The Role of the CIO in sustainability
Tim James, Managing Director of sustainableIT talks around the role of the CIO and sustainability on Tech@Work on CNBC Africa. Topics covered include PC power management, carbon emissions management as well as carbon taxation and and the role of technology in curbing...
Licensed to kill
Research has shown that between 20-40% of applications installed by companies are not used. In the United States alone, they believe that this accounts for $12.3bn in preventable and ongoing costs. This easily happens when licences are allocated to users based on...
Redefining Sustainable Development in the IT Enterprise
Sustainability and sustainable development has become one of those buzz words companies throw about in their value statements and on their websites. But what will a truly sustainable company, in a sustainable economy, look like? Let's not 'greenwash' Sustainability is...
IT waste costs billions
Whenever I speak to chief information officers or technologists about sustainable IT strategies, their eyes glaze over. In most people’s minds, going green is still about environmental activism, tree-hugging and warm fuzzy feelings rather than as a strategy that adds real business and financial value.
On the spot: First things first
Many companies are looking at green IT initiatives, but where do you start? Green IT is taking off as energy supply shrinks, and costs increase. Where to start with a green IT initiative, though? Brainstorm asked the experts. PC power management solutions (PCPM) are...
1E and sustainableIT extend their partnership into Australia and New Zealand
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 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...
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
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...