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Overview of Green IT  Problems: Toxins, Power Consumption, Equipment Disposal Company’s Carbon Footprint: Measuring, Details, reasons to bother, Plan for the Future...

Overview of Green IT  Problems: Toxins, Power Consumption, Equipment Disposal Company’s Carbon Footprint: Measuring, Details, reasons to bother, Plan for the Future Cost Savings: Hardware, Power INTRODUCTION Chances are this isn’t the first time you’ve heard about the need to go green as it relates to your IT infrastructure. But even though the message is out there, not enough organizations are acting on it. Symantec Corp. released a study that revealed almost 75 % of datacenter managers do, in fact, have an interest in adopting a strategic green center initiative, but only one in seven has actually done so—Symantec, October 2007. INTRODUCTION TOXINS TOXINS TOXINS TOXINS POWER CONSUMPTION POWER CONSUMPTION POWER CONSUMPTION EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON FOOTPRINT COST SAVINGS COST SAVINGS : HARDWARE COST SAVINGS : HARDWARE COST SAVINGS : POWER COST SAVINGS : POWER COST SAVINGS : POWER COST SAVINGS : POWER COST SAVINGS : POWER COST SAVINGS : POWER CONCLUSION  Green IT Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter (McGraw Hill)  Software Project Management Bob Hughes, Mike Cotterell, Rajib Mall (6/e)