Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice: An ISEB Foundation Guide - Brossura

O'Neill, Mark G.

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ISBN 10: 1906124620 ISBN 13: 9781906124625

Casa editrice: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2010

Riassunto

It is widely cited that the IT industry is responsible for the same level of carbon emissions as the aviation industry, and experts predict that these emissions will double in the next few years. There is consensus in the industry that organisations have a responsibility to cut their emissions and legislation is in place to make this mandatory. The book provides the tools to create an action list of Green IT requirements. It is primarily aimed at IT service providers but also contains advice for the general IT user.

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Recensione

This is a sensible, clear-sighted guide to emerging standards, rules, business processes and best practices in a complex and ever-changing sector... ...This deserves to be a widely-read primer for anybody getting to grips with what the corporate carbon footprint is doing to business and technology, and is a volume worth distributing to those that consider the greening of IT as commonsense and straightforward. --CIO Magazine

Green IT For Sustainable Business Practice is a timely call to action for all those who are being drafted into the latest requirement in the office of corporate governance. I liked the way O Neill frames the issue: 'It is widely cited in IT circles that the ICT industry is responsible for approximately two per cent of worldwide carbon emissions, which is roughly the equivalent to the carbon emissions attributed to the aviation industry. Whilst this figure is open to interpretation and observers would question whether the current situation requires any great attention, what is indisputable is that IT is in a unique position to influence the other 98 per cent.' Quite so and, happily, O Neill neglects neither end of the argument, refusing to keep green IT in the silo that is all too often its house of detention. This is a sensible, clear-sighted guide to emerging standards, rules, business processes and best practices in a complex and ever-changing sector. It covers formulating policy, roles and responsibilities, drivers, practical advice on making it happen, improving organisation green credentials, IT s role in the non-datacentre-centric business lifecycle and much else besides. Considering the book s scope it s also mercifully concise, coming in at under 150 pages despite including useful definitions, copious notes, suggestions for further reading and a good index. The author makes good use of lists, tables and graphics and his writing style does not bow under the pressure of emerging guidance rulebooks or become strangled by coverage of the reams of red tape entangling CIOs. This deserves to be a widely-read primer for anybody getting to grips with what the corporate carbon footprint is doing to business and technology, and is a volume worth distributing to those that consider the greening of IT as commonsense and straightforward. In the end, it may be that the pressing need to curtail operating costs and fulfil regulatory demands will steer many organisations into working practices that are in many ways more ecologically sound without recourse to carrots and sticks, but the impacts of many complicated and subtle decisions must today be considered in the light of what they mean for the planet. Approaches to outsourcing, business travel and globalisation will need to be minutely examined and there is plenty of scope for noisy debate as to what being green truly constitutes. But books like this is offer a start, and a sound one at that. --CIO Magazine

L'autore

Mark O'Neill is a highly experienced IT Professional with 20 years' experience in the IT industry. He has held a number of senior roles and has experience of large scale IT Service Management and Infrastructure implementation programmes. Mark has recently been appointed to the itSMF 2020 Visioning Board and is responsible for designing the first formally accredited training course for Green IT.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1906124620
• ISBN 13: 9781906124625
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 165
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile