Book description
New legislation, rising energy costs and increasing demand for green credentials have moved sustainable IT up the business agenda. This ebook looks at different aspects of green IT – from sustainably managing IT assets, ethically recycling hardware or using IT to reduce carbon footprint – and how to incorporate them in business strategy.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- NEW EBOOK SERIES
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- 1 GREEN IT AS A BUSINESS STRATEGY
- 2 CLOUD COMPUTING, BPM AND GOING GREEN
- 3 BLUEPRINT FOR GREEN IT
- 4 ACCOUNTING FOR CARBON IN YOUR GREEN IT STRATEGY
- 5 WHERE THERE’S MUCK THERE’S MONEY
- 6 MAKING SAVINGS
- 7 NEED MORE CAPACITY?
- 8 BEATING THE STORAGE BEAST
- 9 MAKING DATA CENTRES GREENER
- 10 GREEN PROCUREMENT: GUIDELINES FOR BUYERS
- 11 DESTINATION LANDFILL
- 12 WEEE REGULATIONS
- 13 RECASTING WEEE
- 14 THE IMPACT OF HARDWARE
- 15 GREEN IT BEST PRACTICE
- RESOURCES
Product information
- Title: Green IT
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2012
- Publisher(s): BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- ISBN: 9781780171357
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