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1. |  Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 11-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 21-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.
Foundations of Green IT
is the first practical, technical, ROI-driven guide to successfully
deploying “Green IT” data center technologies. This
book isn’t about “evangelizing” green IT:
it’s about getting down in the trenches and making it work.
Marty Poniatowski and a team of leading Green IT consultants from
CDI present detailed technical information for data center
professionals who want to systematically identify the right
improvements, implement them, maximize savings, and accurately
calculate business value. You’ll find...
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By: Martin L. Abbott; Michael T. Fisher Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 01-JAN-2010 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2009 | Successful modern enterprises (especially
internet focused enterprises) have two things in common:Their hyper growth often results in technology failures that
threaten their business (such as site or product outages that
force businesses to shut their doors during peak user demand
or peak seasonal activity).The availability of people with the talent and experience to
fix these problems is limited.These two factors combine to create a
crisis for modern businesses with significant and quickly growing
technology platforms or Web presences. The survival of these
businesses depends upon finding...
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3. |  By: Douglas Alger Publisher: Cisco Press Publication Date: 17-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 02-APR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Grow a Greener Data Center This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.
Grow a Greener Data Center
A guide to building and operating
energy-efficient,
ecologically sensitive IT and Facilities infrastructure
Conventional Data Centers can have a huge
impact upon the environment, using massive amounts of energy and
water, emitting pollutants, and discarding huge quantities of
machine waste. Their insatiable demand for energy and often
inefficient designs make Data Centers expensive to operate and
prime targets for future environmental regulation.
Fortunately, it’s now possible to
design a Data Center...
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4. |  Sarbanes-Oxley IT Compliance Using Open Source Tools, Second Edition By: Christian B Lahti; Roderick Peterson Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 16-NOV-2007 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sarbanes-Oxley IT Compliance Using Open Source Tools, Second Edition The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (officially titled the Public Company
Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002), signed into
law on 30 July 2002 by President Bush, is considered the most
significant change to federal securities laws in the United States
since the New Deal. It came in the wake of a series of corporate
financial scandals, including those affecting Enron, Arthur
Andersen, and WorldCom. The law is named after Senator Paul
Sarbanes and Representative Michael G. Oxley. It was approved by
the House by a vote of 423-3 and by the Senate 99-0.
This book illustrates the many...
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5. |  By: Jack Wiles Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 18-JUL-2008 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Around the world, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)
systems and other real-time process control networks run
mission-critical infrastructure--everything from the power grid to
water treatment, chemical manufacturing to transportation. These
networks are at increasing risk due to the move from proprietary
systems to more standard platforms and protocols and the
interconnection to other networks. Because there has been limited
attention paid to security, these systems are seen as largely
unsecured and very vulnerable to attack.
This book addresses currently undocumented...
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6. |  How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server By: David Rule Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 10-JUN-2007 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Cheat at Configuring VmWare ESX Server A virtual evolution in IT shops large and small has begun. VMware's
ESX Server is the enterprise tool to free your infrastructure from
its physical limitations providing the great transformation into a
virtual environment--this book shows you how. Use Syngress' proven
"How to Cheat" methodology to configure and build VMware's ESX
Server version 3. This clear, concise guide provides all the
information you need to become a virtual whiz!
This book will detail the default and custom installation of
VMware's ESX server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine
configurations. It will then...
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7. |  Nagios 3 Enterprise Network MonitoringIncluding Plug-Ins and Hardware Devices By: Max Schubert; Derrick Bennett; Jonathan Gines; Andrew Hay; John Strand Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 02-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Nagios 3 Enterprise Network MonitoringIncluding Plug-Ins and Hardware Devices Nagios is an Open Source network, hardware, and application
monitoring program. It is designed to inform system administrators
of problems on their networks before their clients, end-users or
managers do. Nagios is a SysAdmin's best friend. Nagios is
installed on over 300,000 machines worldwide, and truly is a global
product: approximately 25.6% of users are in the U.S., and 30% in
EMEA. Nagios can monitor everything from network bandwidth to the
temperature and humidity in a server room. SysAdmins are able to
use Nagios for such a variety of purposes through custom software
"plug ins" and...
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8. |  The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment By: John Lamb Publisher: IBM Press Publication Date: 27-APR-2009 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.
How IT Can Drive Immense Business Value by “Going
Green”
For CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, and IT leaders: The
green IT business case and best practices for making it
happen
Timely help for companies facing rising
energy costs, new government rules, and growing public
concern
Powerful new insights from IBM’s
breakthrough $1 billion green computing initiative
Chances are your enterprise IT organization
has a significant carbon footprint. In an era of unpredictable
energy costs, reducing energy usage throughout your data...
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9. |  Exchange Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services By: Microsoft, Inc. Publisher: Microsoft, Inc. Publication Date: 07-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 28-JAN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Exchange Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services Exchange Online - Evaluating Software-plus-Services is new type of guide designed to help you make decisions about what's best for your organization from both a business and a technology point of view. The guide provides a clear comparison of e-mail technologies across on-premises, standard hosting, and dedicated hosting scenarios. Use the Exchange Online: Evaluating Software-plus-Services guide as a framework for evaluating the technical feasibility of Microsoft Exchange Online. An overall scoring assessment is provided for each option, identifying key mail services and requirements for your...
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10. |  Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 with SP1 By: Microsoft, Inc. Publisher: Microsoft, Inc. Publication Date: 07-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 28-JAN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 with SP1 This guide leads the reader through the process of planning a Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 SP1 infrastructure. The DPM guide accelerates the infrastructure design process by enabling the reader to quickly identify what types of data will be protected, what the recovery goals are, and the protection strategy to achieve those goals. Other benefits of using this guide include best practice design guidance from the product group and an optimized infrastructure to best meet the business requirements....
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