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The Greening of IT offers clear, business-focused coverage of both the benefits and roadblocks of moving to green IT. Lamb discusses internal organizational obstacles, as well as regulations, energy cost shifts, and utility rate incentives that can help companies move towards green IT. You’ll find specific how-to guidance on everything from measuring energy usage and optimizing data center cooling equipment through leveraging virtualization. Lamb also prese… More >>
The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment
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As conventional energy sources dry up, the cost of electricity increases. Expanding energy usage is wreaking havoc on the environment, so businesses must find ways to become more energy efficient. Organizations of any size that spend heavily to power and cool their information technology (IT) operations can save money and help the planet by going green in IT. John Lamb, an IT architect, explains how to get that done in this informative, comprehensive and eminently practical book. He offers many helpful case studies of a wide variety of companies and nonprofits that have successfully made the transition to green IT. He presents a strong business case for environmentally sound IT, describes best practices and touches on some primary technical issues. getAbstract suggests Lamb’s thoughtful guide to CEOs, chief information officers and other IT professionals. Executives of all kinds will be able to understand this book, though Lamb includes enough technical data to provide extra utility to IT experts who want to make their operations less costly and more sustainable.
Rating: 5 / 5
John Lamb’s book is excellent. It provides great reference materials for C-level stakeholders in addition to practitioners that are interested in greening the environment; and for those who may be uncertain about how to get started, the case studies are real-life and practical. I read John’s book awhile ago and it continues to be an excellent source of information for me, as a consultant, to help organizations determine from an enterprise architecture perspective any new or supplemental intelligence that should be added to the enterprise for sustainable, greener operations. I highly recommend that others read this book for knowledge and understanding – from beginning to end.
Rating: 5 / 5
Well-written, fascinating, and informative. Whether you’re an executive, a technologist, or responsible for running a data center, this book delivers a thorough understanding of the principles and benefits of working towards this new age of technology. As an IT Architect, I can take information from each chapter and apply it to building a global IT solution – or implement the concepts to a simple infrastructure running in a lab. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
THE GREENING OF IT: HOW COMPANIES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT tells how IT business can ‘go green’ and use best practices for adding value and profit into the picture. Using leading-edge reality, John Lamb tells how to assess the business prospects for green IT, set priorities, and assess both internal and external resistance to such a project. Case studies blend with checklists and solutions in a powerful, recommended guide for any business library.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is well worth the time invested to read it. “Green IT” is a concept/methodology that everyone in the industry needs to understand. The information in this book is laid out very well and is easy to read. If you are looking for information on current energy saving practices, regulatory information, and general strategies, regarding the greening of IT, this is an excellent resource.
Rating: 5 / 5