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Green IT For Dummies

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If you are directly responsible for IT planning or just want to learn more about it, Green IT For Dummies gives you the clear, complete practical and specific information you need to save energy in your computing infrastructure.

I like the way the book walks you through the why's and how's of creating a more Green (more efficient and less costly) IT operation. The book covers:
- The benefits of Green IT
- How to determine your current IT energy costs and efficiency
- How to develop, market, and implement a Green IT strategy
- How to get down in the trenches and get more processing per Kilowatt hour
- How to use IT power to save energy throughout the business by reducing paper, reducing travel
- How to motivate the work force to take part
- How to monitor progress and manage the plan

The topics covered go all the way from "big iron" server farms to desktops, from CPU RAM Virtualization to saving money and energy on toner cartridges and paper. The book does sites specific brand names, specific web URL's for further reference,. and gives you the information you need to actually get the job done.

It is a readable, practical guide that will be pretty well dog eared and scribbled on as you go about planning and implementing a Green IT strategy.

It's been out for a year and I'm amazed at what still seems like news to so many. We as consumers and purveyors of technology need to take action wherever and in as many ways as we can.This book has good ideas about sustainability for just about everybody who uses a computer for anything.