Software renting - Better business, better environment: The case of application service providing (ASP)
(2002) 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment p.53-58- Abstract
- The author analyses the business model of Application Service Provider (ASP) as a less material intensive alternative to traditional computing - a promising example of ICT sector dematerialisation. The article compares the ASP vs. traditional computing models from environmental and business perspectives. The ASP service model has a potential to provide both economic and environmental benefits. By using the results from the available life cycle studies on personal computers the author conducts a rough analysis of the environmental gains from using the ASP model. The key environmental benefits derive from using a "lighter" hardware such as thin clients and the possibilities to extend its lifetime. The conclusions show that there are several... (More)
- The author analyses the business model of Application Service Provider (ASP) as a less material intensive alternative to traditional computing - a promising example of ICT sector dematerialisation. The article compares the ASP vs. traditional computing models from environmental and business perspectives. The ASP service model has a potential to provide both economic and environmental benefits. By using the results from the available life cycle studies on personal computers the author conducts a rough analysis of the environmental gains from using the ASP model. The key environmental benefits derive from using a "lighter" hardware such as thin clients and the possibilities to extend its lifetime. The conclusions show that there are several groups of barriers: technical, cultural, knowledge, economic and legal barriers that can be addressed by different actors. Companies can overcome some of those barriers, but the issues of property and privacy right protection; anti-trust legislation, standardisation and infrastructure development have to be addressed by government. ASP stakeholders can find it interesting to identify and exploit the potential environmental benefits of ICT outsourcing. (Less)
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- author
- Plepys, Andrius LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2002
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Resource efficiency, Software renting, Application service providers, Lifetime extension
- host publication
- IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
- pages
- 53 - 58
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- conference name
- 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
- conference dates
- 2002-05-06 - 2002-05-09
- external identifiers
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- wos:000176680100011
- other:CODEN: 85OPAA
- scopus:0036072710
- ISBN
- 0-7803-7214-X
- DOI
- 10.1109/ISEE.2002.1003238
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a90de8e0-f4f0-4d2c-9bd8-bd3117c91de5 (old id 610525)
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- 2016-04-04 12:21:35
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abstract = {{The author analyses the business model of Application Service Provider (ASP) as a less material intensive alternative to traditional computing - a promising example of ICT sector dematerialisation. The article compares the ASP vs. traditional computing models from environmental and business perspectives. The ASP service model has a potential to provide both economic and environmental benefits. By using the results from the available life cycle studies on personal computers the author conducts a rough analysis of the environmental gains from using the ASP model. The key environmental benefits derive from using a "lighter" hardware such as thin clients and the possibilities to extend its lifetime. The conclusions show that there are several groups of barriers: technical, cultural, knowledge, economic and legal barriers that can be addressed by different actors. Companies can overcome some of those barriers, but the issues of property and privacy right protection; anti-trust legislation, standardisation and infrastructure development have to be addressed by government. ASP stakeholders can find it interesting to identify and exploit the potential environmental benefits of ICT outsourcing.}},
author = {{Plepys, Andrius}},
booktitle = {{IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment}},
isbn = {{0-7803-7214-X}},
keywords = {{Resource efficiency; Software renting; Application service providers; Lifetime extension}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{53--58}},
publisher = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
title = {{Software renting - Better business, better environment: The case of application service providing (ASP)}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.2002.1003238}},
doi = {{10.1109/ISEE.2002.1003238}},
year = {{2002}},
}