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Deadline for Green IT applications!
Friday, October 17, 2008 – 4pm
Remember to submit your application for the Green IT
Makeover Contest! Download the application
now!
SBS 2008 Sneak Peek
Lunch & Learn
Thursday, October 30, 2008 – 11:30am to 1:00pm
Applied Tech – Madison
203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500
Register now
October High Tech
Happy Hour
Thursday, October 30, 2008
5pm to 7pm
Sponsored by
Trowbridge Group. Event hosted at
Sweet Sophie’s - 1008 Quinn Drive – Waunakee.
Visit
www.hthh.org for more information or to sign
up for reminders of future events.
In
the News. . .
by Julie Vike |
"With a 10 percent improvement of overall energy
efficiency in data centers by 2011, approximately 10
billion kilowatt-hours would be saved, equivalent to
electricity consumed by 1 million U.S. households
annually. This energy cutback would reduce carbon
dioxide emissions by 6.5 million tons per year—equal to
the removal of nearly 1.3 million cars from the road
annually."
-U.S. Department of
Energy
The Green Grid is dedicated to the advancement of
energy efficiency in data centers and business computing
ecosystems through:
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The definition of effective, user-focused models
and criteria.
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The development of standards, measurement
methods, processes and new technologies to improve data
center performance against the newly defined criteria.
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The promotion of energy efficient standards,
processes, measurements and technology.
Today, more than 100
member companies are charting The Green Grid's course.
The Green Grid Board of Directors includes these member
companies: AMD, APC, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,
Rackable Systems, SprayCool, Sun Microsystems, and
VMware.
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Did you know that you can calculate your carbon impact
on the planet? Use this fun, easy and free carbon
calculator.
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to
see in the BrainBank?
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Last chance to apply! Green IT Makeover Contest
ONLY
3 days left to apply!!
Businesses are
encouraged to apply for a chance to win
environmentally-friendly products and services from
Applied Tech, Focus on Energy, Microsoft,
Hewlett-Packard, WatchGuard and others. The Grand
Prize Package is valued at over $25,000.
With increased
interest in purchasing environmentally-friendly
products, recycling and reducing energy use, Applied
Tech and their partners will help a local business adopt
'green' IT practices and save it money by improving
energy efficiency. Just tell us why we should pick
you!
Eligible
applicants must be Wisconsin-based with a minimum of ten
employees and ten computers.
Applications must be received by October 17, 2008
and the winner will be notified by the end of November.
For more information and to download an application,
please visit Applied Tech's Web site at
www.appliedtech.us/GreenIT.
For further
information, please contact Julie Vike at 608-257-6051
x23 or Toll Free at 866-933-7471 x23. You can also
request information by emailing:
vike@appliedtech.us.
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 Save
a tree!
Replace your paper notebook
with OneNote 2007.
Think
about how much paper you use each day and how that affects the
environment. Whether you're at work or in school, paper and
notebooks are still very much a part of our lives. What if there
were a way to capture all of those notes and documents in a single,
paperless location?
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Top 10
Reasons To Green IT
Where do
you begin and what is a logical, easy first step? Reducing PC energy
waste. Below are 10 reasons why greening your IT department is an
important starting point toward sustainability. The number-one
reason is, of course, the bottom line.
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Top Six
Ways to Use Managed Services to Go Green |
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TechCareTM
Managed Services – (def.): a combination of cost savings
and increased computing reliability from Applied Tech. TechCareTM Managed Services allows us to take
over all or part of a clients IT department to manage it
remotely, in a proactive manner. |
IT
environments using managed services can make a
significant reduction in travel, power management, and
downtime. The following are six green IT improvements
facilitated by Applied Tech’s TechCareTM
Managed Services program.
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Riding the Economic Rollercoaster
reprinted with permission from HP
 Stephen
Minton, vice president, Worldwide IT Markets and Strategies, IDC, offers
insight on how outsourcing can help you ride out the economic
downturn—and maybe even gain a leg up on the competition along the way.
Rising gasoline prices.
Falling consumer confidence. Subprime mortgages. Inflation. Budget cuts.
Currency fluctuations. Floods, droughts and crop shortages. Each day's
news seems to add to the torrent of challenges heading our way. No
business is immune—but outsourcing can offer a way to leverage
technology to help stem the negative tide.
Here, IDC's Stephen Minton
shares his expert views and experience on the subject—and puts some
useful perspective around when it does and does not make sense to
consider outsourcing in today's volatile economic climate.
Read more
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Ask Sparky!
Do you have an
IT question or concern that you’ve been hung up on?
Now’s your chance to “Ask Sparky”! Sparky is what we
loving call our company logo. Sparky is our fearless
leaders who encompasses all that is IT. Applied Tech
works hard at keeping IT as pain-free as possible and
Sparky is with us every step of the way! Send your IT
questions to Sparky at
sparky@appliedtech.us.
Russ asks: “Is it better to leave your computer on at
night (in sleep mode) or shut it off. There seems to be
arguments both ways. What is Applied Tech’s stance on
this?”
Click
for answer |
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October.
This is one of the peculiarly
dangerous months to speculate
in stocks. The others are
July, January, September, April,
November, May, March, June,
December, August, and February.
--Mark
Twain
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Madison Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
203 South Paterson Street,
Suite 500
Madison, WI 53703
Ph: 608.257.6051
Toll Free: 866.933.7471
info@appliedtech.us
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Stevens Point Office
Applied Tech
Solutions, Inc.
2417 Post Road, Bldg B.
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Ph: 715.344.3703
Toll Free: 866.933.7471
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