[AISWorld] CFP: "IT goes green: ..." / deadline: Sep.15.2011, IJITSA

[Manuel Mora T.]

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SUBMISSION DUE DATE:  September 15, 2011
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON "IT goes green:  Systemic approaches to IT policy making,
design, evaluation and management"
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International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach
Website: http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

GUEST EDITORS:
Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba Pachón, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr. Jorge Marx-Gomez, University of Oldenburg, Germany

INTRODUCTION:
Economic recession, global environmental concerns and availability of
mobile technologies among other factors have contributed to the emergence
of alternative computing infrastructures,  products and service that
promise individuals and organizations cleaner and more responsible
information processing.  A scheme that is now being popularized and put
forward by technology providers is that of ‘cloud’ computing, which could
help organizations reduce their operation and capital expenses whilst
giving flexibility to consumers and end users.  The benefits of this and
other schemes are yet to be realized in particular regarding their
environmental impacts within and beyond data processing facilities.
Concerns about availability of energy to fuel computing platforms, mobile
devices, offices or households still remain.  Technology providers are
competing to provide sophisticated devices and services whilst trying to
balance their production and recycling processes with their carbon
footprints.  There are opportunities and challenges lying ahead for
technology designers, managers and users in taking environmental and green
concerns forward.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
This special issue aims to facilitate debate and contributions on how the
systems approach in its various forms and applications can help addressing
issues of design, service use and implementation of computing
infrastructures and facilities that emerge when environmental requirements
are to be met.  We intend to gather theoretical and practical
contributions from academics practitioners, policy makers or planners who
can provide systemic accounts of how technology can better conceived of or
positioned in the wider societal and environmental spheres.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
to) the following:

•Cloud computing, private or public clouds, mobile clouds
•Design of ‘green’ devices, computing platforms or computing infrastructures
•Evaluation of environmental impacts of information systems
•Information technology recycling
•Systemic methodology to plan and implement green IT policies or regulations
•Green supply chains supported by information technologies
•Conceptualisations of relationships between regulation, production and
reuse of information technologies.
•Green IT Frameworks and Metrics
•Green IT Strategies (virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing,
responsible disposal, 3Rs,  among others)
•Green IT curriculum

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this
special theme issue “IT goes green:  Systemic approaches to IT policy
making, design, evaluation and management”  on or before September 15,
2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by
another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S
GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.pdf.
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review
basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. All
submissions must be sent electronically to guest editors at
[J.R.Cordoba-Pachon at rhul.ac.uk and jorge.marx.gomez at uni-oldenburg.de] with
copy to [ijitsa at gmail.com] on or before September 15, 2011.

ABOUT International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems
Approach (IJITSA):  The Journal of Information Technologies and Systems
Approach (IJITSA) is an academic and practitioner journal created to
disseminate and discuss high quality research results on Information
Systems and related upper and lower level Systems as well as on its
interactions with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex
Systems and Philosophy issues, through rigorous Theoretical, Modeling,
Engineering or Behavioral studies in order to explore, describe, explain,
predict, design, control, evaluate, interpret, intervene and/or develop
organizational systems where Information Systems are the main objects of
study and the Systems Approach –any variant- is the main research
methodology and philosophical stance used. This journal is an official
publication of the Information Resources Management Association
(http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa), and it is semi annually published
(both in print and electronic form).


IJITSA EDITORS
EiC: Frank Stowell, University of Portsmouth, UK
OEiC: Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, México

PUBLISHER:
The International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems
Approach (IJITSA) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.),
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science
Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.
All submissions should be directed to the attention of:

International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach
Website: http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)
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