“Green” back offices and data centers are becoming quite a trend these days — not only because of their energy efficiencies, but also because of the costs they save. With the economic downturn, making IT operations more efficient not only makes practical sense, but is becoming necessary. As your business grows your IT infrastructure will become more complex, therefore the time is NOW to implement strategies that will save time, energy, money, and increase your company’s overall productivity.
StoneHill Tech’s Green IT Strategies:
Go Virtual
- Virtualization dramatically improves the efficiency and availability of applications in your organization, reduces energy cost and improves operations by managing information traffic and workflow.
- By condensing all files and applications to one server, your business will best utilize your hardware and software resources.
Improve airflow: Improving airflow is easy and inexpensive. To immediately improve efficiency, ensure that:
- Cables, etc., are positioned so they do not restrict airflowMissing ceiling tiles are replaced so no cold air is misdirected.
- Hot air does not ecirculate, by flowing over the tops of racks or around the rows.
- Migrating racks to hot aisles/cold aisles is a continual process.
- CRAC units are positioned for maximum efficiency.
- Servers are designed with front-to-rear airflow.
- The return (hot) air plenum accommodates required airflow
Dispose of eWaste
It is probably no surprise that in our current age of technology and computer dependency eWaste (electronics waste) is the fastest growing form of toxic waste in the world. However, since society has begun to realize this there have been companies sprouting up all over that will actually come to your business and collect all your eWaste for free. We use an awesome local company; Go Green eWaste Recyclers.
As the nation fights to pull out of this economic crisis businesses must be prepared to take an objective look at their bottom line. By eliminating unnecessary overhead, companies can concentrate on building and expanding their foundation, placing the emphasis on their core product or service.
Every successful company has a budget. What’s in your budget? More importantly are you 
Quite often Mac users operate under the assumption that they are immune to viruses and malware attacks. The truth is, Mac users make up a smaller percentage of overall users, constituting a smaller target, and thus yielding a smaller reward to the attacker. That is not the same as being bullet proof. Additionally, Microsoft has continually drawn the fire of the hacking community much more often than other companies offering operating systems and applications. This has fostered a false sense of security in the Mac user community. Malware can be written to infect anything, including phones and other handheld devices. 
Time is money. In today’s economy there doesn’t seem to be enough of either. And quite frankly, none of these two resources can afford to be misused. So how does a small business or entrepreneur save both time and money? One way to make better use of these valuable resources is outsourced computer support. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this incredible service, outsourced computer support is simply the hiring of a professional outside IT firm to analyze and fix your computers, servers, network, and phones when problems arise on an as-needed or ongoing maintenance basis…. 
A study performed this month by The Yankee Group found that nearly half of small businesses have delayed or canceled IT projects because of economic uncertainty, according to a new study. But at the same time, 23 percent of small businesses received a D or F grade when it comes to their own IT effectiveness.
Many computer users often dismiss security best practices because they find them inconvenient, they have never been affected in the past, or because they think the rules don’t apply to them. Many cling to the misguided belief that because they don’t bank or shop online, bad guys won’t target them. This post examines some of the more common ways that cyber criminals can use your PC.
