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Unpower Yourself! Reduce Your ICT Energy Use
"Half the Forbes Global 2000 companies will soon spend more on the energy used to power IT equipment than they do on hardware purchases. And we’ll soon share the planet with two billion PCs. The time to act is now.” From Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Read Five Things You Can Do in Five Minutes to reduce your IT energy use.
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Check out our webinars Green Tech Tips from Microsoft for Small Organizations and for Large Organizations. Find additional resources, such as articles, blogs, and discussion forums, in the section below.
Read more statistics & mini-tips. Return each week in November for tips to reduce IT energy use.
- Article: Greening Your IT Through Your Software Choices
- Blog: Five Things You Can Do in Five Minutes to Reduce Your Power Use
- Discussion: Barriers to setting power management (sleep settings)
- Tool: Windows 7 has many new power saving features. Upgrading will save you money on energy.
- Partner: Climate Savers Computing Initiative are the experts in power management.
- Webinar archive:
- Article: Extending the Life of Your Computer
- Blog: What Virtualization Is and Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Care: Part One and Part Two
- Discussion: Experience with thin clients or desktop virtualization?
- Tool: MS Windows Server 2008 has virtualization built in.
- Article: Comparing Online vs. Traditional Office Software
- Blog: Software as a Service (SaaS) is Green, But Is It Right for You?
- Discussion: Software as a Service - Has it been right for your organization?
- Tool: Crystalreports.com allows you to share and view your reports on the web from anywhere in the world.