................................................................................................................................23
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Introduction
Green IT is an evolving subject and matters concerning it are increasing issue for business and
organizations in the current century. Sustainability is turning into a vital subject in IT in order to
secure the future. In recent times, more particular emphasis on greening IT and information
system (IS) has been pertinent all through the globe. A growth in green IT practices is also
happening in different organizations. Organizations are under increasing stress from industrial
players, clients, government officials, and social groups to apply sustainable business practices.
Applying sustainable business performances, for instance, acceptance of green IT practices gives
a win-win condition for the stakeholders of an organization. It has hence become vital for
organizations in present days to integrate a sustainable attitude in their policy (Radu, 2017).
Organizations use IT directly or indirectly in order to understand the environmental and social
advantages of greening. Research has demonstrated that organizations obtain an advantage with
respect to financial worth and economic performance from green business practices, as these
practices result in minimization of expenses. Simultaneously, acceptance of green IT practices
assists organizations to release normative stress arriving from different stakeholders. Balancing
commercial and environmental performance has currently become a key strategic concern for
organizations. Leading organizations throughout the world have growingly identified the
significance of administering environmental performance (Mishra & et. al., 2012). Based on this
aspect, the report is going to analyze the impact of green IT in two companies, which are CtrlS
and Infosys.
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Organizational Background
CtrlS
CtrlS was established in the year 2007. With the increasing demand for electronic data storage
and digital information, companies like CtrlS has become important for providing remote data
storage facilities, data processing and distribution of the huge amount of data. There are a large
group of servers in CtrlS which are connected together and provides centralized information
storage and online information accessibility to organizations. The organization has developed its
capabilities to give a complete set of offerings from platform level facilities, which comprise
datacenter set-up, data storage facility, data backup facility, hardware to operating system layers
and network to security layers (CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, 2019).
Infosys
Infosys is an IT organization that delivers business consulting, IT and outsourcing services to
organizations. It is an international leader in next-generation digital facilities and consulting. The
company assists customers in different nations to circumnavigate their digital transformation. It
steers the customers by their digital journey. The company helps to empower artificial
intelligence (AI) driven core that supports prioritizing the execution of the digital transformation.
Infosys also allow organizations with agile digital at scale to provide an unprecedented degree of
performance and customer satisfaction. It also provides big data and cloud services to customers
(Infosys, 2019).
IS Planning
In order to understand about green, IT practices attitudes of respondents towards IT, an interview
has been conducted with representatives of both Infosys and CtrlS. The respondents have
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responded positively with the interview and their reactions have provided significant
understanding regarding the impact of green IT.
IS Planning Literature Analysis
Green IT
Green IT denotes plan and development of an information system which supports sustainable
business procedure. Throughout the past few years, the advancement of technology and related
business practices has transformed many organizations into electronic businesses. For
organizations, IT growingly plays a vital part in changing and creating business prospects (Chen,
2011). Then again, environmental aspects like pollution and global warming, in combination
with limited accessibility of resources and growing expense of energy are generating critical
issues for the sustainability of the international economy. In this context, IT has the capability to
develop a supportable economy and society. Specifically, the existing environmental calamity is
going to require and result in environment friendly and more energy effective businesses. It is in
this extensive background of technology and sustainability connection, green IT has appeared an
important concern for organizations (Molla, 2011). Murugesan (2012) stated that companies that
accept green IT activities can obtain an advantage through better energy effectiveness, which
eventually benefits them financially.
Green IT practices
There are many technologies and activities that establish green IT. These practices comprise the
use of cooperative technologies, such as video chatting, organizational carbon and emission
controlling and energy informatics systems among others. The green practices also comprise
applying strategies for utilizing IT in order to manage carbon emissions, energy and other
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resources of an organization. Due to this, the utilization of IT to improve energy effectiveness
and the transformative ability of IT in handling energy effectiveness has been projected (Watson
2011). IT can shape the behaviors of people and companies with respect to enhancing business
and environmental performance. Furthermore, IT can enhance carbon efficiency as contribution
to the production structure by augmenting the assembly procedure. Furthermore, Melville (2012)
defined that IT has the transformative ability to develop an environmentally sustainable culture.
