Category Archives: eco-ITSM Press
Green Government Demands Vigilance
CRN editor David Binning interviews Macanta’s Karen Ferris on how Australian ICT sustainability guidelines could leave resellers out in the cold. You can read the June 2012 CRN article here.
Greenie, Guru and IT Skeptic
At this year’s itSMF New Zealand and Australia Conference, there is going to be a great discussion / debate on Green IT. Karen Ferris will join the Head of Sustainability for Fujitsu, Alison Rowe and Rob England aka the IT … Continue reading
Justifying the CMS with the Green Dollar
This week the Uptime Institute announced the winners of the inaugural “Server Roundup Contest”. AOL, who came first, have retired and recycled nearly 9500 servers in less than six months. NBCUniversal were runner up with its infrastructure team having removed … Continue reading
Low Hanging Fruit Grows Back!
At Macanta we have been espousing the need for improved business and service management processes if organisations are to be serious about improving the sustainability of ICT. The recent Global Benchmark 2011 report from Fujitsu, that summarises the findings of … Continue reading
Greening Service Management ~ Book Now Available
Green Service Management The Relationship between Environmental Sustainability and IT Service Management Author: Ian Salvage with Karen Ferris Some industry commentators have stated that ITIL Version 3 missed an opportunity in not addressing one of today’s biggest challenges – sustainability. … Continue reading
The Answers to the Gartner Sustainability Challenge for CIOs
The 2011 Gartner Scenario research paper names Sustainability as one of the big money making initiatives for CIOs. Gartner recommends that CIOs get involved, think beyond Green IT, improve energy efficiency and act now. Read more about what Gartner suggests … Continue reading
Macanta and Engaged Consulting Announce Partnership
Macanta Consulting – business and service management experts – is proud to announce a partnership with Engaged Consulting – a premier consulting and advisory firm. The partnership enables Engaged Consulting to deliver the eco-ITSM service developed by Macanta (www.eco-itsm.com.au). The … Continue reading
Partnership Announcement – Macanta and SureSkills
Macanta Consulting – business and service management experts – is proud to announce a partnership with SureSkills Ltd – the complete IT Service Management and Project Management specialists in Ireland. The partnership enables SureSkills to deliver the eco-ITSM service developed … Continue reading
GREEN IT WEEK 2011 – A Webinar from Macanta
On Friday 3rd June at 10am (AEST), Karen Ferris will be presenting a webinar as a part of GREEN IT WEEK 2011. The webinar will look at how you can use your best practice framework of ITIL to embed sustainability … Continue reading
Partnership Announcement – Macanta and K2 Solutions
Macanta Consulting – business and service management experts – is proud to announce a partnership with K2 Solutions Group – a leading service management enablement firm. The partnership allows K2 Solutions to deliver the eco-ITSM service developed by Macanta (www.eco-itsm.com.au). … Continue reading