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Net Zero Ambitions? It’s All About Resources.
With many parts of the world suffering under the heat of record-breaking temperatures, the impact of
global warming is finally starting to take hold. Under increasing pressure from customers, investors and
regulators, more and more businesses are making the commitment to reduce their emissions to “net zero”.
The Security Benefits of Using an Azure Virtual Desktop: Empowering Eco-Friendly IT Solutions
With many parts of the world suffering under the heat of record-breaking temperatures, the impact of
global warming is finally starting to take hold. Under increasing pressure from customers, investors and
regulators, more and more businesses are making the commitment to reduce their emissions to “net zero”.
4 Ways Businesses Can Save Money & Reduce IT Waste
According to Flexera’s 2022 State of the Cloud report, 32% of cloud computing resources are typically wasted. This means that businesses can save money by identifying the resources that they are not using and reducing their resource allocation.
Overcoming IT Challenges for Small Businesses With DaaS Solutions
At Cognition Cloud we not only reduce IT costs for small businesses, but we also make IT more sustainable, more secure, and more flexible. We manage it for you so you don’t need any in house expertise.
Top ESG Trends To Look Out For In 2023
As we move into 2023, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) trends continue to play an increasingly important role in the business world. To secure investment, companies are expected to demonstrate a social and environmental conscience while achieving financial...
Why Desktop as a Service (DaaS) is Better for Your Bottom Line and for the Planet
We believe the era of sell more, sell faster is coming to an end. The future is use longer, waste less and get more value.
Circular IT – a Model for Sustainability
Circular IT helps to respond to the multiple crises the world is currently facing. These include the climate crisis, the cost of living crisis, the e-waste crisis and the natural resource crisis.
Never Buy Another Computer…
This is a genuine prospect. In this article, I will explain the concept, the impact on your business’ budget and the impact on the environment. With computers, we buy what they do, not what they are. The things we need to get our jobs done include access to processing...
Global computing’s carbon footprint is bigger than previously estimated
Previous estimates of ICT's contribution to global carbon emissions, 1.8-2.8%, likely understate the sector's genuine climate effect, say experts from Lancaster University and Small World Consulting Ltd. The researchers note that some past estimates do not account for...
The PC in a Circular Economy
If PCs are designed with obsolescence built in, what can be done to increase their durability and longevity?
How can the labour, energy and materials that go into making them be preserved to extend their value?
ESG and Sustainable IT – Not a ‘Nice to Have’
Concerns about the environment and climate change are front and centre among world leaders, environmental advocacy groups, and society at large.
Shocking Facts About UK’s E-waste Crisis
In 2022, electronic trash will join the ranks of environmental challenges, making it more important than ever to be conscious of our actions’ good and bad effects. The pollution caused by metal mining makes this a crucial consideration. Both animals and the...
Planned Obsolecense – Fight Back!
The latest OS version from Microsoft supports only eighth generation and newer Intel Core CPUs, along with equivalently recent AMD processors. This rules out any machines of a certain age from being upgraded, making millions of otherwise perfectly good PCs around the world obsolete.
Explaining Cognition Cloud’s BYOL Plan
Starting at only £45 per desktop per month, Cognition Cloud’s secure managed AVD service represents outstanding value. In this article I will describe what it is and why you need it.
How to Prevent a Ransomware Attack
According to a recent analysis by international law firm RPC, the number of ransomware attacks
reported to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office more than doubled between 2020 and 2021.
The good news is that there are things you can do to protect yourself against ransomware.
What is SoGEA?
SoGEA is a term that you are probably seeing more and more. With the PSTN switch-of on the horizon, its time to find out more about it.
What is FTTP?
What is FTTP and should you switch to FTTP now?
5 Tips on How to Make BYOD Secure
Moving workloads to the cloud is by far the most effective and comprehensive measure you can take to make BYOD secure. Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is the best virtualised experience and the only solution fully optimised for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.
5 Ways IT Can Reduce Your Company’s Carbon Footprint
Increasingly, who to work for and who to buy from will be determined by a company’s green credentials.
How to Extend the Life of Your Computers
What if there was a way to breath new life into ageing PCs? Replacing perfectly good hardware would be like burning money.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint. Don’t Replace Your Computers.
Producing a typical laptop uses over 300 litres of water, consumes 1,100 KWh of energy, and generates between 250 and 350 kgCO2e.
Work From Anywhere Security Worries?
What if you could say goodbye to constant patching whilst dramatically reducing the risks to your endpoint security?
Is Your IT Costing The Earth?
What if you could double the usable life of your desktops and laptops? Would that save you money?
What about the environmental impact?
What if you never had to buy another computer for your business?
Business computers aren’t really that smart, or that flexible. The longer you own them, the slower they get. They have to be regularly replaced or upgraded to continue being useful.
Top Cyber Threats and Cognition Cloud
Imagine your laptop or mobile device was lost or stolen.
Do you keep confidential information on there?
Would you lose work you need?
How Green is Your IT?
Everyone knows that heavy industry, transport and agriculture are all big producers of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). What about the 16 million people in the UK service sector that spend their working life toiling in front of a computer screen?
Sustainable. Smart. Secure.
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