A study on implementing Green IT in Enterprise 2.0

Due to tremendous growth in Internet technologies in last couple o f years now the Web information has been transformed to shared and collaborative web. This has happened because of the emergence of social networking websites like Facebook and Linkedin. Collaborative efforts like Wikipedia has made the web the basis of world's knowledge - sharing, and collaborative computing platform. Before 10 - 15 years from now the business houses were not so keen to use web technology in their day to day routine work but now in the present scenario the knowledge of web is almost essen tial in any business house. Various organisations are taking the advantage of Web 2.0 and related technologies to boost their business. With the use of ICT and Web 2.0 as the main tool for communication and interaction, the organisations are also contribu ting to the sustainability of the environment by utilizing optimal IT resources in a more efficient way. Enterprise 2.0 is bringing Web 2.0 into the office and thus it integrates the s ocial and collaborative tools of Web 2.0 into the office environment. Ultimately this brings beneficial changes in the business process and communication. In the present paper the authors have given an effort to explore the various business functions and utilities of Enterprise 2.0 and try to implement the concept of Green IT in Enterprise 2.0.