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Here you will find articles, case studies and items of interest relating to Sustainable ICT. 

If you have any items you would like to share with us, please email hannah.ampleford@buyingsolutions.gsi.gov.uk

Sustainable Software

As the use of software increases across many public sector organisations, so can the use of energy. This, in turn, can increase carbon emissions and also financial cost.  Read more.

Procurement Information - Key to Green IT Implementation

With the business community under pressure to adopt green IT in all its forms, technology services provider, Probrand, is urging buyers to consider the depth and breadth of their supply chain and not just the product to ensure they are buying genuinely green IT. Read more

Sustainable IT Procurement - Order Consolidation

Sustainable procurement has never been more important says Jet Golia, Commercial Director at Buying Solutions technology supplier, Insight.   

At Insight we have been engaging with public sector purchasing departments for some time to help them in the process of adopting more sustainable IT procurement practices. Read more

Global Crossing & Natural England

Hosted IP Telephony & managed video conferencing to help meet targets to shrink carbon footprint. Read more

Virtualisation

Virtualisation delivers a wide range of benefits, including reduced energy consumption, lower capital expenditure, higher availability of resources, better desktop management, increased security and improved disaster recovery processes. Read more