Green IT, a great challenge for companies in 2010

Paper continues to be the principle information dissemination vehicle and its consumption hasn't stopped growing worldwide.

recommends document print control and optimizing electronic document processes and generation to establish a Green IT policy.

Madrid, November 12, 2009 - Since the arrival of Barack Obama to the White House, concern about the environment has become more evident than ever. International treaties like the Kyoto Protocol, up to now not ratified by the greatest world power, but expected to receive U.S support over the course of the next year, are compelling companies to include environmental policies in their budgets.

One of the actors that has more to say in this area is the technological sector, since it provides to all types of organizations the solutions required for reducing their CO2 emissions. It also enables Data Centers to reduce power consumption and paper usage.

Paper usage may seem unimportant compared to the other points mentioned. But despite the advancement of new technologies, paper continues to be one of the principle information dissemination vehicles and its consumption worldwide has not stopped growing, which causes harm to the environment from the destruction of trees and use of chemicals.

Document print control: a simple solution for a complex problem

'Green' technologies (Green IT) have been placed on the directive agendas of the most important national and international organizations. Although important advances have been made, great challenges remain. This is due to two factors: the great complexity of technological projects and the cost that goes with them.

Today, economical solutions are available that are friendly to the environment, and at the same time, that provide important cost savings. One of the most important of these is document print control.

, leader in document software production, has a complete portfolio of solutions that cover the entire life cycle of a document. Thanks to the modular, integrable and scalable nature of their solutions, any organization can implement them in very little time, without any need to make changes to existing business applications.

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Installing a print control system is an intelligent measure for 2010, since it will encourage employees to think more about what documents they print, personal work can be eliminated from printing, and it is possible to control who prints what, e.g., color, A3, etc.

Using electronic document processing tools can make life much easier as well as provide savings by avoiding costs associated with printing and paper storage. With these solutions, we can offer our clients modern telematic means of communication, improve our corporate image and store documentation in a much easier and orderly manner, which in itself will greatly facilitate recuperation of investment costs.

Another environmental friendly option that companies can consider is optimizing their processes with multifunctional machines that can print, photocopy, image capture, and send and receive all types of documents by electronic mail. Additionally, a payment option for each printed page could be implemented that could provide savings up to 30%.

provides affordable solutions for all these possibilities. Their solutions are not only aimed at the big corporations but also at the small and medium enterprises. Considering that return on investment is almost immediate, when Green IT is implemented, organizations not only acquire new and affordable operating benefits, they also acquire fiscal incentives for adopting 'green' policies.