SUSTAINBILITY

Sustainability



Sustainability

Introduction

In this paper, we would be discussing which is a new concept being used by many organizations. The cloud is the name given to a physical space where one can access to store information the same way as we use computer and its peripherals for that purpose, but on the Internet, with all the advantages and disadvantages that it entails. It is truly advantageous because one can access your information from anywhere in the world, easily, and can share information globally, saving time, resources and reducing pollution. Despite these last-mentioned disadvantages provided in an analysis must consider, we invite you to stroll through the cloud computing and evaluate its use as a sustainable business practice (Devall, 1985, p. 70). Cloud Computing provides many benefit for organizations, which include saving costs in operations, resources and staff as well as new business opportunities for service-oriented models. Cloud computing focuses on operational savings and green technology has literature reviews to demonstrate its value on investment. Cost-saving offered by CC is a key benefit potentially able to contribute to long-term sustainability which is an important success factor for organizations, particularly in economic downturn.

Methodology

The study will be mased on mixed methodology as it includes quantative and qualitative analysis.

Questionnaire

For this study questionnaires will be distributed between the managers of the company in order to know their responses about cloud computiong being distributed in their organization. See appendices for Questionnaire. These questionnaire will be distributed among 10 participants.

Interviews

Apart from the questionnaires the interviews will also be conducted among the participant to determine their responses for cloud computing. The interview questions asked for the participants will be about the benefits of cloud computing and its pros and cons while being used.



Results/Data Analysis

Research firm IDC has estimated that the cloud services accounted for 5% of global investment in the sector of Information Technology and Communication (ICT), or 17 billion. With an average annual growth of 25%, cloud computing could, by 2013, representing 10% of global investment, amounting to nearly $ 44 billion. In Europe, the firm CAP conducted a study for the European Commission. This study has estimated the market of Cloud Computing in the Europe of 27, amounting to 4 billion euros for 2009. As shown in the graph below, one can expect strong growth in investment in cloud computing for years to come. For France, the International market estimated the market for hosting and cloud services to over 2.3 billion euros for 2009 (Armbrust, Griffith, 2010, p. 50).

Table 1: Responses of Questionnaire

Questions

Response

What is the size of your company in terms of the number of employees?

1-10 (2)

11-30 (3)

31-50 (1)

51 and above (4)

Are you currently using Cloud Computing

Yes (8)

No (2)

What will be your primary reason(s) for considering Cloud Computing?

Improve business continuity (3)

Avoid capital expenditure (2)

Increase computing power (2)

Flexibility and Scalability of IT resources (2)

Improve Application Functionality (1)

Other (0)

What is your time frame to avail this service?

3-6 months (3)

6 months to 1 year (7)

The graph shows that 80% of the companies are using ...