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5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing

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Image courtesy of entech. Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). This is great if you are planning to use a cloud system for one or two applications in your organization. Green benefits. Gmail, Yahoo! But what is cloud computing? Less IT support.

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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

Tech Soup

The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. In his book Natural Capitalism , Paul Hawkin finds that the amount of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a five-pound laptop, you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

The high production value of Braided River books is due to staff members' adept use of Adobe Creative Suite applications via their TechSoup donation. The suite includes Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics, Photoshop for image enhancement, InDesign for desktop publishing and page layout, plus many additional programs. Challenges.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

The high production value of Braided River books is due to staff members' adept use of Adobe Creative Suite applications via their TechSoup donation. The suite includes Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics, Photoshop for image enhancement, InDesign for desktop publishing and page layout, plus many additional programs. Challenges.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Benefit from the Cloud

Tech Soup

As users keep moving their business-critical applications to the cloud, they realize that there is a reduced need to upgrade their systems. A Green Initiative. Image 1 : Africa Studio / Shutterstock. Image 2: Mauricio Prinzlau. spanhidden.

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Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment

Tech Soup

The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines. Tablet adoption is very brisk. Telework and the Environment.

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