Green IT For Dummies

Green technology is good for your bottom line.

Not only good for the environment, Green IT is also good for your bottom line. If your organisation is exploring ways to save energy and reduce environmental waste, Green IT For Dummies can help you get there.

Green IT For Dummies - an introductory guide to green IT - order today!

This guide is packed with cost-saving ways to make your organisation a leader in green IT. The book is also packed with case studies from organisations that have gone green, so you can benefit from their experience. This book provides an introduction and overview of green IT.

Green technology is not only good for the environment, it’s also good for your bottom line. If your organisation is exploring ways to save energy and reduce environmental waste, Green IT For Dummies can help you get there.

With this book you’ll discover how to:

• Perform an energy audit to determine your present consumption and identify where to start greening,
• Develop and roll out a green technology project,
• Build support from management and employees,
• Use collaboration tools to limit the need for corporate travel,
• Improve electronic document management,
• Extend hardware life, reduce data center floor space, and improve efficiency,
• Formalise best practices for green IT, understand your company’s requirements, and design an infrastructure to meet them,
• Make older desktops and lighting fixtures more efficient with a few small upgrades,
• Lower costs with virtual meetings, teleconferences, and telecommuting options,
• Reduce your organisation’s energy consumption.

Key Features and Benefits:

• Provides an introduction and overview to green IT, helping you understand the concepts involved and how green IT might be of use to your organisation.
• Covers some of the fundamentals of green IT, including how to undertake a green IT audit, use of collaboration tools, reduce the organisation's energy consumption. Helping you to implement best practices while saving money.
• Helps you to formulate a plan for driving green IT forward as a project, saving your organisation money and helping you to manage the project in an organised way.

Authors: Carol Baroudi, Jeffrey Hill, Arnold Reinhold, Jhana Senxian
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 10: 0470386886
ISBN 13: 9780470386880
Pages: 384
Format: Softcover
Published Date: 23 April 2009
Availability: In Stock

Green IT For Dummies starts you on the road to saving money while you help save the planet - order your copy today!