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The greening of IT : how companies can make a difference for the environment / John Lamb.

By: Lamb, John P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : IBM Press/Pearson, c2009Description: xxxiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780137150830; 0137150830.Subject(s): Data processing service centers -- Energy conservation | Information technology -- Environmental aspects | Green technology | Social responsibility of businessDDC classification:
Contents:
The importance of green IT -- The basics of green IT -- Collaboration is key for green IT -- The government's role : regulation and EPA activity -- The magic of "incentive" : the role of electric utilities -- A most significant step : "virtualizing" your IT systems -- The need for standard IT energy-use metrics -- What about chillers, cooling tower fans, and all that cooling equipment usually ignored by IT? -- Green IT case studies for energy utilities -- Green IT case studies for universities and a large company -- Worldwide green IT case studies -- The future of green IT for corporations.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.

The importance of green IT -- The basics of green IT -- Collaboration is key for green IT -- The government's role : regulation and EPA activity -- The magic of "incentive" : the role of electric utilities -- A most significant step : "virtualizing" your IT systems -- The need for standard IT energy-use metrics -- What about chillers, cooling tower fans, and all that cooling equipment usually ignored by IT? -- Green IT case studies for energy utilities -- Green IT case studies for universities and a large company -- Worldwide green IT case studies -- The future of green IT for corporations.

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