For instance, RFID technology can be used by companies in order to label and monitor every
element of pollution and allocate and quantify the external environmental expenses to the
society, with respect to poor air and water quality. In this type of ability of IT, companies can
utilize this data to manage the environmental performance.
Implementation of Green IT Practices
The utilitarian viewpoint gives a valuable notional lens by which to assess the managerial
reaction to environmental aspects, as it considers that influential stress outside the market plays
an important part in making companies reactive to environmental issues. Butler (2011)
discovered that regulative, institutional and rational pressure from the social environment
determines the structural area IT and reaction of different companies, specifically with respect to
green IT activities. Industrial players, investors, and consumers utilize cultural and rational
encouragements, while industry morals bring normative stresses to bear the environmental
problems on business organizations. Normative, cultural and rational encouragements are much
delicate in influencing organizational reactions towards environmental problems. Social outlooks
can spread by organizations through connections like trade relations and professional
memberships. Cultural prospects of social players play a vital part in inspiring anxiety regarding
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environmental problems to a degree at which there is stress in terms of supervisory verdicts and
legitimate risks (Greening & Gray, 2014).
Green Computing Solutions
Reduction of paper waste: There are various methods of nullifying the use of paper. Since
computers and electronic devices have become much popular, different activities can be
completed with it. Advanced way of communication such as email, messaging and social
networking has brought communication to fingertips. Furthermore, paper can also be saved as an
increasing number of organizations are intending to transform them to a paperless way of
operation.
Recycle and utilization: Organizations can discard obsolete or unwelcome electronic tool in a
suitable and ecologically accountable way. Computers have toxin components and chemicals
which can release injurious gases into the atmosphere. Therefore these devices should not be
discarded in a landfill. Rather, organizations can recycle them.
Purchasing environmentally sound products: Organizations can purchase products which are
labeled as green and safe for the environment. These products help to minimize degradation
generated by power consumption to the environment. Products with high stars can help to
minimize energy consumption and hence effective for the environment and also for reducing the
power-related expenses.
Conservation of energy: Every electronic device consumes energy, which has been developed
from various nonrenewable energy resources. Therefore, in order to consume energy efficiently,
organizations can accept proper practices and techniques, so that the electronic devices can be
used only in times of actual requirement (Agarwal, 2014).
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Application of Green IT Practices
Green Computing: With the improvement of technology, the amount of computer systems has
enhanced, amplifying the power consumption and hazardous elements. Therefore, the
requirement for green computing came into existence. Green computing mostly acts for making
the environment biologically tolerable. This indicates that its key objectives are to safeguard the
environment from the harmful consequences of usage of high computing instruments. It
concentrates mostly to reduce the impact of engineering procedures and developments of the
surrounding environment. The diverse methods of green computing are a reduction of electronic
waste, reduction of carbon emission through working on energy effectiveness and switching to
the ways which minimize the effect on the surroundings (Dhawan, 2017).
Effective Resource Power Management in Data Center: data centers are mostly working
areas where data is processed, stored and organized. Keeping all the data available all the time
results in significant power consumption, which is the basis of hazardous gases. The energy
consumption ratio of organizations’ data centers is half of the amount of energy used and
hazardous gas released by other works of the organization. Data center’s hosting cloud
computing applications consume considerable power, supporting to high operational expenses
and carbon footprint to the atmosphere. With power shortage, global warming and climate
change resulting to the environmental concerns in current times, the power treatment of data
centers has become an important concern. Utilizing power conscious scheduling methods,
variable resource management, minimal virtual machine design and live migration can vastly
enhance data centers’ green performance (Ainin, 2015).
