NETWORK WORLD ARTICLE: LINDA MUSTHALER'S TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE ALERT 03/24/08 Go 'green' when you retire old equipment By Linda Musthaler Does your Green IT initiative include a plan for recycling all your old computer equipment? It should, and it's easier than you think. A few months ago I wrote about options for getting rid of old computers piling up around your office. Since then I have learned about a high volume company that can take those computers off your hands in a safe (i.e., data compliant) and green (i.e., environmentally friendly) way. Even if you have hundreds or thousands of computers ready for disposal (i.e., recycling), this company can handle the load.Read full story Linda Musthaler is a Principal Analyst with Essential Solutions Corporation. Contact her . Get more of Linda's views here .About Essential Solutions Corp: Essential Solutions researches the practical value of information technology, and how it can make individual workers and entire organizations more productive. Essential Solutions offers consulting services to computer industry and corporate clients to help define and fulfill the potential of IT.To view archives of the Technology Executive Article, click here . This article is sponsored by Silver Peak Top 10 Considerations for Scaling a WAN Acceleration Solution Security and compliance concerns are creating increased pressure to remove data out of branch offices and new WAN acceleration technologies have emerged to deliver order of magnitude performance improvements across a wide breadth of applications. Hence, the "perfect storm" in the IT industry, which is elevating WAN acceleration from a tactical fix to a strategic enabler of key business initiatives. Download this whitepaper to learn more about scaling a WAN Acceleration Solution. Executive Guide: The road to optimization. Discover how to create a more efficient, flexible and manageable IT infrastructure with this Executive Guide from Network World. Learn how to optimize your IT environment with tips and advice from real-world users in this compilation of informative articles from your trusted source for IT news. Learn more today. Download this Executive Guide now. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Disposition of old computers Ah, the start of a new year. Out with the old, in with the new. Easier said than done, especially if "the old" refers to old computers piling up around the office. What can you do about them? The United Way makes the most of computer donations You're probably very familiar with the fund raising campaigns conducted by your local United Way organization each year. United Way is an umbrella organization that helps many nonprofit organizations in communities all across America. Many of those nonprofits couldn't operate if it weren't for the money they receive via United Way. Open source software and recycled gear equals PCs for needy schools Alameda County Computer Resource Center joins forces with open source vendor Untangle and the local Linux community to load Ubuntu, Firefox, OpenOffice and more on recycled PCs to be donated to needy schools. Vendors look to ease recycling costs on users Major vendors including HP, Dell and Sony are working together to push through a legislative mandate in the U.S. that will make it easier for users to recycle their consumer electronics. U.S. takes larger steps for greater electronic recycling Panasonic, Sharp and Toshiba have teamed up to form the Electronics Manufacturers Recycling Management company (MRM) to provide a recycling service to other electronics manufacturers, state and local government ... Panasonic launches recycling business, new products In addition to introducing a long list of HD TVs and camcorders, Panasonic on Sunday announced that it will participate in a new company designed to help collect and recycle such products when consumers are done with ... Benefits from the hardware mess The e-waste problem is big and growing. Yet IDC estimates that only 33% of companies, mostly large ones, have made use of the asset disposal industry. Apple launches U.K. recycling plan Apple is offering free iPod and mobile phone recycling in the U.K. Podcast: 5 Ways to Recession-proof your IT With a possible recession around the corner, now is the time for IT organizations to start planning ways to make their organizations lean and mean. Keith Shaw talks with Francis Carden, the CEO of OpenSpan, about some ways that IT can make sure that they're projects are not overly bulky, that legacy applications are stretched, and how application virtualization can save tons of money (19:44). 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