ISBN-13: 9783838112640 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 112 str.
Green IT is one of the most recent buzzwords in the IT business. Often it is considered as the key to all future IT problems by one half of IT experts and as an overestimated hype by the other half. Green IT aims to integrate information and communication technologies into a business wide sustainability strategy without any productivity drawbacks. It includes measures and tactics to reduce the IT's environmental impact e.g. by reducing the power consumption and using energy from renewable sources, and by using technologies such as virtualisation. Green IT is considered as the key to all future IT problems by one half of IT experts and as an overestimated hype by the other half. This book analyses the Green IT trend concerning its relevance to business. Further, it gives an insight on the successful implementation of sustainable IT measures to ensure sustainability and profit.
Green IT is one of the most recent buzzwords in the IT business. Often it is considered as the key to all future IT problems by one half of IT experts and as an overestimated hype by the other half. Green IT aims to integrate information and communication technologies into a business wide sustainability strategy without any productivity drawbacks. It includes measures and tactics to reduce the ITs environmental impact e.g. by reducing the power consumption and using energy from renewable sources, and by using technologies such as virtualisation. Green IT is considered as the key to all future IT problems by one half of IT experts and as an overestimated hype by the other half. This book analyses the Green IT trend concerning its relevance to business. Further, it gives an insight on the successful implementation of sustainable IT measures to ensure sustainability and profit.