sustainableIT now offers Efficient IT solutions from 1E to Australasian organisations
After COP 17, Where Now for Green IT?
In reality the talks in Durban did not really yield much in terms of a meaningful deal to replace the Kyoto protocol, which is the framework that governs carbon emissions at the moment. What was agreed was an agreement to agree in the future. Yes this was a cop out (no pun intended), but in reality nobody really expected a deal to be finalized anyway.
Green computers make good business sense
With worldwide computer shipments topping 300million units last year and continuing at a double-digit pace that will result in a projected fourbillion computers in use by 2020, their manufacturing and consumption are becoming a significant environmental concern. According to a report by computer manufacturer Lenovo, “Green PCs for a Smarter Future”, manufacturers are increasingly looking… [Continue Reading]
Are You Focusing on Your IT Waste?
Green IT has been the buzz word around the global IT industry for a number of years now. This was largely spawned by revelations made by industry analysts in 2007, claiming that the IT industry has the equivalent carbon footprint as the aviation industry, producing around 2% of global emissions. These revelations urged the IT… [Continue Reading]
OUTsurance selects NightWatchman®
Leading South African short-term insurer selects NightWatchman to improve manageability of PC estate and stands to save 146,000 kWh of electricity per year – the equivalent annual electricity use of 20 homes
Business footprinting solution released
Calculating and reporting on your business carbon footprint just got much easier and more cost effective with the launch of The Carbon Report’s cloud based offering. The solution, said to be the first of its kind in South Africa and developed by local consultancy sustainableIT, provides organisations with the ability to manage and report on… [Continue Reading]
Paperless office is a myth
Contrary to the ‘paperless office’ belief that paper will be obsolete in coming years, regulations such as RICA and the emergence of tablet devices spur business to generate more paper than seen in previous years. This is the view of Gianmarco Lorenzi, MD of Cleardata, a paper shredding and recycling company, who says South African… [Continue Reading]
Climate forces or market forces?
Until green policies are driven by government, local companies will only adopt what makes sense for their bottom lines. The IT industry uses a lot of power. It’s arguable that its entire history is determined at a fundamental level by the properties of electricity. Processors have gone multi-core because single cores have cooling problems at… [Continue Reading]
Sanlam deploys 5500 NightWatchman clients
sustainableIT has announced that it is deploying NightWatchman PC power management from 1E on 5,500 desktop computers across Sanlam’s operations to help improve energy efficiency and reduce ICT environmental impacts. Shutting down corporate PCs during non-work hours is expected to save Sanlam more than 1,5 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and eliminate 1,545… [Continue Reading]
Where do you rank with Green IT?
With rising energy costs and an increasing focus within corporates around sustainability, local consultancy sustainableIT has launched a Green IT Fast Benchmarking tool in collaboration with British Worldwide Computers in the UK. The maturity assessment enables comparisons around Green IT activities across industry sectors and against peers, giving ICT departments a perspective on how they… [Continue Reading]