Green Cloud Computing in Energy Effectiveness: Cloud computing is an extremely scalable
and inexpensive arrangement for running data centers and web applications. The increasing
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demand for cloud infrastructure has intensely enhanced energy usage of data centers, which has
turned into a crucial concern. Presently, the perception of cloud computing not only redesigned
the area of sharing structures, but also essentially transformed how organizations use data. Cloud
computing is providing utilities oriented IT services to the users globally. It empowers hosting
cloud data requests from user, technical and commercial areas. Data centers introducing cloud
computing services use a considerable amount of power, supporting to high expenditures and
increased carbon footprints. Hence, it necessitates green cloud computing solutions, which not
only saves power but also operational expenses. Green cloud computing is the combination of
energy effective computing and cloud computing. In a technical way, green cloud computing can
have two aspects. First is for the software technology, the objective is to create such methods
which can improve the effectiveness of programs, storage, and power consumption. Second is for
hardware technology. There is a requirement for such technology which not only reduces the
usage of power but also makes it economically effective with different methods (Tawade, 2015).
Green Computing in Big Data System: Big data is usually systematized through a shared file
system, over which, the corresponding procedures can be performed for comprehending the bid
data analytics. The corresponding procedures can be plotted in diverse substitute methods to the
computing stage. Hence, every substitute will perform inversely concerning environmentally
relevant parameters like power usage.
Energy Effectiveness Structure for Cloud Computing
Zhiming (2012) has recommended ways for enhancing better resource usage through dynamic
and indolent energy usage by finish time reduction. This method minimizes energy usage by
permitting extra servers to stay in an indolent condition so that power is not used when these
servers are not needed. This method considers the QoS of cloud data centers. Rajkumar (2013)
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recommended an innovative method for energy efficiency in three methods which are
architectural values for energy effective control of cloud system, energy effective resource
distribution strategies (such as scheduling procedures bearing in mind QoS) and innovative
software for energy efficiency in cloud system. On the other hand, Uddin (2012) has familiarized
an exclusive model in order to enhance the energy performance of data centers elements, which
is subject to diverse resource pools and diverse factors, such as power usage, resource usage, and
workload among others. The model emphasizes the significance of applying green metrics such
as Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the data center with
respect to power usage and carbon emission. The model is dependent on virtualization and cloud
computing to enhance resource usage of connected servers. Kontogiannis (2011) has developed
an exclusive instrument named Adaptive Workload Balancing (AWLB) procedure for cloud
datacenter oriented web systems which deal with agents into two magnitudes, the online data
center, and online servers. AWLB procedure supports procedure arrangement for signaling
objectives within web change and data center nodes and also uses other procedures for balancing
the power.
Comparative Analysis for IS Planning
Infosys
LEED Certification: As a part of green initiative Infosys has been awarded as LEED platinum
certification by the US green building council. It has developed premises to high energy
efficiency standards and applied profound retrofits to an old building. Throughout its journey
towards LEED certification, Infosys has demonstrated effectiveness and leadership in applying
sustainable operations strategies on existing buildings (Infosys, 2019).
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Energy saving: One of the key considerations of Infosys is saving energy. Sustainability
measures are an integral portion of the design of the building of Infosys, which comprise an
innovative cooling system, power metering, automation, and constant performance observation.
The key practices of Infosys in order to save energy comprise a glowing cooling system,
completely shielded covering with high-performance glass for minimizing temperature increase
and proper shading to avoid brightness and plenty natural daylight into the interiors. Led lighting
is installed throughout the premise to certify low power consumption and low maintenance
expenses. Furthermore, 10% of the power requirement is satisfied through a rooftop solar PV
system.
Green data center: Internationally, data centers signify about 3% of total energy usage which is
similar to 200 million tons of carbon emission. This emission rate is forecasted to increase by
more than 30% each year. Given the energy intensity of data centers, it is vital for Infosys to
invest in green data centers. The IT experts of Infosys perform with data center tool producers in
order to certify that the servers can be securely and safely functioned at high cold aisle
temperature. The data centers of Infosys utilize reflexive cooling technology by utilizing ambient
wet bulb conditions, which help to reduce cooler units and to enhance energy efficiency. The
company has effective rear door heat exchangers for rack-level cooling. These doors neither use
any power nor require extra fans for circulating the air for cooling. The pumps and fans of the
datacenters were upgraded to ultra-high effective permanent magnet motors in order to enhance
the operational effectiveness. Furthermore, Infosys utilize AI system in order to eradicate
operational ineffectiveness. The data center management system of the company automatically
chooses the ideal mode of operation on the basis of load and ambient situations. The system also
does granulated level observation and assists in recognizing energy opportunities in actual time.
