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Green computing makes good business sense

With worldwide computer shipments topping 300 million units last year and continuing at a double-digit pace that will result in a projected four billion computers in use by 2020, their manufacturing and consumption are becoming a significant environmental concern.  As...

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...

OUTsurance selects NightWatchman®

OUTsurance selects NightWatchman® Enterprise to improve patch management with WOL and power manage its 2,000 PCs Leading South African short-term insurer improves manageability of PC estate and stands to save 146,000 kWh of electricity per year – the equivalent annual...

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...

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...