This document discusses the book "Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT" by Gary Hird. The book uses a case study of the UK company John Lewis Partnership to explain how the company implemented a green IT program to reduce its environmental impact. It provides guidance to IT professionals and organizations on getting started with their own green IT initiatives and measures their effectiveness. The practical experience of the author, who led John Lewis Partnership's green IT efforts for over 20 years, makes the book useful for any organization developing a green IT program.
This document discusses the book "Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT" by Gary Hird. The book uses a case study of the UK company John Lewis Partnership to explain how the company implemented a green IT program to reduce its environmental impact. It provides guidance to IT professionals and organizations on getting started with their own green IT initiatives and measures their effectiveness. The practical experience of the author, who led John Lewis Partnership's green IT efforts for over 20 years, makes the book useful for any organization developing a green IT program.
This document discusses the book "Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT" by Gary Hird. The book uses a case study of the UK company John Lewis Partnership to explain how the company implemented a green IT program to reduce its environmental impact. It provides guidance to IT professionals and organizations on getting started with their own green IT initiatives and measures their effectiveness. The practical experience of the author, who led John Lewis Partnership's green IT efforts for over 20 years, makes the book useful for any organization developing a green IT program.
This document discusses the book "Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT" by Gary Hird. The book uses a case study of the UK company John Lewis Partnership to explain how the company implemented a green IT program to reduce its environmental impact. It provides guidance to IT professionals and organizations on getting started with their own green IT initiatives and measures their effectiveness. The practical experience of the author, who led John Lewis Partnership's green IT efforts for over 20 years, makes the book useful for any organization developing a green IT program.
climate change and are looking at ways to reduce their environmental impact. The IT department of any organisation has a key role to play in this regard. Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT is a reference guide that provides organisations with guidance on how to implement a green IT programme. Using the case study of UK company John Lewis Partnership, author Gary Hird explains the problems that were faced in implementing the green IT programme, as well as the solutions to the problems. Green IT in Practice is targeted at IT professionals, management and anyone with an interest in green IT. Hird is an IT strategist for John Lewis Partnership and has worked there for more than 20 years. He has been responsible for the enterprises green IT infrastructure initiatives since 2006. Hirds practical experience in the field makes the book valuable for any individual or organisation involved with green IT programmes. Green IT in Practice begins by exploring the concept of green IT and proceeds to explain how to get started with a green IT programme. The use of metrics to measure the success of green IT initiatives is discussed in chapter three. Hird also outlines how the John Lewis Partnership engaged its staff and suppliers in its green IT initiatives, and he explains further some green IT projects that were undertaken at the John Lewis Partnership, including server virtualisation, green printing and desktop power management. A key strength of Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT is its case-study approach, which gives readers insight into how the John Lewis Partnership implemented its green IT programme. The teachings from this case study are invaluable to any organisation going through or intending to implement green IT initiatives. EDITORS NOTE Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT is available from the ISACA Bookstore. For information, see the ISACA Bookstore Supplement in this Journal, visit www.isaca.org/bookstore, e-mail [email protected] or telephone +1.847.660.5650. Learn more and collaborate on green IT at www.isaca.org/topic-green-it. Reviewed by Bright Munongwa, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, CIA, a specialist IT auditor at Nedbank Ltd., one of South Africas Big Four banks. Munongwa serves on the ISACA Publications Subcommittee. Green IT in Practice: How One Company Is Approaching the Greening of Its IT 1 ISACA JOURNAL VOLUME 6, 2011 By Gary Hird Do you have something to say about this article? Visit the Journal pages of the ISACA web site (www.isaca. org/journal), find the article, and choose the Comments tab to share your thoughts. Go directly to the article: