White Paper Abstract:
Not long ago, sustainability efforts were thought to belittle more than a nice gesture on the part of an organization hoping to impress current and potential customers. However, in today's business environment,"being green" has become an essential element for driving new and current business opportunities. As part of the desired effect to gain the associated business benefits of being more environmentally sensitive, more companies are making ita high priority to kick off "green IT" strategies, including an examination of all elements of their IT infrastructure. Often times, hard copy is an overlooked item of a company's "green IT" strategy. It shouldn't be. The costs of using paper/toner/ink supplies and machine energy consumption associated with printers/copiers/multifunction devices are considerable. Any effort to better manage these hard copy equipment assets will have a substantial bottom-line impact.