Abstract
The South Korean government is providing full support for green IT as one of the growth engines of Korea. The purpose of this study is to derive policy issues needed for the sustainable development of Korea through utilizing Big Data by applying green IT. The analysis is done using a Delphi technique. Results show that the establishment of computing platforms that can easily share data and generate value is prioritized for the effective use of Big Data from the environment. In addition, the government-led publication of genetic information and electronic medical records for research purposes has been derived as an important policy issue for the use of bio-Big Data. Besides, a guideline concerning the standardization of machine to machine and Internet of Things communication and data security is needed to effectively use Big Data from machines/things. Moreover, a review of legislation related to the utilization of Big Data from digital media has been derived as an important policy issue. The results of this study propose the direction in which the Korean government should move for green growth through effective utilization of Big Data. The results can be also useful resources for establishing relevant policies for various countries that are accelerating sustainable development.
Highlights
With such advancements in the development of information communication technology and the increase of data storage space, large amounts of data unparalleled in past decades are being created
The first survey was conducted as an open survey, where respondents were free to write down issues or preceding issues concerning green information technology (IT) vitalization based on the newly-proposed four Big Data, so that a wide range of expert opinions can be accepted
After the answers to the first survey went through a simple organization, such as deleting duplicate answers and unifying terminologies, the results of the first survey were organized into units of similar groups, which resulted in 6–8 items of expert opinions for each of the four categories
Summary
With such advancements in the development of information communication technology and the increase of data storage space, large amounts of data unparalleled in past decades are being created. The meaning of green IT was recognized as eco-friendly improvement to the issues of IT itself, such as the energy efficiency of data centers or resolving environmental issues through waste recycling of IT equipment [1,2,3,4,5]. This is called “Green for IT” or “Green IT 1.0”. The recycling of WEEE is essential for supply chain management, due to the international regulations represented in derivatives of WEEE and
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