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Andrius Plepys

Andrius Plepys

Lecturer

Andrius Plepys

Software renting - Better business, better environment: The case of application service providing (ASP)

Author

  • Andrius Plepys

Summary, in English

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.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

53-58

Publication/Series

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Resource efficiency
  • Software renting
  • Application service providers
  • Lifetime extension

Conference name

2002 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Conference date

2002-05-06 - 2002-05-09

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0-7803-7214-X
  • CODEN: 85OPAA