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Here’s an extract from IBM’s website giving some insight to IBM’s green direction: Energy supply, consumption, and environmental impact are now part of the IT decision process As energy costs rise and concerns for the environment make the front page, IT managers have a new responsibility in addressing energy efficiency concerns in the IT infrastructure. [...]
It’s currently the talk of the town. It seems our PM, Mr Rudd, has been on the news every second night speaking about their plans for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the projected kick-off in 2010. His counterpart, the right honourable leader of the opposition, Mr Nelson (and now, Mr Turnbull), has been counter [...]
While Computer Merchants has been recycling and reusing equipment for its entire history, what about our suppliers? Here’s some information from one of our suppliers on its commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its products and services throughout their lifecycle. In 1992, HP launched its “Design for Environment” (DfE) program Its aim was to reduce [...]
With the technology advances such as server consolidation and higher processor power, within smaller footprints comes a side effect – heat! There is a lot of cost involved with adding additional air conditioners and building/remodelling data centres to accommodate for this additional heat - not to mention the effects that this can have on the environment. [...]
Sun is committed to providing its end users with energy efficient hardware, eco friendly programs and systems which will help businesses reduce power consumption and environmental impact. With their innovation and black box data centre, Sun hardware can assist a business in lowering their greenhouse emissions while increasing computing and storage growth. This has been [...]
*noMAX reinforced its market leadership in the Australia and New Zealand region by recently signing up its 60th customer The result reflected not just another solid year of growth in this region but also signaled another very strong global performance for the company where it now has a presence in over 40 countries world-wide. This result [...]
Server Consolidation is the hottest topic in the IT world at this point in time Many businesses are taking the opportunity to reduce costs through consolidating multiple servers into fewer, more powerful systems with server virtualisation, or creating multiple virtual servers on a single physical server. By streamlining the management of your computing environment and [...]
Dear Margaret, Talking about Green, my dear Nigel had a Green experience awhile ago. He had a bad shellfish at our favourite seafood restaurant and he hasn’t been able to look our goldfish in the eye since. I didn’t realise that someone could actually turn that particular shade of puce. And more recently when our [...]
Server Optimization and Integration Services can help you create a cost-effective, scalable, flexible and resilient server infrastructure. This will allow you to support business applications using industry-leading practices based on IBM experience and intellectual capital. These services can help you: Secure a future-state server environment Provide a more flexible and responsive IT infrastructure Improve operational efficiencies and [...]
What’s all this talk of migrating all your Intel servers into one making less zeroes on your monthly power bill and no more chaotic computer rooms with servers and cabling for you to get lost in? Virtualise this, virtualise that! The term has been passed around like a hot potato and many of you may [...]
Actively Manage your Energy with IBM’s Active Energy Manager Active Energy Manager (formally IBM Director PowerExecutive) measures, monitors, and manages the energy components built into IBM systems enabling a cross-platform management solution. Active Energy Manager is an extension of IBM Director that supports BladeCenter, POWER Systems and System x servers. It also provides a source [...]
It’s not just about servers and racks. What about printers and consumables? Many organisations with personal devices like printers have cupboards full of ink and toners. We tend to order them in bulk for convenience rather than a need to save on cost. When the printers etc are replaced or removed, these consumables are left sitting on [...]
The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 was passed in September 2007 establishing a mandatory corporate reporting system for greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and production. The legislation is important for governments, business, and the Australian community by: Providing robust data to underpin the environmental and financial integrity of Australia’s national emissions trading scheme [...]
Here at Computer Merchants we, like IBM, have noticed the growth over time in the Blades and BladeCenter market. Many of you have heard about blades, in fact, many of you are probably running blades. However for those of you wanting to know more about this new technology, please read on! What is a BladeCenter Blade [...]
Not only does the POWER6 processor provide a greatly increased processing rating, but has also gained recognition in proving that it is far more efficient in the way it uses power to run. The POWER6 processor has several new features, including: power trending, power saver mode, and thermal reporting. So what do these features do [...]
The Federal Government commitment to Kyoto is a milestone on the road to achieving climate change. Prior to this, most states had already responded decisively to the threat of climate change. South Australia It is anticipated that: Additional mandatory reporting will be introduced (as soon as 2010) for major business operating in the state; In [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Budget Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System p, RS/6000 Systems IBM 9111 520 System p / RS/6000 System p5 520 – 1way 1.5 [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Budget Guide” for more information on the following items. IBM System i, AS/400 – RISC Processor IBM 9406 #170 – 2159/2160/2164 RISC Processor CPW = 75/16 $4,200 [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM xSeries Machine IBM x3250 Single CPU 2GB/320GB $500 IBM Switches IBM 2109/F16 IBM 16 Port Switches $2,500 Printers [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Servers IBM P550 Power 5 2 WAN 1.5Ghz Power 5 Processor, 8GB Memory, 4 x 146GB Disk Drives [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. Sun Servers Sun V490 4 x 1.35Ghz Processors, 32GB Memory, 2 x 73GB HDD, 2 x 2GB Dual FC [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. Cisco 1812/K9 Dual Ethernet Security Router with ISDN S/T Backup $1,320 Cisco 1841 Modular Router w/2xFE, 2 WAN slots, [...]
Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM iSeries Machines IBM 9406/520 – 0/3300 8GB/980GB V5R4 P20 $33,000 IBM 9406/810 – 0/2700 CPW – 4GB/200GB V5R4 [...]
This month we added another newsletter to our web site from the print archives. This time, we’re revisiting December 2005. Highlights of December 2005 IBM iSeries Technical Update 2005 Hardware Management Consoles – A One Minute Guide IBM Support Line How To Reset The Dedicated Service Tools Password Buying Hardware From Computer Merchants How We Streamline [...]