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Due to these practices, the data centers of Infosys consume about 80% less power for cooling in
comparison with the previous structure (Infosys, 2019).
CtrlS
LEED Certification: On the other hand, the data center of CtrlS is also certified with the
world’s first LEED platinum green data center. It is a Tier4 data center which has an advanced
infrastructure and design features that minimize the downtime.
Energy saving: With respect to CtrlS, it has deployed a water oriented cooling method in order
to bring energy efficiency and to save expenditures. This technology utilizes water in order to
cool air, which is afterward pushed into the data center by indoor units. The condensers are
positioned near the indoor unity for enhanced cooling effectiveness. Water is inflated from
cooling towers and the piping tool takes it to the condenser and back. This provides better
compression in comparison with air condensers, given the heat resounding features of water, and
hence lead to effective power consumption and power saving. The system also certifies that
water does not enter into the data center. This new initiative can minimize the energy expenses
of the company by about $1.6 billion per annum (CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, 2016). The facility of
CtrlS is situated in green earthquake-proof building which generates energy from solar power
and other sustainable energy sources.
Green IT Practices: CtrlS is leading the way in setting new benchmark concerning tackling air
pollution. It analyses the outdoor air quality and indoor air quality concerning corrosion
possibility. The proper contamination control approach is used by the company, such as selection
and use of proper chemical purification system in order to clean the outdoor air for pressurization
and freshening along with any recirculation of air. CtrlS also has real-time environmental
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corrosion observation system which tracks precise and sensible information on the performance
of chemical purification system along with air quality in the facility. CtrlS has implemented
world-class air filtration and purification system which completely eradicates gaseous pollutants
and particulates and inhibits corrosion generated by airborne pollutants, hence providing fresh air
and removing equipment corrosion. In this way, CtrlS involves in green IT practices in its data
center (Srikant, 2018). Minimizing energy expenditures is a vital portion of the green initiative of
CtrlS. It is regarded as one of the most energy efficient units in India. Apart from using water-
based cooling solutions, CtrlS has also launched a multi-zone gas oriented fire compression
method, which performs through a chooser valve device. This help to enhance the energy
efficacy level of the company (CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, 2016).
Comparative Analysis
From the literature, it can be observed that both companies use different green IT practices. For
instance, with respect to energy saving, Infosys uses an innovative cooling system, power
metering, and automation so that energy is utilized optimally throughout its facilities. Apart from
that, the building of Infosys is designed in such a way so that daylight can be used effectively.
Hence, the use of electricity is reduced. Furthermore, LED technology is used to minimize
energy consumption at every level. In contrast, CtrlS utilizes the water-based cooling system,
which minimizes power consumption in data center facilities. Furthermore, both companies have
found to use solar energy in order to provide powerful support for their business operations. In
the data center, both companies use innovative solutions for reducing environmental impact. For
instance, Infosys uses innovative technology like AI for maintaining the temperature through
optimal use of energy. The system uses an ideal mode of cooling on the basis of external and
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internal temperature of the building. In contrast, CtrlS also analyses the air quality of its facility
and accordingly purify the air pollution inside the premise. Through their way of green practices
differ; they both have obtained LEED certification for better environmental performance.
From the interview findings, it can be observed that CtrlS has implemented technologies as a part
of green IT practices. It used green IT in various segments of operation such as in cloud
computing, disaster recovery system, and HVAC system. It has also used the AI system and
water oriented cooling system to reduce power usage. Then again, from the interview, it has been
found that in Infosys the green IT practices are adopted in various ways. The company is
conscious regarding the cost of energy, carbon emission and emission of hazardous chemicals
from computer operations. Therefore, it develops eco-friendly building and technology in order
to minimize carbon footprint and environmental impact of its business operations.
