Microsoft Corporation
Toby J. Velte, Ph.D. is an international best-selling author of business technology articles and books. Dr. Velte is currently part of Microsoft’s North Central practice focused on helping thriving companies with their technology-based initiatives. He works with large organizations to create Green IT roadmaps that are business focused and practically implemented. Dr. Velte is a thought contributor in the Green technology space by authoring and publishing numerous business technology articles and more than a dozen best-selling technology volumes with McGraw-Hill and Cisco Press. His latest Book, “Green IT: Reduce Your Information System’s Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line” is came out early September, 2008 and is distributed globally. Prior to working at Microsoft Toby worked at Accenture as a Business Development Executive. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota and then completed his post-doctoral training at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Discover actionable steps to reduce the environmental and budgetary impact of IT infrastructure. Participants will learn about the real impact IT systems are having on the environment and which parts of a typical IT organization make the biggest contribution to global warming gases. But we don't stop there. Armed with this data we take a quantitative look at what typical organizations can do specifically to reduce their impact and how much change they can impact as well as how much money can be saved. Lastly we'll delve into how to figure out which area to start on, setting up your first Green IT project, and setting the stage for a successful outcome.
