Harnessing green IT [electronic resource] : principles and practices / San Murugesan, G.R. Gangadharan, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Green IT: An Overview -- Green Devices and Hardware -- Green Software -- Sustainable Software Development -- Green Data Centres -- Green Data Storage -- Green Networks and Communications -- Enterprise Green IT Strategy -- Sustainable Information Systems and Green Metrics -- Enterprise Green IT Readiness -- Sustainable IT Services: Creating a Framework for Service Innovation -- Green Enterprises and the Role of IT -- Environmentally Aware Business Process Improvement in the Enterprise Context -- Managing Green IT -- Regulating Green IT: Laws, Standards and Protocols -- Green Cloud Computing and Environmental Sustainability -- Harnessing Semantic Web Technologies for the Environmental Sustainability of Production Systems -- Green IT: An Outlook.

& P & & ldquo;Ultimately, this is a remarkable book, a practical testimonial, and a comprehensive bibliography rolled into one. It is a single, bright sword cut across the various murky green IT topics. And if my mistakes and lessons learned through the green IT journey are any indication, this book will be used every day by folks interested in greening IT. & rdquo; & br / & & mdash;€ & i & Simon Y. Liu, Ph. D. & Ed. D., Editor-in-Chief, & /i & & nbsp;IT Professional€ & i & Magazine, IEEE Computer Society, Director, U.S. National Agricultural Library & /i & & /p & & p & & b & This book presents a holistic perspective onGr.