Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice - Energy Efficient Computing

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In the latest part of our Green IT serialisation, Mark O'Neill looks at how new technologies are helping to reduce the IT industry's energy footprint

There are numerous, simple and effective means of being more environmentally focused on the day-to-day usage and operations of our devices. One example is the removal of active screensavers. A monitor...

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