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Green IT is about many things, including electronic waste disposal, hazardous waste disposal and 'green procurement', but from a small and medium business perspective it is primarily about reducing the amount of electric power used by IT equipment.
Making IT greener not only helps our environment, it also saves real money, and if power costs increase as predicted those savings will get substantially bigger in the future.
Solutions for Greener IT
There are many things that businesses can do to reduce power consumption in IT and Kadec can help you to achieve this objective and save some money in the process.
Many of the initiatives that will reduce your power consumption involve implementing solutions that provide benefits in other areas as well.
Examples of things that small and medium sized businesses can do to reduce power consumption include:
- Replace any remaining CRT displays with LCD displays
This will save about $50 to $60 per year per display based on current power costs (about 10cents per KWh). Also easier on users' eyes, less desk-space required and displays are bigger, which increases user productivity [see IT Matters .....].
- Implement Server Virtualization
Server Virtualization allows you to consolidate your servers onto fewer physical machines. Each physical server not required saves about $250 to $300 per year in power costs. Also saves on maintenance and licensing costs, cooling costs and reduces capital costs.
- Implement 64bit Server Computing
Same benefits as Server Virtualization
- Implement Kadec's Managed Desktop Service
Kadec's Managed Desktop Service enables businesses to enforce policies that shut down desktops after hours if not being used (and report on machines that are used after hours if required). This has the potential to save up to $70 or $80 per year per machine.
Greening IT can save you more than you might first expect and there are many other things that businesses can do.
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