by Curt Franklin

A Green Network

analysis
Feb 27, 20081 min

If you're not convinced that the choices made by businesses can make a difference in financial and environmental results, you should be checking out Ted Samson's Sustainable IT blog on a regular basis. This week, he's taken a look at D-Link's new green networking products. It's easy to make light of the impact a managed switch can have, but as with so much in the small business world, the changes add up. For me,

If you’re not convinced that the choices made by businesses can make a difference in financial and environmental results, you should be checking out Ted Samson’s Sustainable IT blog on a regular basis. This week, he’s taken a look at D-Link’s new green networking products. It’s easy to make light of the impact a managed switch can have, but as with so much in the small business world, the changes add up.

For me, the best part of many “green” networking products is that they’ve eliminated the fan. It’s a result of the peculiar work I do (and my small office space), but loud equipment can drive me batty. Quiet equipment is wonderful — the silence makes it that much easier to hear customers calling in those big orders.