Softchoice EcoTech Solutions

Don’t miss out on a gift to green your data center

Melissa Alvares — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:17:52 +0000

Data center efficiency projects such as virtualization, consolidation, power and cooling upgrades all have pretty strong business cases and ROI. The reduction in hardware means lower operating and managing costs for your organization. Many utilities are now sweetening the deal and offering rebates and incentives that put an extra bang into your business case. Some [...]

Step on that scale

Danielle Williams — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:47:41 +0000

No matter what you celebrate during this month, it’s the season of giving, eating and communing with friends and family. Come January you are going to be trying to find ways to squeeze back into those jeans (for me it’ll be spinning) While you think about ways to get leaner in the New Year, think [...]

A scanner could be your apple cider vinegar

Danielle Williams — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:48:22 +0000

Apple cider vinegar is my go-to ingredient when I’m cooking. It adds an air mystery to a cous cous, romances tarragon in a salad dressing. It teases the taste buds in potato salad. Not to mention it’s good for me. My grandma swore by it. Another thing I swear by – my scanner. I have saved tons [...]

Everybody’s working for the weekend

Danielle Williams — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:46:18 +0000

The five o’clock stampede thunders through offices across the county. People to eager to start their weekend or evening , to catch their train, liberate little ones from daycare leave their workstations in a hurry. Many of them not taking the time to power down their workstations. This uses up a lot of energy unnecessarily [...]

Facebook listens to their friends.

Danielle Williams — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:50:16 +0000

Facebook has taken recent criticism seriously about their energy consumption. They have joined their IT cohorts to do the right thing and have cleared the air in their data center by using fans to create better airflow management as well as containing this cold air to keep it escaping in the floors. This makes their systems more [...]

The sordid story of electronics … could have a happy ending

Danielle Williams — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:52:16 +0000

How many DVD players and mp3 players have you pitched when they have died suddenly or suddenly you were flush with extra cash and ready to treat yourself? I know that I have gone through a few $38.99 DVD players and have made some bad PC purchases which led me back to my local electronics shop for an [...]

How do you stack up? Find out your impact on the environment.

Danielle Williams — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:31:38 +0000

We found an article which illustrates companies who have purchased EPEAT products worldwide have: * Reduced use of toxic materials by the equivalent of more than 148 million refridgerators * Eliminated enough mercury to fill 372, 000 household thermometers * Avoided disoposal of solid waste – comparable to 14,500 US households’ annual quota Want to know [...]

Frozen energy cost make an greener data center

Danielle Williams — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:55:14 +0000

A data center in Phoenix has found a way to “freeze” their data center costs – using ice balls. The Ice Ball Thermal Storage System may be the coolest technology to hit the market…literally! The ice balls are water filled, dimpled plastic spheres a little bigger than a softball. The balls float in four huge tanks [...]

Unfriend coal to fuel data centers

Danielle Williams — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:28:59 +0000

High-tech heavyweights including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have made big investments in greener data centers. Facebook has yet to join in – and Greenpeace has noticed. Greenpeace is asking people to “unfriend” coal to pressure Facebook to stop using coal and switch to renewable energy sources. Greener data centers are good for all of us – [...]

Want to add some “green” to your Annual Report?

Melissa Alvares — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:44:59 +0000

As we head into the final quarter of the year, there’s always someone in your organization thinking about how to describe the organization’s successes this year for the Annual Report. Record sales, industry awards, new ventures are all news worthy developments…but what about green? Large organizations tend to have an entire separate report dedicated to [...]