Green Tech: How to Plan and Implement Sustainable IT Solutions
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081441446X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Up-to-date subject with excellent material As the manager of a large server and storage farm, I found this book to be very insightful. Three particular chapters I found especially helpful; IT Asset Disposal, Document Management and Virtualization. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to improve the "Green Performance" of their Data Center.. Expert guide to making IT more sustainable Rolf Dobelli A company's energy and technology requirements are considerable: Think of all those plugged-in, energy-draining workstation computers, printers, faxes, modems and copy machines, as well as servers and data centers, burning away the watts. Multiply a single company's energy use by millions of businesses around th. "A pick not just for conservation libraries but for business and computer holdings too" according to Midwest Book Review. GREEN TECH: HOW TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE IT SOLUTIONS lays out ideas for obtaining sustainable IT by recommending companies set three major goals for themselves, from rethinking underlying purchasing goals to considering how equipment already in possession is being used and looking at the bigger picture
With today's electronic systems consuming massive amounts of energy, and improper disposal of old equipment threatening to release dangerous toxicity into the atmosphere, any company whose IT department isn't actively working to shrink its carbon footprint isn't just hurting the environmentit is also probably wasting money. "Green Tech" provides readers with practical, easily implemented strategies for sustainable computing.
You don’t want to have to pay hefty waste-processing fees, fines, or indefinite warehousing costs. The first is to rethink your purchasing goals. Are your servers bigger than you need; your backups overly redundant; your workstations, printers, scanners, copiers, and other items left on overnight and over the weekend? Third, think long term. Michael Wallace is the Vice President of Application Engineering at Result Data. He has more than 25 years of experience in the information services field. Lawrence Webber has more than 30 years of IT experience in hardware and software and is a PMI®-certified Project Management Professional. Both authors live in Columbus, Ohio. He is a Senior Project Manager at Insight Corporation. . Disposal may seem like an issue for down the road, but getting rid of old equipment can be a costly endeavor. From the Ins
. He is a Senior Project Manager at Insight Corporation. Lawrence Webber (Columbus, OH) has over 30 years of IT experience in hardware and software, and is a PMI Certified Project Management Professional. Michael Wallace (Columbus, OH) is the Vice President of Application Engineer at Result Data. He has more than 25 years of experience in the information services field