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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Main Authors: Anthony, Bokolo Jnr., Mazlina, Abdul Majid, Awanis, Romli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2018
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Online Access: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
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description 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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spelling UMPir225572018-11-26T04:54:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22557/ A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers Anthony, Bokolo Jnr. Mazlina, Abdul Majid Awanis, Romli QA76 Computer software 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. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed pdf en 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 Anthony, Bokolo Jnr. and Mazlina, Abdul Majid and Awanis, Romli (2018) A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 31 (5). pp. 771-795. ISSN 1741-0398. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-10-2017-0147 10.1108/JEIM-10-2017-0147
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title A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
title_full A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
title_fullStr A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
title_full_unstemmed A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
title_short A collaborative agent based green IS practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
title_sort collaborative agent based green is practice assessment tool for environmental sustainability attainment in enterprise data centers
topic QA76 Computer software
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