Happy Earth Day!

First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day brings support and awareness for environmental protection by encouraging us to make green choices both at home and at work. Many of us do our part at home, and in recent years more and more businesses have made strides to become more sustainable.

NER as an organization is committed to building sustainable IT enterprises. Our managed print services and data center infrastructure optimization solutions offer ways to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and build greener organizations.

Print4™ Managed Print Solutions

Printing is an organizational necessity, and the amount of printing still seems to increase annually. This increase in print not only affects your bottom line, but also increases your carbon footprint. Printing requires the use of power, paper, plastics (oil), and components that are not biodegradable, so inefficiencies in office printing can have cascading effects on the environment and your budget.

Employing the Print4™ MPS Solution can provide your organization not only the means to reduce print costs, but can also reduce your organization’s carbon footprint:

• Use parts and consumables that are environmentally responsible
• Realize power savings through proper printer rationalization and use of ENERGY STAR® rated devices
• Reduce carbon footprint through fewer service trips and parts shipments due to properly maintained printers
• Properly use devices - electronic faxing, duplex printing, power save modes
• Benefit from Automated Inventory Management that automatically creates electronic toner orders resulting in fewer cartridges wasted, less toner wasted, and less paper used to create individual orders
• Properly recycle decommissioned devices

Data Center Infrastructure Optimization

Data Centers consume significant amount of electricity -- some estimate that the IT ecosystem accounts for 10% of the world’s electricity generation. A significant portion of this electricity usage goes to data center cooling. Cooling Optimization is one area where businesses can significantly reduce costs and reduce their carbon footprint.

In simple terms Cooling Optimization involves:

• Delivering cold air resource where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, in just the right amount
• Removing heat before it can mix and/or cause hot spots

Mechanisms to realize cooling efficiency include:

• Reducing or eliminating oversupply
• Reducing fan energy (turning off units or using VFD’s)
• Safely raising supply air temperatures
• Safely raising chilled water temperatures (if applicable)
• Optimizing compressor performance (if applicable)
• Increasing economization utilization/hours (if applicable)

Cooling Optimization is a process, and done properly will reduce operating costs and improve sustainability. You can achieve your goals by leveraging the broadest capabilities in the industry; spanning spot cooling remediation, passive & intelligent containment, and high density cooling solutions. In addition, our Consulting and Assessment expertise will help you benchmark,plan, model, and visualize for the future.

Changes to improve your environmental impact do not have drastic; small changes can make a large difference. Contact us today for advice on your specific Green Initiatives and we will help you find ways to make it Earth Day everyday -- 888.637.3282 or admin@nerdata.com. Visit our website at www.nerdata.com