ITM 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sun Microsystems, Marc Tremblay, Legacy System
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Virtual worlds: it"s a whole new world. Cut cost while still creating a competitive advantage. Social responsibility: an entity, whether it is a gov"t, corporation, organization, or individual, has a responsibility to society. Corporate policy: dimensions of social responsibility that refers to the position a firm takes on social and political issues. Corporate responsibility: dimension of social responsibility that includes everything from hiring minority workers to making safe products. Sustainable, or green it: describes the manufacture, management, use, and disposal of information technology in a way that minimizes damage to the environment, which is a critical part of a corporation"s responsibility: this portion covers. Hp launched designed for environment program: recycling, energy efficiency. Need to make data centres more energy efficient. Pressure is on for tech companies, utilities, and builders to come up with new ways of cutting energy consumption. They have come up with the following: sun microsystems: throughput computing.