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...
Where now for IT?
They say a week is a long time in politics, in which case, it's a lifetime in the tech arena, where new products and innovations appear practically daily. As the new year dawns, it looks set to be another gadget-filled, market-changing one, according to local...
The NightWatchman that seeks to eliminate IT waste
Implementing a centralised PC power management tool can achieve savings immediately. In South Africa, with year on year energy increases of 25% per annum and an increasingly threatened power supply, it stands to reason that more companies need to be become more...
The Green Mile : On the monitor
Earlier this week, Eskom executives spelled a gloomy outlook for SA's energy supply in the next two years, due to delays in getting the Medupi and Kusile power stations up and running. This signals a return of power management to businesses' priority lists, and this...
Failed pc power management strategies cloud Green IT
Power management solutions in the desktop computing environment are yet to be fully embraced by South African corporates; largely due to a lack of knowledge around toolset requirements and failed implementations using windows power schemes and Active Directory alone....
SA lacks e-waste strategy
SA's problem in managing electronic waste (e-waste) is getting worse because of lack of recycling infrastructure, poor legislation and ignorance, according to industry commentators. “I think right now, authorities have considered general waste as a bigger priority...
Smart Meets Sustainable – SA’s green IT challenge
Green IT, despite much hype and global focus, is not receiving significant attention from the South African industry, according to analysts. The IDC's G20 ICT Sustainability Index, released in December last year, ranked SA at 19 out of 20 nations for its ability to...
The Green Mile : Commuting a carbon-loader
ITWEB 26 May 2010 Commuting, long considered a drain on time and productivity, now has another drawback – its considerable impact on companies' carbon emissions footprint. Businesses today have to understand where they are in terms of carbon emissions and plan some...
Talk of the town
Brainstorm Magazine, April 2010 Green IT may be on everyone’s lips, but it’s not yet made it onto their `To do’ lists. Green IT has been one of the hot topics for at least the past three years in South Africa, and several years more than that in Europe. Yet no one...
Bulk business goes green
ITWeb 16 March 2010 Once you understand baseline energy use, you can create a programme of efficiencies for using less energy, says sustainableIT CEO, Tim James. For local wholesaler Makro, it took a look at the small details to reveal the potential for big efficiency...