Comments on: Going Green Has Moved From Idealism To Smart Business

By: Jack Payne

Jack Payne — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:46:21 +0000

Great piece. Unarguable reasoning. Except for one thing. Hackers still play too big a role. I usually avoid this problem by using WebTV, with only a relay box and a computer somewhere else, maybe thousands of miles away. I say, let Microsoft worry about such things.

By: CMOE

CMOE — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:27:45 +0000

I am a big fan of going green, initially it seems and feels like it costs a lot to ‘help the environment’ the truth is that while it is an initial investment it will save you money like Erik points out. If you don’t believe it just call any company that has been ‘green’ for at least a year. Hear what they have to say.

By: arjoona

arjoona — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:28:20 +0000

I hope this is not only jargons, since many companies used it for marketing an sich

By: Linda P. Morton

Linda P. Morton — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:40:53 +0000

As business owners, we always have to consider how we can save money.
Everything we spend takes away from our profit.

I recently did a post on business profitability goals in which I discuss ways of saving resources. My ways are different from yours, but small business owners have to consider every way possible to be more efficient.

My link here will take you directly to that page.

By: The Small Biz. Guru

The Small Biz. Guru — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:02:06 +0000

I think a HUGE factor a lot of businesses ignore are hosted/managed services.

It follows the trend of “green” computing. No, I’m not talking about servers made of whole grain and made with recycled cans, but assessing how your networks drain power.

Businesses should start to look at having someone else manage their servers/data management, etc. I am not talking not co-location where you pay someone to provide you “rack space” and you still manage it, but have, for example, your telecom. service provider manage the equipment in one of its data centers.

Why waste your electric bill running your servers?

I’ll be writing a more in-depth article on this subject matter, but I wanted to throw this in the mix.

~the GURU

By: timethief

timethief — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:01:11 +0000

You did an excellent job of explaining why going green makes sense as well as dollars and cents. Well done.

By: shearyadi

shearyadi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:58:45 +0000

Well, at least the going green movements will have both win-win solutions, although it is more good if the company decided to go green with the truth that they realize the important part of it, not just as one of business strategy.

By: Zombie Money

Zombie Money — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:32:51 +0000

Going green is cool but I wonder if it is just a FAD or will people continue to do it years from now.

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