2. Lowest cost per seat of any provider – as low as $300-400 per workstation (including hardware, software, and remote support).

3. Instant expansion capabilities – up to 16 workstations per server – at little or no additional cost.

4. GreenBridge is one of the only providers offering a “direct connect” solution – recommended by Microsoft and Forrester for optimal quality and performance of video-based applications.

5. 100% money-back guarantee! If you aren’t thrilled, return the server and components within 60 days for a full refund.

6. Give back. 5% of our profits go to providing underserved communities with the GreenBridge solution, free of charge. GreenBridge is actively participating in the rebuilding of Haiti’s education system.

7. Unparalleled industry expertise. Our management served on the core product team that built the software that runs on our systems.

8. We are located 5 minutes from Microsoft and work closely with the Windows MultiPoint Server engineering team to provide real-time product feedback from our customers.

9. Breathtaking customer service. We treat our customers like gold.

10. GreenBridge offers a one-stop shop, with a plug-and-play solution. All your computing needs. Half the cost.

On January 12, 2011, the world’s eyes were fixed on Haiti at the anniversary of the quake that killed 300,000 and left 1.5 million people homeless. 4,000 schools – 90% of the educational institutions in Haiti – were destroyed. The people of Haiti deserve a better future. Solutions like GreenBridge are paving the way.

Windows MultiPoint Server is a simple, cost-effective way for more students and teachers to gain access to the latest technology, improving learning and helping students prepare to compete in a global economy.

Generators. Generators are currently the most prevalent means of providing power to schools, due to the high upfront capital expenses of solar. In a recent conversation with a number of humanitarian organizations in Haiti, we discovered a staggering reality: generators typically consume one gallon of gasoline every three hours. At $5.00 USD per gallon, energy costs are $1.67 per hour. Compared to a $0.12 per kilowatt hour cost of electricity in the US, this means school energy costs for a typical school in Port-au-Prince are 1,400% higher than in the US.

Solar. Solar power offers unlimited, “free” energy, for organizations who can afford the upfront capital expense. For schools fortunate enough to have a solar panel, most PCs suitable for permanent school use (i.e. desktops) consume far too much electricity to effectively run a computer lab or library off solar power. GreenBridge can run an entire lab off of solar power, as evidenced by a pilot deployment in March of 2010, in partnership with World Vision, in rural Kenya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmRHtpNq7k, and a lab GreenBridge’s CEO deployed in Haiti in Leogane on March 1, 2011.

Our CEO recently met with IT Directors for 10 humanitarian organizations operating in Haiti. NGOs unanimously saw significant value in the GreenBridge vision. Each agreed that power savings alone could justify the hardware expenditure. Average power savings was calculated at 80% compared to a standard desktop PC configuration. There was consensus that our product offers strong prospects for sustainability and scale. At the above costs of $1.67/hour, running at 8 hours per day, a 6-workstation station configuration could pay for itself in less than one year. In fact, Forrester Consulting just announced a Total Economic Impact Study, indicating that schools in emerging markets can expect to realize a 206% ROI in less than five months.

Recently, GreenBridge CEO David Yunger deployed an 18-workstation pilot lab at the largest technical college in Haiti, Ecole Supérieure D’Infotronique d’Haiti (ESIH). ESIH relies on diesel generators to provide electricity for the school. As documented in recent Microsoft case study with Patrick Attie, director of the school: “With our traditional labs, we would need to install at least 600 solar panels, at a cost of about 60.5 million HTG [U.S. $1.5 million] for the whole school,” he explains. “With the new [GreenBridge] labs running MultiPoint Server, we would need about half the number of panels at half the cost.” The school hopes to begin the conversion to solar power in the next three or four years. “As we expand, [this solution] will likely save us hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy costs.”

Thousands of Haitian schools – 90% of the educational institutions in Haiti – were destroyed in last year’s devastating earthquake. In Haiti, as in so many parts of the globe, the vast majority of young people have never seen a computer – and can only dream of being able to attend school – let alone pursue higher education.

The Inter-American Development Bank, who has earmarked $2 Billion to rebuild 2,400 Haitian schools in the coming years. Every school will need computers – and GreenBridge is building relationships that will help ensure mutual success. By partnering with the humanitarian sector, we can profitably provide tens of thousands of new computer workstations to schools.

Investment in emerging countries is not only the right move from a social investment standpoint; it is also profitable. When deploying IT in developing countries, electricity is the number one barrier. In Haiti, for example, most of the country is “off grid”. When power is available it is unreliable at best – with frequent outages and heavy electronic surges throughout the day. In most markets in the world, energy-efficient solutions are seen as en vogue from a sustainability perspective. In emerging nations, they are absolutely mission-critical.

Take Africa as another example: it has the highest internet growth rate of any region in the world – a staggering 2,357% over the past decade. By comparison, internet usage in China has grown by 1,767% over the same time span4. There are currently 111 million African citizens online, with a 50%+ annual growth rate. Africa’s population is three times that of the United States, but has only 11% internet penetration vs. 77% in North America.5 The potential is enormous; the challenge is infrastructure.