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The Role of the CIO in the Low Carbon Economy

Information Technology has been at the forefront of innovation and business efficiency in literally every industry on the planet since the advent of readily accessible computing in the 70’s.  Why then is IT not taking more of a leading role in the largest...

Be wary of Cloud Computing

There is much hype around cloud computing, the reality is that the IT industry is once again reinventing itself to create demand.  Mainframe computing moved to distributed computing, SAAS moved it back again and the Cloud is just another name for central provisioning,...

Sasol anticipates major savings through 1E

South African energy and chemicals giant selects 1E to reclaim unnecessary software as well as cut PC power costs and carbon emissions  1E, the global leader in IT efficiency software and local company sustainableIT, today announced that Sasol, the South African based...

Delivering inefficiency is at the core of managed services

Outsourcing or managed services arrangements are often driven by concerns over the retention of internal skills but mainly around perceived cost savings and improved efficiencies.  The question one must ask is whether these contractual arrangements ever deliver on the...

CIO’s – Ignore sustainable computing at your own risk

As the economy grapples with recessionary indicators,  it is critical that ICT leaders understand their obligations under the King III code of conduct, irrespective of budgetary pressures that may be present. In particular, sustainable computing and its alignment with...