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The Organizational Benefits of Green IT
Cutter Consortium, Sep 2008, Pages: 150
Current research shows that our non-renewable resources cannot support our energy consumption trend. As power concerns rise and electronic waste piles up, everyone from government officials to corporate management will see the need for sustainable IT. Greening our IT products, applications, services, and practices is both an economic and an environmental imperative.
This report explores the latest innovations in environmentally sustainable IT and provides expert recommendations that will help your company define its green IT strategy and create realistic guidelines for its implementation. Youll receive 155 pages chock-full of tips and advice on how your company can decrease its energy consumption and increase its organizational efficiency.
Some actions your organization can take now to decrease its environmental footprint include:
- Encourage your users and system administrators to fully utilize your systems power management features.
- Consider outsourcing your data center to a data management service that can apply its specialized knowledge and utilities to reduce energy consumption.
- Create a comprehensive asset management system, with detailed end-of-life responsibilities.
- Conduct a green audit.
- Develop a risk management strategy for responding to an unforeseen energy crisis that impacts your data center.
- Recast your focus from the narrower green IT to the more inclusive green IS.
- Utilize frameworks such as TQM or EMIS three phases to develop environmental management procedures.
Youll discuss policy modifications that can be taken immediately to reduce the environmental impact of ITs use in the company, as well as cultural changes that take longer to enact. And youll learn how you can make the best use of your existing resources and plan for growth accordingly.
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