Green IT

	Business case for green technology Increasing data centre energy efficiency can reduce IT costs. But in order to take the first steps towards a truly green data centre, you must convince your organisation's management to sign off on the plan. This section outlines how to bring C-level executives on board by building a solid ...
	Data centre energy efficiency Data centres must handle a growing number of computing resources and increased power demands while facing the challenge of reducing energy costs. Methods such as deploying virtualisation, investing in energy-efficient technologies and decommissioning unused IT equipment can drastically ...
	Data centre energy efficiency regulations Data centres are among the heaviest consumers of energy, and the amount of power they use increases every year. The United Kingdom and the European Union have issued a number of environmental and energy-efficiency regulations that apply to IT. Directives such as the Restriction of ...

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Green IT:  Data centre design and infrastructure, Server virtualisation platforms and management, Data centre systems management, Cloud computing, colocation and managed hosting, Managing servers and operating systems, Data centre networking, Data centre disaster recovery and security