Green IT

Saving you business money and reducing your enviromental impact

Energy prices are rising, new legislation and reporting requirements are coming into force, political pressures are growing, and consumer awareness is at an all-time high. The need to consider green IT and sustainable business practices can no longer be ignored.

The IT industry is responsible for approximately 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions; this is the same as the aviation industry. The good news is that by investing in green IT you not only have a positive impact on the environment, you can also dramatically reduce your organisations IT costs.

Most large organisations now have to participate in the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment). Piandi can help you understand how to meet your obligations under this act by improving your IT systems and avoid penalties being imposed.

Whatever the size of your organisation, Piandi can carry out a detailed assessment of your current environmental impact and propose solutions to reduce this impact whilst always keeping in mind your business objectives. Our solutions can include

• Virtual desktop and thin client technology
• Virtualisation and consolidation
• Colocation
• Managed services and centralised support
• Green printing 
• Guidelines and staff communications
• Recycling of IT equipment
• Recycling of printer toners and cartridges

As an example of the savings that could be achieved and the benefits your business can reap from Green IT we can look at thin client technology. If we replaced ten of your office desktops with thin client machines you could reduce your carbon emissions by over 5000 Kg. This solution could also significantly reduce costs and improve manageability of these machines whilst still being able to offer the same applications and level of service to the end user.