Forget yesterday’s case study driven MBA programs. America’s executives are discovering that today’s business world is their classroom. And to help them better prepare, AFCO Systems (www.AFCOSystems.com) president Jerry Becker has co-authored “Mastering a New Paradigm in Management Consulting (2nd edition)” along with lead author Marilyn E. Harris and co-authors Anne Hallcom and Richard L. Ponschock. The authors have taken a holistic approach, advising management readers to influence changes in their systems, rather than their employees, to effect a lasting transformative change. The book is intended to be used outside of the classroom, in practical business settings.

AFCO Systems in Farmingdale has promoted industry and company veteran John Consoli to the newly created position of chief technology officer.
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The EPA Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency details current trends impacting both the energy usage and costs of datacenters and servers in the US. The report is actually the result of an Act of Congress (Public Law 109-431) which states, “It is the sense of Congress that it is in the best interest of the US for purchasers of computer servers to give high priority to energy efficiency as a factor in determining best value and performance for purchases of computer servers.” In its report, the EPA highlights the critical usage of energy by datacenters and makes recommendations on how to alter the state of current and future datacenters to lessen a looming energy crunch.
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As datacenter design, power and cooling management play a greater role in the decisions of datacenter IT and facilities professionals, smart vendors are making more resources available to help them make critical decisions. Recognizing this need among its financial, media and retail industry customers both in North America and Europe, AFCO Systems (www.AFCOSystems.com), has responded by promoting industry and company veteran John Consoli to become the company’s first Chief Technology Officer.
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