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Tips for greener printing
reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business Center
HP wants to make maintaining an environmentally conscious workplace a reality for businesses everywhere. Adopting a more environmentally responsible workplace doesn’t mean your company has to undergo a major reorganization of its daily operations. In fact, HP has a few tips that can lessen the waste your company produces and improve energy efficiency, all the while potentially reducing your overhead costs.
Increase your printing
efficiency
There are techniques that your business can employ that increase the
efficiency of paper, ink and toner usage.
Merely ask yourself the following before printing a document:
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Leasing offers added benefits in tough
times reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business Center Today's economic climate of rising energy costs, uncertainty in global financial markets and relentless pressure to drive down business costs poses multiple challenges for most companies. With the economy sluggish and financial "fuel" scarce, making the financial commitments needed to enhance or even maintain an IT infrastructure can be difficult. Yet those firms that make sound decisions in tough times by strengthening their infrastructure will be best positioned when the economy recovers and demand picks up.
Spending slows but still
grows What conclusions can we draw? One likely prospect is that companies will scrutinize their IT plans and budgets more closely than in recent years. If the economy weakens further, budget pressure will intensify. If sales slow and capital sources dry up, many organizations can expect to face an increasing need to slash budgets and slow or remove programs. |
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8 Tips for More Effective E-Mails
Here are eight helpful tips for writing e-mails that achieve both goals. 1. Set clear, concrete deadlines. If you’re sending a task or a request for more information, don’t just say, "Hope to hear from you soon." Make it clear by what time or date you need a response and write the deadline clearly, for instance: "Please respond by next Thursday, January 15th." 2. Use proper spelling and grammar. Poorly spelled or grammatically incorrect e-mails make you appear unprofessional and reduce the effectiveness of your communication. Always double check your e-mails before sending them, making use of spelling and grammar check tools.
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Without question, e-mail is now the primary means of communication in
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The 7 do's and don'ts of Network
Gatekeeping
reprinted with permission from the HP
Small Business Center
There's little doubt that the Internet has been a real benefit to organizations – providing instant communication capabilities and an almost bottomless source of valuable, up-to-date information on just about any topic.
However, many employees won't think twice about accessing the network for personal use, perhaps to download music or to shop online. Not only does this put a strain on the network by reducing the bandwidth available for legitimate use, but it also makes it easier for criminals to access sensitive company information and for viruses to enter the network.
From an IT standpoint, it's a hassle to deal with employees downloading unsafe material on the one hand, and complaints about how slow the network is on the other.
So what's the best way to effectively limit employees' network use and keep the network safe, without hampering productivity or creating distrust?
