You're reading from Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders Design and implement sustainable IT practices and unlock sustainable business opportunities

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803230344

Length 418 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Niklas Sundberg

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Why Is Sustainable IT Important?

2. Chapter 1: Our Most Significant Challenge Ahead FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Rise of Sustainable IT

4. Part 2: What Are Sustainable IT Practices?

5. Chapter 3: The Fundamental Building Blocks of a Sustainable IT Practice

6. Chapter 4: Data Center and Cloud

7. Chapter 5: Application and Data

8. Chapter 6: IT Hardware Management

9. Chapter 7: Energy Resource Management

10. Chapter 8: Leveraging Your Buying Power

11. Chapter 9: Sustainability by IT

12. Part 3: How Do You Accelerate Sustainable IT?

13. Chapter 10: Get Started Today

14. Chapter 11: Putting a Sustainable IT Strategy in Place

15. Chapter 12: From Strategy to Execution – Lead with Purpose and Deliver Progress Quickly

16. Index

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