How to control my ever rising electricity bill?

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How to control my ever rising electricity bill?
How efficient is my ICT infrastructure?
Is there a best practice for ‘going green’?
What monitoring tools are in the market?
How will Green-IT affect my portfolio management?
Will green regulations come up?
How does ‘going green’ affect my governance?
How much will this cost me and what’s the ROI?
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The benefits of Green-IT are multiple. Moreover, many can be achieved by implementing quick wins, requiring
minimal investment and with a quick positive ROI. Some benefits include:
»» Direct measurable cost savings and value delivery
»» Anticipate future green regulations
»» Improved corporate branding / image
»» Increased shareholder value
“Implementing Quick wins like switching off
computers after business hours can reduce the
energy consumption up to 75% per year.”
»» Positive contribution to Corporate Governance / CSR
»» Competitive differentiator: become preferred Green-IT partner
»» Improved manageability data centre operations
»» Improved overall IT Governance
“Green-IT will introduce new concepts like green RFP’s, green preferred
partnerships, green SLA’s, green ambassadors, green budgeting, etc.”
Why ADJUGO?
Although some companies are starting to offer technical solutions to optimize the data center, in terms of GreenIT Governance, ADJUGO is unique. For ADJUGO, providing these types of services is our core business since our
ultimate goal is to help our customers improving their IT Governance. We work together with several partners in
the area of energy and paper usage monitoring, in order to be able to demonstrate the potential cost savings to
you.
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The founders of ADJUGO believe that the need for profitability and agility drives IT organizations and IT departments to managing their IT operations more effectively and more efficiently. The
key success factor in achieving this objective is the rationalization and standardization of processes.
We at ADJUGO want to share our extensive
experience and expertise in IT management
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Key in all our services is the human aspect. Our services often imply a change management project and
this inevitably involves managing the resistance to change of your people. Managing the change and
human resources are two critical success factors and hence, are embedded throughout all services that
we render.
In summary, ADJUGO helps you in doing better and standardize what you do well, helps you improve
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processes that need improvement, will contribute to solving
problematic projects, and brings innovative
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If you would like to have more information on ADJUGO or our Green-IT service, please contact Thierry
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