The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment - Brossura

Lamb, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0137150830 ISBN 13: 9780137150830

Casa editrice: IBM Pr, 2009

Riassunto

<b>How IT Can Drive Immense Business Value by “Going Green”</b> <p style="MARGIN: 0px"></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> For CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, and IT leaders: The green IT business case and best practices for making it happen </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Timely help for companies facing rising energy costs, new government rules, and growing public concern </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"> Powerful new insights from IBM’s breakthrough $1 billion green computing initiative </div></li> </ul> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chances are your enterprise IT organization has a significant carbon footprint. In an era of unpredictable energy costs, reducing energy usage throughout your data centers and IT infrastructure represents a powerful cost-cutting opportunity. Now, a top green IT expert shows business and IT leaders how to drive powerful business value by improving IT’s environmental performance. </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Drawing on leading-edge experience, John Lamb helps you realistically assess the business case for green IT, set priorities, and overcome the internal and external challenges to making it work. He offers proven solutions for issues ranging from organizational obstacles to executive motivation and discusses crucial issues ranging from utility rate incentives to metrics. Along the way, you’ll discover energy-saving opportunities—from virtualization and consolidation to cloud and grid computing—and solutions that will improve business flexibility as they reduce environmental impact. </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Lamb presents case studies, checklists, and more—all the practical guidance you need to drive maximum bottom-line value from your green IT initiative.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px" sonormal="">Preface&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxiii</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Acknowledgments&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxix</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">About the Author&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxxiii</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 1: The Importance of Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 2: The Basics of Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 3: Collaboration Is Key for Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 39</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 4: The Government’s Role–Regulation and EPA Activity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 5: The Magic of “Incentive”–The Role of Electric Utilities&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 69</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 6: A Most-Significant Step–“Virtualizing” Your IT Systems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 85</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 7: The Need for Standard IT Energy-Use Metrics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 109</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 8: What About Chillers, Cooling Tower Fans, and All That Cooling Equipment Usually Ignored by IT?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 129</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 9: Green IT Case Studies for Energy Utilities&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 147</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 10: Green IT Case Studies for Universities and a Large Company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 157</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 11: Worldwide Green IT Case Studies&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 183</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Chapter 12: The Future of Green IT for Corporations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 205</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Appendix A: Green IT Checklist and Recommendations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 215</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Appendix B: Green IT and Cloud Computing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 237</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Appendix C: Comparison of Different Power-Generation Methods&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;251</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Appendix D: Worldwide Electricity Costs for IT with Projections&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 281</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Glossary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 289</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Bibliography&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 301</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">Index&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 305</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px">&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0px; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align="left" sonormal=""><b>John Lamb </b>is a Senior Technical Staff Member for IBM Global Business Services in Somers, New York. He is an IBM Senior Certified IT Architect, and he holds a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a senior member of the IEEE and ASME engineering societies. He has published more than 50 technical papers and articles and has coauthored four books, including <i>Lotus Notes</i>^®&nbsp;<i>and Domino</i>^®&nbsp;<i>5: Scalable Network Design </i>(McGraw-Hill, 1999) and <i>IBM WebSphere</i>^®<i>and Lotus: Implementing Collaborative Solutions </i>(Prentice-Hall, 2004).</p>

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<b>How IT Can Drive Immense Business Value by “Going Green”</b> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>For CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, and IT leaders: The green IT business case and best practices for making it happen</li> <li>Timely help for companies facing rising energy costs, new government rules, and growing public concern</li> <li>Powerful new insights from IBM’s breakthrough $1 billion green computing initiative</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chances are your enterprise IT organization has a significant carbon footprint. In an era of unpredictable energy costs, reducing energy usage throughout your data centers and IT infrastructure represents a powerful cost-cutting opportunity. Now, a top green IT expert shows business and IT leaders how to drive powerful business value by improving IT’s environmental performance. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Drawing on leading-edge experience, John Lamb helps you realistically assess the business case for green IT, set priorities, and overcome the internal and external challenges to making it work. He offers proven solutions for issues ranging from organizational obstacles to executive motivation and discusses crucial issues ranging from utility rate incentives to metrics. Along the way, you’ll discover energy-saving opportunities—from virtualization and consolidation to cloud and grid computing—and solutions that will improve business flexibility as they reduce environmental impact. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lamb presents case studies, checklists, and more—all the practical guidance you need to drive maximum bottom-line value from your green IT initiative.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Preface&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxiii</p> <p>Acknowledgments&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxix</p> <p>About the Author&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; xxxiii</p> <p>Chapter 1: The Importance of Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1</p> <p>Chapter 2: The Basics of Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15</p> <p>Chapter 3: Collaboration Is Key for Green IT&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 39</p> <p>Chapter 4: The Government’s Role–Regulation and EPA Activity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 55</p> <p>Chapter 5: The Magic of “Incentive”–The Role of Electric Utilities&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 69</p> <p>Chapter 6: A Most-Significant Step–“Virtualizing” Your IT Systems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 85</p> <p>Chapter 7: The Need for Standard IT Energy-Use Metrics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 109</p> <p>Chapter 8: What About Chillers, Cooling Tower Fans, and All That Cooling Equipment Usually Ignored by IT?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 129</p> <p>Chapter 9: Green IT Case Studies for Energy Utilities&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 147</p> <p>Chapter 10: Green IT Case Studies for Universities and a Large Company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 157</p> <p>Chapter 11: Worldwide Green IT Case Studies&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 183</p> <p>Chapter 12: The Future of Green IT for Corporations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 205</p> <p>Appendix A: Green IT Checklist and Recommendations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 215</p> <p>Appendix B: Green IT and Cloud Computing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 237</p> <p>Appendix C: Comparison of Different Power-Generation Methods&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;251</p> <p>Appendix D: Worldwide Electricity Costs for IT with Projections&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 281</p> <p>Glossary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 289</p> <p>Bibliography&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 301</p> <p>Index&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 305</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: IBM Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0137150830
• ISBN 13: 9780137150830
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 315
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italia