In our last newsletter (the Green Edition) we focussed on the greener future that we’re all starting to think about more seriously. In line with that, Sun Microsystems undertook a survey of their customers during the middle of this year to get an idea of how green the Sun community really is. Here are some interesting statistics [...]
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Heading Towards A Greener Future
There is currently a lot of talk about what should be done or what can be done in order to reduce greenhouse and carbon emissions. We aren’t saying that we know exactly how the government is going to act in relation to this issue, however we have some knowledge of what companies are currently doing [...]
Read MoreGreen Data Centres With IBM’s Project Big Green
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. [...]
Read MoreEmissions Trading Scheme – Is It All A Smoke Screen?
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 [...]
Read MoreHP Is Green – HP’s Commitment To The Environment
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 [...]
Read MoreHow To Cool A Data Centre With The Environment In Mind
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. [...]
Read MoreGreen Sun With Sun Fire And CoolThreads
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 [...]
Read MoreDear Margaret, September 2008
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 [...]
Read MoreIBM Active Energy Manager
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 [...]
Read MoreEnvironmentally Responsible Office Supply Management
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 [...]
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