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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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Have you tried using thin clients or desktop virtualization? If so, could you tell us a bit about your experience?
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What are some criteria you recommend for nonprofits or libraries on when they should consider using server virtualization software like VMWare, Citrix XenServer, FreeVPS or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper V?
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TechSoup is doing a 'Reduce Your ICT Energy Use' campaign this month (Nov. 2009) at http://www.techsoup.org/greentech/energy/. The campaign is encouraging everyone to turn power management on, on their computers so that monitors and hard drives go to sleep after 15 minutes of not being used,...
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Are you using desktop power management tools, virtualization, or hosted software packages to reduce your energy use and go green(er)? Did you decide to move your old-fashioned donor database off your organization's servers and onto Salesforce? Have you virtualized a server or even desktop machine...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.