KNOWING GREENIT 

INTRODUCTION

As the world fights over diminishing resources availability and the impact of climate change, most of us will be affected by environmental regulations, energy prices and changing market bias towards sustainable solutions.

What is it that IT departments will need to do, or can do to increase their efficiency, reduce excessive expenditure and help the environment?

Market research has revealed Green IT is one of the top 3 main issues facing CTO’s today, however, the majority of IT managers and IT service companies are not clear on what Green IT really means. Ian Tolond works in Green IT, and loves to drive positive change. With the help of the audience he will explore the challenges, opportunities, possibilities and much more.

SYNOPSIS

Knowing Green IT demystifies what sustainable computing practices means. Your stakeholders should have a common understanding of what Green IT is, and more importantly what Green IT means to them.

The speaker will illustrate designing, implementing and executing a green IT strategy as well as practical methods to kick start sustainable computing practices.

Common myths and obstacles are addressed, which are, at best ‘distractive comments’ that often thwart positive change in the organization before it has even started. Knowing Green IT introduces tools, methodologies, frameworks which ensure Green IT remains a strategic initiative with tangible business value.

What skills are in demand, what is attitude required to achieve success in an ever changing world, how do I/we stand out when engaging our customers. The ideals of the modern IT [sustainable] professional are explored during the presentation.

Does your IT function have a universal understanding of the terms ‘productivity’ and ‘utilisation’? The attitude of our IT staff towards rating the performance IT service provision can be a key instrument in transforming the organization and how we present ourselves to our clients. The speaker demonstrates how Certified Green IT professionals can accelerate adoption and organizational transformation

This is not a ‘head in the clouds’ presentation. The speaker will advocate a cost effective, practical and industry tested approach to employ sustainable computing practices.

A live demonstration of a web based IT ECO database tool will be shown at the during the presentation

TOPICS COVERED

What is Green IT?

Defining Green IT
What does it mean for business?
What does it mean for the IT function?
Common myths and mistakes on the road to green

Green IT Strategy

Scoping, prioritizing and executing a Green IT strategy
Organization transformation

The modern IT professional

What is a Certified Green IT professional?

SCGP Certification roadmap and options

Green IT adoption

FORMAT

2 – 2.5 hours, seminar style delivery. Please contact us for appointment to discuss further. Certification training is also available. Check out the course details here.