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Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient

Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient

Detailing powerful methods for reducing the energy costs associated with operating a data center Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient examines both equipment and building facilities. It reviews the rationale for conserving energy and demonstrates how conservation and careful equipment selection can lead to significant improvements to your bottom line. For those not well-versed in financial or energy terms the first two chapters provide a detailed discussion of the terms associated with different types of energy as well as how to compute the return on investment for energy conservation efforts. The text includes tables of monthly expenses associated with operating equipment that will help you convert problems into simple table lookup processes. Among the money-saving topics discussed it considers: How to minimize the energy consumption of a wide range of devices A little-understood topic that can make a big impact on energy costs general heating and cooling Techniques required to effectively monitor different types of meters Phantom energy usage and methods for minimizing its cost to your organization Recognizing that most readers may not have direct control over the selection of a furnace or hot water heater the book provides you with the ability to recognize the efficiencies and inefficiencies of various types of devices so you can provide input into the decision-making process. From replacing lighting to consolidation and virtualization it provides you with the well-rounded understanding needed to properly manage all aspects of the energy consumed in your data center.

GBP 160.00
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Enterprise Agility A Practical Guide to Agile Business Management

Enterprise Agility A Practical Guide to Agile Business Management

Despite the astonishing technological developments in our times it is surprising how little has changed in the way organizations are structured and managed. However organizations are finally changing as they embark on agile transformations. Agility concepts emerged from the dynamics of project management and have evolved as they are being applied to organizational structure and operations. This phase of the agile evolution is known as enterprise agility. Filled with real-world scenarios and company case studies Enterprise Agility: A Practical Guide to Agile Business Management covers the evolution of agility including applied processes lessons learned and realized outcomes. The book starts with the initial phase of the agile evolution project agility and describes how waterfall project management is transformed into scrum which can have positive effects on project timelines scope and budget as well as team motivation. The second phase of agility organizational agility is the evolution of the agile principles from temporary projects to permanent organizational structures. The book explains the main components of organizational agility including structures roles and ways of organizing work. It emphasizes the advantages of transitioning from traditional organizational management to agile. Finally the latest phase enterprise agility transforms each function of the organization. The book acts as a guide and describes the change through the lens of each managerial domain (sales marketing HR finance etc. ) and by presenting the positive impact generated on the company’s overall performance based on case studies. The last chapter illustrates the enablers of this transformation and how they can help the change to be internalized so that the enterprises realize improvements. The book is based on the author’s over 15 years of experience of supporting more than 25 companies in varied sectors on their transformational journey with the last 5 years concentrating on agility. By combining business management trends and principles of agile business development it shows managers how to lead the transformation to enterprise agility by following the path from project agility to full enterprise agility. | Enterprise Agility A Practical Guide to Agile Business Management

GBP 44.99
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Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

The growing importance of projects in organizations combined with difficulties in their implementation is accompanied by the need for professional knowledge in the field of project management. It results from the complexity of project management problems and the difficulty of knowledge that must be applied. However surprisingly little is known about this topic especially in the context of European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A European Perspective attempts to fill this specific research gap. The book analyses the process of managing projects being implemented by small and medium-sized firms from Europe identifies organizational processes and verifies which elements of these processes require improvement. It concentrates on issues around the multifaceted characteristics of project management with particular emphasis on the process of managing European small and medium enterprises. The book is the result of many years of empirical research and consists of two main parts: A systematization of concepts terminology and thus knowledge in the field of project management with particular emphasis on the phases of planning organizing as well as leading and controlling in the project as well as small and medium-sized enterprises with particular emphasis on their specificity and role in the modern European economy. A systematization of concepts terminology and thus knowledge in the field of project management with particular emphasis on the phases of planning organizing as well as leading and controlling in the project as well as small and medium-sized enterprises with particular emphasis on their specificity and role in the modern European economy Verification and development of such model procedures in the management of projects so that the SME enterprises’ functioning will be efficient and effective. There is a close relationship between the two parts. The theoretical part is the foundation on which practical considerations are later carried out. Integrating theoretical and practical issues the book introduces new content to the literature and has the practical value of indicating how to manage projects in SMEs in the European Union. It also examines the decision-making processes related to project management in these organizations. | Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

GBP 89.99
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