Vendor

Green IT is becoming an important concept for the organization since over the last decade, however, not every organization is completely ready to implement Green IT initiatives. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an easy-to-use but comprehensive self-assessment to evaluate organizational readiness to implement Green IT. We have reviewed the literature through systematic literature review (SLR) process to identify motivators in Green IT-outsourcing from vendor"s perspective. Our final sample of publication selection comprises 82 papers in total. We have identified, through the SLR, a list of 9 motivators. Six of these motivators were identified as significant motivators. These significant motivators are "energy efficiency", "development and use of environment-friendly softwares", "overall business cost reduction", "promoting reusability and sustainability both in terms of hardwares and softwares", "improving quality of services&quo...

To date, most research on IT outsourcing concludes that firms decide to outsource IT services because they believe that outside vendors possess production cost advantages when facing environmental and technological change. Yet it is not clear what enables vendors to provide production cost advantages and how. The paper elaborates on these two questions by combining existing research literature with findings from a case study of one successful application maintenance outsourcing engagement. It then analyzes how answering these questions can help firms decide whether to outsource IT application maintenance and how to evaluate outsourcing vendors. It also suggests how vendors can become successful in today’s environment.