TY - BOOK AU - Halsey, Mike TI - The green IT guide: how to make your IT systems and business sustainable and carbon neutral SN - 9798868812323 U1 - 004.6782 PY - 2025/// CY - New York PB - Apress KW - Business sustainable KW - Artificial intelligence KW - AI--cloud computing N1 - Table of contents: Front Matter Pages i-xix Download chapter PDF Understanding Your Place on Planet Earth Mike Halsey Pages 1-29 Knowing the Impact Your IT Systems Have Mike Halsey Pages 31-52 Making Smarter Usage of Your IT Equipment Mike Halsey Pages 53-81 Appraising Cloud Services and Climate Change Mike Halsey Pages 83-101 Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change Mike Halsey Pages 103-124 Effectively Recycling and Repurposing IT Equipment Mike Halsey Pages 125-149 Managing Power For Your Existing IT Systems Mike Halsey Pages 151-185 Establishing Policies and Procedures for IT Use Mike Halsey Pages 187-214 Regulation and Compliance Mike Halsey Pages 215-240 Understanding the Interconnected World of Business and IT Mike Halsey Pages 241-263 Placing Your Environmental Policies in the Wider World Mike Halsey Pages 265-283 The Post-truth Planet Mike Halsey Pages 285-298 Assessing Future Technologies Mike Halsey Pages 299-317 IT and the Future Mike Halsey Pages 319-331 [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-1233-0] N2 - Make your IT systems the solution to climate change rather than the cause. More and more we’re relying on an ever-increasing number of different computer types and services, powerful smartphones, and cloud data centers. All of this carries with it a carbon footprint and a negative impact on the environment, and your business or organization will come under increasing scrutiny and criticism from customers, stakeholders, and governments. It doesn’t have to be this way though, and with the right information, some careful planning, and the sensible use of different technologies, you could be helping both the planet and people worldwide and in your local communities. With this guide, author Mike Halsey gives you the information you need to head towards a sustainable, carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative future. This second edition discusses the impact of the latest technologies, including SoC (System on a Chip) PCs, and artificial intelligence (AI). It details how these technologies can help your business achieve its climate goals, and what challenges are involved, especially with the enormous power consumption of AI in the cloud. Additionally, this edition includes how regulation, both nationally and internationally, affects you, and how your business can become compliant and maintain high standards of sustainability into the future. It looks at the current uncertain state of the world, and how this can affect the cloud, IT supply chains, security, regulation, compliance, and business sustainability (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/979-8-8688-1233-0) ER -