INSY 455 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Virtual Team, Paperless Office, Baby Steps

• School: McGill University
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: INSY 455
• Professor: Emmanuelle Vaast

Document Summary

Insy 455 lesson 2- the greening of it. Parenthese: netflix does not rely on sustainable sources. Legal requirements are becoming stricter concerning envi regulation. Bottom line argument: general revenue, profit margin. Can be econ beneficial to make its it green. Different strategies depending on drivers for greening of it. Tactical, implemental approach don"t invest a lot in the change of your it. Baby steps: the structures are a given you don"t change the infrastructure, you. Eg: enabling power management feature (blank screen saver, when not in use turn off) Make an audit of what you already have. How you are going to implement changes, replace ressources. More costly in time and money and risk. Successful for microsoft: internal tax : if the office in montreal was to use too much electricity, it would pay a tax that would be invested in green projects within the company. Not only strategic but off set all of their emissions.