A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
Purpose; The purpose of this paper is to develop a collaborative agent-based web architecture and an agent-based green IS assessment tool to aid information technology (IT) practitioners in data centers assess their current green information systems (IS) practice toward attaining sustainability. Des...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
2018
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22557/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22557/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22557/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22557/1/A%20collaborative%20agent%20based%20green%20IS%20practice%20assessment%20tool%20for%20environmental%20sustainability%20attainment%20in%20enterprise%20data%20centers.pdf |
| Summary: | Purpose; The purpose of this paper is to develop a collaborative agent-based web architecture and an agent-based green IS assessment tool to aid information technology (IT) practitioners in data centers assess their current green information systems (IS) practice toward attaining sustainability. Design/methodology/approach; The methodology comprises that the collaborative agent-based web architecture, agents’ algorithm and the green IS assessment tool, which is validated by employing focus group questionnaire targeting IT practitioners in seven Malaysian-based enterprises that have an in-house data centers. With 105 valid samples at hand, descriptive analysis and exploratory factor analysis was utilized to determine the applicability of the implemented agent-based green IS assessment tool. |
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