http://www.itworld.com/book xx http://www.itworld.com/small-business/81291/three-tips-choosing-right-technical-book After my advice on self-training employees a few days ago, some folks asked me how to pick the right technical books for their situation. Valid question, because popular topics may have a shelf-full of books to choose from. How do you find yours? Try these three tips. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/81291/three-tips-choosing-right-technical-book#comments Business Personal tech Small business Opinion book learning table of contents training Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:28:09 -0400 James Gaskin 81291 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/green-it/73840/new-green-data-center-energy-avoidance-energy-efficiency Avoiding energy use is one part of an approach to address power, cooling, floor space and environmental (PCFE) challenges, but not all applications, data or workloads can be consolidated or powered down. The trick is finding the right balance between energy avoidance and energy efficiency, says Greg Schulz, author of 'The Green and Virtual Data Center'. http://www.itworld.com/green-it/73840/new-green-data-center-energy-avoidance-energy-efficiency#comments Green IT Server and data center Opinion book energy efficiency energy use Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:27:23 -0400 ITworld staff 73840 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/72793/building-mashups-work When creating enterprise mashups, steer clear of the 5 'H's -- hide, hoard, hamper, harm, or hurry -- warns Susan Bouchard, co-author of Enterprise Web 2.0 Fundamentals. http://www.itworld.com/software/72793/building-mashups-work#comments Internet IT management/strategy Software Tip book Cisco mashup web 2.0 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:11:11 -0400 ITworld staff 72793 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/green-it/70618/tipping-point-green-it Success for global green IT depends on the continued collaboration among groups within your company, among technology vendors, data center design and build businesses, energy utilities, governments, and organizations such as the Green Grid and the Uptime Institute. In short, almost everyone can collaborate on green IT. http://www.itworld.com/green-it/70618/tipping-point-green-it#comments Green IT Server and data center Virtualization Opinion book consolidation environment Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:59:17 -0400 ITworld staff 70618 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/70592/creating-mashups-5-classic-mistakes-avoid Good mashups are more than just reassemblies of UI artifacts. Steer clear of these 5 classic mistakes. http://www.itworld.com/development/70592/creating-mashups-5-classic-mistakes-avoid#comments Development Opinion book mashup Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:00 -0400 ITworld staff 70592 at http://www.itworld.com