Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR
Name: Mala Srinivas &
Animesh Giri (Assistant Professor, Dept of Information Science technology, PEs Institute of Technology-BSc)
Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR,
PES Institute of Technology – BSc
Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com animeshgiri@pes.edu
Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR
Name: Mala Srinivas
Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR,
PES Institute of Technology – South Campus, Bangalore
Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Cloud Computing is the hot topic in today’s World. Cloud computing comes with the great advantage of providing higher energy savings, a fact which translates into being environmentally friendly. In the last few years, technology has improved immensely, taking the environment into account and providing a solution for those worrying about carbon footprints and the impact of technology into the environment.
In the last couple of decades, HR has re-invented itself from the mundane activities like Industrial Relations, labour etc. to the front of a Company’s Business radar on par with Marketing, Finance, Administration and other departments. HR managers today use hundreds of strategic and collaborative technology tools to keep up the HR function fast moving. But lot of these technology tools is not implemented in a large number of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) who forms 75% of our country’s market. Why? Because many of the SME’s are of the opinion that HR systems are expensive.
With Go Green advantage of Cloud Computing; when implemented for HR systems will definitely take Human Resource Management function to the next level in the organizations of all size.
Keywords
Cloud computing, Green computing, HR Benefits, Green IT, Human Resources
INTRODUCTION
Cloud computing is a technology that uses the Internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use application
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