Computer Support of San Diego

Technology Solutions

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Infrastructure

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• Virtualization
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• Monitoring & Compliance
• Documentation & Reporting

   

Application

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• Performance Monitoring
• Onsite, Offsite Backups
• Specialty Engineering Tools
• Custom CRM Solutions
• Application Integration
• SQL Server Solutions
• Green IT

   

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• IT Business Plan
• Technology Based Marketing
• Analytics, Data Visualization
• Budgeting and Purchasing

   

Green IT

Today's IT environment is leaning towards environmentally sustainable computing, which means monitors, printers, storage devices, networking, and communication systems will run efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment. One of the areas Green IT focuses on is energy efficiency and proper utilization of all computer resources. Both of these can be accomplished through the implementation of a thin client.

A thin client is a client computer or client software which depends primarily on the central server for processing activities. What most people don't know today is that thin clients, when coupled with modern servers, are more ecologically friendly than PCs alone, and far better than PCs with servers.

Example: 1,000 PC users versus the same 1,000 thin client users connected to a centralized server environment over a one year period. Taking into account the thin clients and servers, the thin client installation delivers the following environmental benefits over PCs:

• 90 percent less energy used each year (14,851 kW on TCs vs. 146,661 kW on PCs)
• 131,810 fewer kilowatts used each year
• 131,810 fewer kilowatts used each year
• $11,784 (U.S.) saved in energy costs per-year (national residential avg. of $0.0894 as of Dec. 2006. The commercial rate for power is actually between .12 and .22 kilowatt per hour)
• 102 fewer tons of CO2 put into the environment each year.

This means for every 10 PCs replaced by thin clients, users will reduce one ton of CO2 from being generated into the environment. This example doesn't even factor in the additional air conditioning costs required to cool PCs, which also produces more CO2. In addition, thin clients produce 27 fewer tons of e-waste headed for the land fill after six years of use when compared to PCs. The end result is a dramatically lower carbon footprint and a technology solution which is truly environmentally friendly.

For more information on a thin client, contact one of our account executives today at (858)384-0989 or send us a quick contact form.