I’ve been asked to participate in a panel discussion, titled Build Your IT House, at Smart and Simple Strategies for Small Business, an event sponsored by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft on June 4th. The day-long event, to be held at the Washington Athletic Club, will features sessions on small business topics, [...]
On Thursday, Qwest announced that it will offer two new fiber-optic Internet connectivity options as part of its Fiber to the Neighborhood (FTTN) initiative. According to PC World and Broadband Reports, the two new levels of service, Quantum and Titanium, will feature download speeds of 12 and 20Mbps and cost $52 and $105, respectively. Both will be [...]
Much of last year we focused on greening our own operations, and we’ve been excited to start using our muscle (ok, they may be small, but we’re working out!) to nudge our clients toward more environmentally sustainable technology investments. And why not, when it’s a win-win for both our client (in terms of electricity savings) [...]
Here’s an overview of connectivity options suitable for the IT needs of most small business. Sort the table by clicking a column header.
Climate Savers recently launched a new online directory of green computing products, featuring over 300 energy-saving desktops, laptops, servers, and internal machine components.
Founding members of this industry-based non-profit, whose goal is to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of PCs, includes Google, Microsoft, Dell, HP, and Intel.
IT has increasing become a green-front on the war against environmental impact—and [...]
I recently returned from a 3 week stay in Bratislava, Slovakia. The trip itself was part vacation and part work and one of my goals while I was there was to experiment with working from a different place and time.
The puzzle
As a company, one of our recent initiatives has been to make it easier to [...]
Check out Greenpeace’s guide to greener electronics. The guide ranks the 14 top manufacturers of PCs and mobile phones according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. Specifically, on how responsive these companies have been in eliminating hazardous substances from their products and implementing takeback/recycling programs for their products that become obsolete.
Here’s how the [...]