Literature Analysis
This part will analyze the impact of the green informational technology on two companies
namely Ctrl S and Infosys. Consequently, a total of four interview participants were taken into
consideration from each of the company for an interview so as to analyse their reviews along
with their company on green IT practices. The participants are the employees of the companies.
This Table will help in providing the information and idea regarding the participants who had
taken part in the interview.
Code Company Name Position Interview Time in
minutes
K1 CtrlS Employee 22 m
K2 CtrlS Employee 28 m
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K3 CtrlS Employee 25 m
K4 CtrlS Employee 26 m
P1 Infosys Employee 20 m
P2
P3
P4
Infosys
Infosys
Infosys
Employee
Employee
Employee
29 m
23 m
27 m
Table 1.0: Interview Participants
After reviewing the above table, it could be stated that total of eight participants have taken part
in the interview session of the research study and are the employees of the company. It has also
been analysed that all of the eight participants taking part in the research study have fulfilled the
criteria which are needed for each of the participants so as to perform the research study.
The output which is obtained after making the interview of the respondents is being presented so
as to support the findings which are achieved by analysing the interview responses. The short
code which is made for the participants of the interview are bring enlisted in the Table are used
so as to refer the report which is achieved from the interviews. For example, the response which
is provided by the second participants is being referred to as “P2”.
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Responses from CtrlS Data Center
When the employees were asked regarding their concept of green IT than it was reviewed that
they stated Green IT as the usage of the Information technology (IT) resources in a cost-effective
and energy-efficient manner. They stated that green IT application is a way to safeguard the
environment from any kinds of pollution and hazards. It has further been stated by the
respondents that green IT practices are applied so as to reduce the usage of harmful materials,
raise energy efficiency and also promote to recycle unused products.
When the respondents of the Ctrl S were questioned on what is the Green IT practices going on
in their company then each of the respondents gave a similar answer. They stated that CtrlS is a
Tier-4 Datacenter which possesses it’s headquartering in Hyderabad, India. This company deals
with a group of the servers of networked computers which is utilized by a number of the
organization for processing, sharing, and storage of the huge amount of information and data.
The company has adopted the green Information technology in order to safeguard the
environment and preserve energy. Furthermore, it was also analyzed from the achieve responses
that company have made the usage of the green IT on a number of areas of innovations and have
implemented a number of technology so as to practice the green IT in an organization.
The respondents were then asked what the areas of adoption are of green IT by the company. It
was analyzed after reviewing their responses that Ctrl S makes the usage of the green IT on a
number of sectors such as private cloud, disaster recovery and also HVAC system. The
organization was also found to be applying artificial intelligence solution and deploy the water-
based cooling technology to save the costs and bring effective energy. The participants also
stated that the company is making every possible way to save power and is taking the usage of
green technology to reduce the consumption of energy.
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The respondents were then asked that factors that have influenced the company to adopt green
IT. They stated that institutional pressure has pressurized the company to adopt green IT so as to
reduce environmental issues and attain an eco-friendly environment. They stated that
stakeholders such as governmental legislation, customers, competitors, and shareholders have
played a major role in the adoption of green IT. It was further analyzed from their responses that
social expectation, cultural influence, and environmental values have also influenced the
company to adopt green IT.
The interviewer then asked the employees of the company regarding the motives of the
application of green IT then they stated that Ctrl S have implemented Green IT solutions for a
number of advantages and benefits. The green IT facility in the Ctrl S helps the company to
provide the data center operations to the internet, insurance and banking clients. The company’s
data center makes the generation of the requirement of power by making the usage of solar and
other various sustainable sources.
The participants were then asked regarding the benefits or detriment of applying the green IT in
the Ctrl S Company than they stated that there are plenty of tangible and intangible benefits of
applying these technologies. The company has improved capital and has reduced the waste.
