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®
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
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 of...
Climate forces or market forces?
Until green policies are driven by government, local companies will only adopt what makes sense for their bottom lines. The IT industry uses a lot of power. It’s arguable that its entire history is determined at a fundamental level by the properties of electricity....
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...
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...
Green Around the Edges
The recent global turmoil, both ecological and economic, caused many businesses to rethink their approach to environmental issues. The Green Mile looks at the year's green business milestones, local legislation, the growing focus on sustainability and how it's likely...
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...