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Procurement

Procurement

What is Procurement? Procurement is the acquisition of goods and or services at  the best possible price that meets the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality, quantity, time,...

Electronic Waste

Electronic Waste

What is ICT Waste (or e-Waste)? E-Waste is the term used to describe almost all types of electrical and electronic waste. ICT or e-Waste includes TV’s, computers, printers,...

Behavioural Change

Behavioural Change

Behavioural Change involves identifying the causes of improper or in this instance unsustainable behaviour  and changing one's behaviour so that the individuals impact on the envir...

Telephony

Telephony

In telecommunication, telephony involves the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other. Digital t...

Green Computing

Green Computing

Green Computing Green or Sustainable Computing involves the manufacture, transport, use and disposal of computing equipment that has a reduced impact on the environment. Computi...

Video Conferencing

Video Conferencing

A videoconference or video conferencing (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact v...

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing involves the use of the internet for accessing and storing information & data, specialist software, and services as oppose to using disk space or requiring licenced...

Automatic Shutdown of PC's

Automatic Shutdown of PC's

As its name suggests this green ICT initiative involves the automatic shutdown of PC’s when not in use. Shutting off electrical devices means it is no longer consuming electr...

Thin client

Thin client

Thin Client, also called a lean or slim client, is a computer or a computer program which operates from a server as oppose to a  traditional PC tower i.e. "fat client". The roles ...

Data Centres

Data Centres

What is a Data Centre ? A Data Centre is any centre or room containing equipment that provides or stores some form of data. For example: computer labs, machine rooms and server r...

Virtualization

Virtualization

Virtualization, in computing, is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network res...

Printing and Paper Use

Printing and Paper Use

Paper. Despite advances in the creation and use of digital media and information technology over the past 20 years, paper is still everywhere. The printing industry played a huge ...

Servers

Servers

A server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs or "clients". A server performs computational task on behalf of the clients its connected to. Differe...

Networks

Networks

ICT Networks The term ICT networks applies to the ability of ICT devices to connect to one another for the transfer and storage of information and data. Networks consist of an arr...

Utilisation of Space

Utilisation of Space

Utilisation of Space Across Campus Space planning has in recent years become an increasingly important aspect of FHE estate management. This is mainly due to increases in real es...