Moreover, the company is also able to save energy and efficiency and maintain the savings. They
are also benefitted by technological advancement and better lighting. In addition to that, they
also stated that Ctrl S was able to reduce the overall consumption of energy and optimize the
capabilities and performance of the servers. The reduction of the data-center footprint and
provides encouragement for effective utilization of natural resources.
When the participant was asked the last question that what are the impact of the green IT on
organization that they stated that there is a positive impact of green IT on Ctrl S. they stated that
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adoption of green IT practices have helped the company to enhance economic performance,
increase the environmental performance and was also able to satisfy the customers.
Responses from Infosys
When the participants were asked regarding the concept of green IT than most of them stated that
green computing or green IT is the practice of designing, producing, using and also disposing of
the servers, computers and other related subsystems like printers, storage, monitors and also
networking and communication systems. Some of them stated that it is the effective usage of
information and communication technology so as to manage the sustainable environment and
supply chain.
The respondents were further asked on the ongoing green IT practices in their company then it
was analyzed from their responses that Infosys is the second biggest IT Company in India which
inspires even Google for eco-friendly building. They further stated that the company makes the
usage of green IT in a greater extends and is a winner of green Oscars. One of the respondents
also stated that Infosys is the company which undergoes the energy efficiency transformation
which had saved $ 80m in the bills of the energy over the last six years.
When the respondents were further asked regarding the areas of adoption of the green IT by the
company than it was reviewed from the responses of the company that organization has
implemented energy saving appliances to reduce energy consumptions. Further, the company has
also become carbon neutral to avoid hazardous chemical coming out of the company. The
respondents also stated that the company applies the green IT on areas such as Income Tax
returns central processing center, core banking, and insurance solution, eBiz portals, etc.
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When the respondents were asked that what are the factors which have influenced the company
to make adoption of the green IT then they stated that it was the mutual decision of the
organization to make an implication of the green technology. Moreover, the environmental and
social factors have also played a major role in the adoption of the green IT. The interviewer then
asked the participants that what was the motive of the company the for application of green IT
than they stated that Infosys is a leading provider in technology, next-generation services and
consulting. The main motive of the company is to make their business sustainable, the business
of the client’s sustainable and also to make the ecosystem sustainable. They have also
implemented green IT so as to develop the society and make it sustainable through these
technologies.
The participants were further asked regarding the benefits or detriments of the application of the
green IT in the company than they stated that the application of this technology has benefitted
the company. The Stakeholders such as investors, clients, employees, suppliers and also the
community was highly benefitted by the application and satisfied with the application of the
green informational technology and thus, the organization was found to increase the economic
performance. Moreover, one of the employees of the company even stated that company has
enhanced a number of rewards such as best climate change program at the global green future
leadership Awards, the Emerson cup for the innovative green Datacenter, etc. Thus, the adoption
of green IT has helped the company to achieve success and increase the brand name and
reputation.
Lastly, the participants were asked regarding the impact of the green IT on the Infosys operation
that they stated that there is a positive impact of the green IT on the company. They further
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stated that the company has achieved higher recognition due to these technologies and it has also
helped in enhancing the financial condition of the organization.
Conclusion
It had been analyzed that green IT is an emerging technique which helps the organization so as
enhance the sustainability in the environment. It can be stated that the implementation of green
IT such as video, teleconferencing, emission technology, etc. in an organization helps in
managing the energy in an effective manner. It is analyzed that usage of the green computing or
IT helps in providing a number of benefits to the organization as well as to the environments
such as reduces the paper waste, usage of the eco-friendly products, satisfy the stakeholder's
demands, enhance the brand name, etc. It is found that usage of the green informational
technology in the data center is highly beneficial. The application of energy effective technology
has helped the two Indian company Infosys and CtrlS to achieve success and save a large amount
of energy and operational expenses. Furthermore, it is also analyzed that apart from the data
center, green cloud computing is also useful for energy effectiveness and for big data systems.
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