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Have you tried using Software as a Service (SaaS)? If so, could you tell us a bit about your experience? Are there any lessons learned that you could share to help other organizations make wise decisions when considering hosted software?
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TechSoup Talks and Microsoft will be conducting two free webinars which will help you learn how to reduce the environmental impact of your information technology and how to effectively use IT to improve your organizations’ efficiency. We’ll discuss ways that greening IT can help you reduce energy, resource usage and costs. Whether you are
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Chris Thorman, who blogs about electronic medical records at Software Advice wrote an article quantifying the "green benefits" of software as a service for a small office. In his example of a 4 person office, by his calculations each user consumed 2,352 KW per year to access their main software when it was run on premises, but those same users
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For our next campaign, we are looking for your favorite software as a service. Which ones do you use and like? Any particularly well suited for nonprofits or have a good nonprofit discount? I am particularly interested in services that would replace the need for in-house servers. i.e., hosted email instead of an on-premises email server. Definition
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I recently got some unsolicited email about a product called Eco Saver World (www.ecosaverworld.com/products.html). I was about to toss it when some phrase caught my "green" eye. When I went to check it out to find out how this new product was going to save me money as well as lower my energy usage, I was intrigued, but their website is really
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MOO also has a 'green' recycled paper stock selection, which I would encourage people to choose over the standard. Do you know which paper you chose? Classic or Green? I mentioned MOO in a blog post with a few other recommendations for printing greener biz cards.
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In one of our travel reduction blog posts , we recommended using Skype for instant messaging and for free calls over the computer (esp. good for international calling). Do you use Skype? Or did you try it out after reading our post? Please let us know how it works for you.
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On Wednesday, May 6th, we presented a free, live webinar for TechSoup on how to reduce commuting and other travel through the effective use of newer information and communications technologies like VoIP, Virtual PBX and VPN. Reducing your need to travel and possibly even reducing your need for office space will greatly reduce your carbon emissions and
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We received this issue in the registration form for our upcoming webinar. I don't think we will be able to touch on something so specific, so I thought I would put out this issue to the community to see if anyone had any ideas. We provide demonstrations and training of assistive technologies to individuals with disabilities. I am mostly interested
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Use New Telecom Tools to Save Money and Spare the Environment The cost of travel is expensive as well as adding huge carbon costs to the environment. Join TechSoup’s free one-hour webinar on ways your nonprofit or library can use new affordable telecommunication tools like Voice over IP (VoIP), virtual PBX, and virtual private networking (VPN