The Green IT Guide
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4842-8056-0 (ISBN)
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This book looks at our understanding of climate change and the impact that IT systems have through their constant demand for electrical power from increasingly over-stressed electrical grids and ever-rising energy costs. You will learn what you can do in your own business or organization to lower the electrical and carbon footprints of yourIT systems. You will learn to discover the environmental policies of your cloud providers so you can make cloud-based computing choices with reduced carbon footprints in mind. Author Mike Halsey provides guidance for desktops, with a discussion of settings and practices that can reduce power usage of Windows systems, including home workers using their own equipment, and covering smartphones and tablets with all operating system types. The book will help you examine the broader world and how IT companies and business leaders are pressing ahead toward ambitious climate goals, and you will look at new technologies you can expect to see developed in support of those goals.
What You Will Learn
Manage the power requirements of your existing IT equipment and systems more efficiently
Ensure high levels of power efficiency of any new IT equipment that you purchase
Know where to look for the sustainability policies of cloud and IT service
Ask the right questions of suppliers and stakeholders
Inspire employees and stakeholders to want to do more to reduce their own carbon footprint
Work within charitable, business, and governmental structures to reduce e-waste and help communities
Who This Book Is For
For business leaders and system administrators who have been tasked by their company to find cost-efficient and effective ways to reduce the local, national, and global carbon-footprint of their business or organization. For IT professionals looking to bring the company into line with existing and forthcoming national and international environmental standards and regulations. Also for individuals and power users who are keen to reduce the carbon-footprint of their own computer and IT systems.
Mike Halsey is the author of more than 20 books on IT systems, Microsoft Windows, productivity, and accessibility. He has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) awardee for more than 10 years and is a recognized technical expert. He is known for being the author of the popular Windows Troubleshooting books and associated videos (Apress) and has also written The Windows 10 Accessibility Handbook (Apress) and The Windows 10 Productivity Handbook (Apress). Mike is well versed in the problems and issues that PC users, IT pros, and system administrators face when administering and maintaining all aspects of a PC ecosystem. He is a teacher who has built skills in helping people understand sometimes intimidating subjects in easy-to-understand ways, and put these skills to great effect in his books and training videos. Mike lives in the south of France with his two rescue border collie, Evan and Robbie, and tries to live as sustainable alife as possible. You can contact him on Twitter @MikeHalsey.
Chapter 1: Understanding your Place on Planet Earth.- Chapter 2: Knowing the Impact your IT Systems Have.- Chapter 3: Making Smarter Usage of IT Equipment.- Chapter 4: Appraising Cloud Services and Climate Change.- Chapter 5: Effectively Recycling and Repurposing IT Equipment.- Chapter 6: Managing Power for Your Existing IT systems.- Chapter 7: Establishing Policies and Procedures for IT Use.- Chapter 8: Understanding the Interconnected World of Business and IT.- Chapter 9: Placing Your Environmental Policies in the Wider World.- Chapter 10: Assessing Future Technologies.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.03.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 24 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 190 p. 24 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Berkley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI) |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Schlagworte | Carbon Footprint • carbon negative • carbon neutral • Clean Energy • climate change • Cloud Computing • cloud services • global cooling • global warming • Green Computing • IT Systems • Recycling • sustainability • Sustainable |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4842-8056-3 / 1484280563 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4842-8056-0 / 9781484280560 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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