No matter what the economic state of the nation, savvy businesses continue to evaluate their budgets and determine ways to reduce costs. Some of the primary expenses that businesses have are utilities and hardware costs, such as servers, switches and other related items. Utility costs are particularly high, because most businesses have excessive server space to accommodate infrequent high volume spikes, such as holiday sales periods. Though these servers are under-utilized 90 percent of the time, they still require energy. This use of energy drives up energy costs. Furthermore, the practice is not environmentally sound because excess energy use increases carbon emissions.
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When I was younger, it was fairly common to go grocery shopping and have the clerk ask if you wanted paper or plastic. Anyone who took their own bags to the grocery store was looked at a little funny—but today, that’s the norm! Most of today’s youth culture—known as Generation Y or the Millennials—grew up with recycling, reusing and renewing in order to help save our planet and everything that lives on it. 