Information Systems: Foundations of E-Business

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Information systems: foundations of e-business
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Table of Contents
1. Green Computing.............................................................................................................2
1.1. What is green Computing?.......................................................................................2
1.2. Should an organization adopt Green Computing?....................................................3
2. Denial of Service Attack..................................................................................................4
2.1. DoS attack on Australian Bureau of Statistics..........................................................5
2.1.1. Impact on ABS..................................................................................................6
3. Feasibility Study..............................................................................................................7
4. Paradigm Shift.................................................................................................................9
4.1. Why Companies may undertake paradigm shift?...................................................11
References..........................................................................................................................12

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1. Green Computing
1.1. What is green Computing?
The concept of green computing refers to the eco-friendly use of the computer systems
and its resources. This can be achieved by the designing and manufacturing computing devices
in such a way that it reduces environmental impact. Green computers are specifically designed in
order to save energy as it is generally built from environmental friendly materials coupled with
low power consumption and computer power management capabilities. It reduces the impact on
environment by generating much lower heat as compared to the other computing devices (Singh
and Chana 2014). Green computing can therefore be termed as an emerging practice of making
efficient use of the computing and information technology resources along with performance
enhancement of the devices. The main aim of green computing or green IT is to reduce the
carbon footprint generated by the business. Green Computing promotes the idea of recyclability
in order to reduce environmental hazards. The concept of green computing or green IT focuses in
reducing the human impact on environment by manufacturing eco friendly computing devices
and promoting the use of same (Malviya and Singh 2013). Majority o the computing devices
generally possess fan or heater like component as a compulsory element, which increases the
energy waste. Green computing embarks on reducing similar environmental hazard by making
use of green computers. It reduces environmental impact by reducing the emission of GHG and
reducing the number of e-waste. One of the major benefits of green computing is that, it reduces
the health risk of the computer workers and the recyclers. Green computing can be adapted by a
handheld system and even a large scale data centre, as it is an environment friendly approach of
managing information and communication technology.

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Green computing reduces the environmental impact by reducing the consumption of
energy by green computers. Generation of electricity using fossil fuel has a lot of negative
impact on environment and thus green computing definitely reduces the environmental hazard.
Furthermore, the majority of the electronic devices produce a lot of CO2 emission, which is a
major green house gas, thus increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment
(Soomro and Sarwar 2012). Apart from this, the assembling of computers releases different toxic
chemicals associated with electrical insulation, soldering and fire production.
Green Computing is therefore, receiving a lot of consideration in recent times mainly due
to the increasing environmental concern over the years. Green Computing further applies to the
changing government policy that encourages recycling and use of preserved resources. However,
it is not easy to implement green computing as the entire procedure is quite costly.
1.2. Should an organization adopt Green Computing?
It is a significant question whether an organization should adopt green computing or not,
as there are a number of advantages as well as disadvantages of adopting green computing in day
to day business. The green computing technology helps in reducing the carbon footprint of a
company and lowers the energy costs as well. This will therefore, be beneficial for the company
in long run. This will be profitable for an organization; however, the cost of implementation of
green computing should also be considered, as it is sufficiently huge (Jindal and Gupta 2012). It
will be difficult for small scale organizations to implement green computing technology due to a
huge implementation cost. However, it is recommended for a large organization to implement
this change in the organization for securing a better future and also for becoming a leading