Eskom rebates and NightWatchman
In South Africa we operate within the constraints of an energy grid that is under extreme load with very little reserve margin and with the delays of the Medupi power station (expected to be on line H1 2014), Eskom is placing significant emphasis on what it calls...
Reducing your business carbon emissions through remote working
The traditional office is set for dramatic paradigm shifts in the next 3 to 5 years as spiraling oil and energy costs force business to re-look at how they deploy their workforce in a virtual world. Although the virtual office and hot-desking have been around for...
Battle of the Bulge: Overspending on IT?
In its most recent forecast, technology consultancy Gartner Inc predicted that worldwide enterprise IT spending will reach $2.679t in 2013, with banking, communications, media and manufacturing expected to spend the most. Although this marks a paltry 2.5% increase in...
The bottom line – PC power management saves plenty
Corporate PC Power management solutions are the norm in many of the largest organisations on the planet, including one or two in South Africa. Wallmart, ABSA, Boeing, AT&T and Citbank would be to name but a few. It is still staggering however, how many large...
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 challenge...
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...
Not managing software can be a risky business
When it comes to managing software licences and assets, most companies focus on compliance – rather than cost-cutting. Organisations are overlicensing, buying more and more software in order to err on the side of caution. This can be an extremely costly mistake. On...