Green IT For Dummies
- 6h 2m
- Arnold Reinhold, Carol Baroudi, Jeffrey Hill, Jhana Senxian
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2009
See how going green can help keep your business in the black
Green technology is not only good for the environment; it's also good for your bottom line. As energy costs soar, limiting energy consumption is both smart and responsible. This guide is packed with cost-saving ways to make your company a leader in green technology, and case studies from organizations that have gone green show you how to do it.
- Consolidate and go green ¡ª learn how virtualization can reduce data center consumption and floor space
- Get a baseline ¡ª do an energy audit to determine your present consumption and identify where to start greening
- Green planning ¡ª build a plan and get management and employees on board
- Go formal ¡ª formalize best practices for green IT, understand your company's requirements, and design an infrastructure to meet them
- Thrifty desktops ¡ª discover ways to reduce energy use even with older machines
- Save a tree ¡ª explore new ways to limit paper and printing costs
- Just light changes ¡ª see how a little money spent upgrading light fixtures can save a lot in energy costs
- The anywhere office ¡ª save with virtual meetings, teleconferences, and telecommuting options
Open the book and find:
- What to beware of when developing your green plan
- A glossary of terms relating to green IT
- How to build support for your plan
- Ten organizations that help you get green
- How virtualization can help you get started
- Existing and emerging standards to consider
- Small changes that offer big results
- How to build a green storage system
About the Authors
Carol Baroudi has been writing For Dummies since 1993 and feels especially lucky to work on this project. Her day job as an industry analyst and research director in the IT security practice at Aberdeen Group affords her a great way to meet fabulous folks from the computer industry, many of whom have rallied to make this book possible in a timely manner. By night she's a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts with an assistantship in the Office of Sustainability. As an undergrad she studied Spanish and computer science at Colgate University. She started her computer career as a software developer, logged many years as an information architect, and has followed emerging technologies in the U.S. and Europe for the last decade.
Jeffrey Hill has been involved with the computer industry since 1980 in technology roles in software, software companies, and the commercial printing industry. He helped develop an on©\demand printing and fulfillment system for financial documents and has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He currently works as a senior research analyst at the Aberdeen Group covering such topics as virtualization, cloud computing, business continuity and disaster recovery, data archiving, and of course, green IT.
Jeff has an MBA from Northeastern University and studied English at Tufts University.
Arnold Reinhold has over 30 years experience in the computer industry. He has done cool stuff in spacecraft guidance, air traffic control, computer©\aided design, computer©\aided manufacturing, and machine vision. He was one of the founders of Automatix, a robotics pioneer. Recent writing includes E©\Mail For Dummies, Internet For Dummies Quick Reference, and Switching to a Mac For Dummies, all from Wiley Publishing.
Arnold studied mathematics at CCNY and MIT and management at Harvard.
Jhana Senxian leads the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility practice at Aberdeen Group and directs a strategic research partnership with the United Nations on private sector involvement in Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). She is a Harvard©\trained social anthropologist with over ten years of international experience in professional research, analysis, writing, and training including fieldwork and collaboration with business, government, academic, and cultural entities in the U.S., Europe, and Africa.
Jhana has an M.A. from Harvard University (Ph.D. forthcoming, 2009) and a B.A. from Brandeis University.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Win‐Win‐Winning with Green IT
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Making the Business Case for Green IT
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Green Journeys in Action
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Getting to Know the Standards and Metrics
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Assessing Your Current Energy Use and Needs
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Go Green in 12 Months: Putting Together a Plan
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Laying the Foundation for Green Data Management
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Maximizing Data Center Efficiency
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Racking Up Green Servers
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Cooling Your Data Center
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Building a Green Storage System
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Grooming the Network for Green
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Using Virtualization
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Moving to Green Screens and Computing Machines
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Reducing Desktop Energy Waste
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Pursuing the Less‐Paper Office
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Evaluating Green Gadgetry
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Greening the Facility
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e‐Waste Not, e‐Want Not
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Virtually There: Collaboration Technologies for a Greener World
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Ten Organizations That Can Help with Green IT Objectives
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Ten Creative Computer Recycling Tips
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Ten Tips for a Green Home Office
