Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective

Businesses are compelled to shift their organizations’ strategies to focus on sustainable growth. The recent summits in Copenhagen and Cancun have alerted businesses of their corporate social and environmental responsibilities. This require a shift in mindset that it is no longer the economic and fi...

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Main Authors: Chang, Vanessa, Issa, Theodora, Issa, Tomayess
Other Authors: K.R.E. Huizingh
Format: Conference Paper
Published: International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31319
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description Businesses are compelled to shift their organizations’ strategies to focus on sustainable growth. The recent summits in Copenhagen and Cancun have alerted businesses of their corporate social and environmental responsibilities. This require a shift in mindset that it is no longer the economic and financial stability that will drive an organization’s success but the longevity and sustainability of any organizations are also heavily dependent on their social and environmental outlook. An organization may no longer be sustainable if their social and environmental approach is de-coupled from the organization’s strategies. A way forward might be through the application of ethical management integrated with a full understanding of the agile and innovative technological solutions. This paper provides findings from a survey of the Australian public sector organizations of the awareness of cloud computing technology and the attitudes toward this innovative business solution. Two hundred and forty responses were received from the public sector organizations in Australia. The findings reveal that cloud computing technology is an important trend, and it can be concluded that it is extremely important for business leaders in their entirety, not just the IT managers, to understand the great potential that cloud computing technology has to offer.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-313192023-01-27T05:52:08Z Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective Chang, Vanessa Issa, Theodora Issa, Tomayess K.R.E. Huizingh S. Conn M. Torkkeli I. Bitran Cloud Computing Technology Organizational Sustainability Carbon Footprint Corporate Social and Economic Responsibilities Businesses are compelled to shift their organizations’ strategies to focus on sustainable growth. The recent summits in Copenhagen and Cancun have alerted businesses of their corporate social and environmental responsibilities. This require a shift in mindset that it is no longer the economic and financial stability that will drive an organization’s success but the longevity and sustainability of any organizations are also heavily dependent on their social and environmental outlook. An organization may no longer be sustainable if their social and environmental approach is de-coupled from the organization’s strategies. A way forward might be through the application of ethical management integrated with a full understanding of the agile and innovative technological solutions. This paper provides findings from a survey of the Australian public sector organizations of the awareness of cloud computing technology and the attitudes toward this innovative business solution. Two hundred and forty responses were received from the public sector organizations in Australia. The findings reveal that cloud computing technology is an important trend, and it can be concluded that it is extremely important for business leaders in their entirety, not just the IT managers, to understand the great potential that cloud computing technology has to offer. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31319 International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) fulltext
spellingShingle Cloud Computing Technology
Organizational Sustainability
Carbon Footprint
Corporate Social and Economic Responsibilities
Chang, Vanessa
Issa, Theodora
Issa, Tomayess
Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title_full Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title_fullStr Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title_short Cloud Computing and Sustainability: An Australian Public Sector Perspective
title_sort cloud computing and sustainability: an australian public sector perspective
topic Cloud Computing Technology
Organizational Sustainability
Carbon Footprint
Corporate Social and Economic Responsibilities
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31319