Buy Green, Save Green

While we’re used to thinking that environmentally sustainable products cost more, that’s typically not the case when it comes to computing. In fact, in many instances, the responsible choice is also remarkably more economical.

Even more interesting is the notion that you may be able to do more with far less hardware than you’re using today-saving money, energy and space. Just as the best gas mileage comes from the car that’s not driven, the greatest energy and cost savings comes from hardware that’s never purchased. Along those lines, a myriad of new technology approaches now allow companies to:

• Optimize servers and dramatically reduce their numbers,
• Manage, consolidate, and reduce the number of storage systems,
• Complement full-size desktops with thin clients,
• Combine printers, copiers and scanners and reduce equipment totals,
• Replace cable with wireless,
• Manage energy use across the enterprise computing environment,
• Deliver remote diagnostic and repair services,
• And more.

In addition, new heat-extraction solutions allow data centers to eliminate the cooling issues that come about in the denser computing environments.

The only downside to the wealth of energy-, equipment- and space-saving options is determining which ones will deliver the greatest benefit to your particular organization. That’s where Western Blue comes in. Because we work with a broad spectrum of virtualization, optimization, consolidation, cooling system, remote maintenance, and energy-management software providers, we can assess your situation and tailor suggestions that produce the greatest savings at the least cost. We’ll also show you the energy-cost savings and expected payback for each proposed solution.

Additional Resources

Find out more about how you can save energy, save money, and help save the planet, too.

The Cold, Green Facts
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803326

The Real Story about HP Energy Efficient Solutions for the Enterprise (Download PDF)

Energy Efficient Performance for the Data Center (by Intel):
Profile for reducing data center total cost of ownership (Download PDF)

HP Sustainability Overview link to video
HP Materials Recycling link to video
HP Energy Efficiency link to video
HP Computer Recycling link to video
HP Climate Change link to video

Find out how you can take full advantage of the latest green technology advances to reduce energy use, space demands, and staffing costs. Talk to your Western Blue representative or contact us at 800.660.0430 or by email: sales@westernblue.com.

• Office equipment accounts for 26% of the electricity consumed in office buildings. Data centers account for more than 50% of the average company's power costs. The average PC and monitor releases up to1330 lbs of CO2 emissions into the environment.