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  • Less Paper Equals More Green

    Posted October 1, 2009 - 1:00 pm

    A CBS News program one Sunday not long ago dropped an interesting fact: 40 percent of all paper printed is discarded that very same day. Two of every five pages printed is glanced at and trashed. This is the wrong way to meet your office recycle quota. It's hard to wean some people from paper, but it will save you money. Here are some ideas.

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    Go green by conserving power with the System Tamer

    Posted March 15, 2009 - 7:25 pm

    Go green. Save electricity, save the planet. Conserve power and save the budget. No matter how you cut it, there is no downside to conserving electricity whenever possible. How often, though, does forgetfulness or inconvenience get it the way of your noble efforts to go green? One device, the System Tamer, aims to cure these ailments and help you in your planet-saving endeavors.

  • 9 ways to go green and save green

    Posted February 7, 2009 - 10:50 pm

    Going green is all the rage for a lot of reasons. Although some of this green talk is hype, a lot of it is the real deal. There are a number of things that you can do in your business to easily and cheaply jump on the green bandwagon and saving your organization a few dollars at the same time you help reduce your impact on the planet.

  • Forget Desktops – Go Laptops or Workstations

    Posted February 3, 2009 - 12:53 pm

    Even the most conservative technology research firms now admit more laptops than desktops are sold each year. Add in the popularity of three-pound netbooks (should we call those laptoplets?) and the spread between desktop and laptop will increase to the laptop's favor. Add in the lower power requirements for laptops and you can call yourself green for avoiding desktops. But what about those who need serious computing power? Buy those people workstations, not desktops.

  • How to save money by converting your old desktops into terminals

    Posted January 12, 2009 - 12:26 am

    The economy is a wreck! Organizations across the spectrum are looking for ways to reduce costs in any way possible. Help your organization navigate these murky financial waters by extending the life of your existing desktops. Besides savings some green, doing so helps with greening the environment.

  • Use Automated Tiered Storage to Improve Your SAN

    Posted September 22, 2008 - 12:22 pm

    When we think of consolidation in terms of Green IT, our first thought is of consolidating servers. This is, to be sure, the star of Green IT. However there’s a supporting actor who has it in him to steal virtualization’s scenes. We’re talking about storage area networks (SANs).

  • Phasing in the Green

    Posted September 1, 2008 - 10:08 pm

    The last few years have seen an explosion of general and IT-related technologies touting to help an organization be greener. This is good news for all of us however, it turns out that many of the green products and solutions aren’t the cheapest options, and it may take some time before the scales of finance tip in green’s favor. So how does an organization go green – you know, do the right thing for planet – while doing the right thing for the bottom line?
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