October 27th, 2009
The paper chase: Intralinks calculator tracks paper saved, emissions diverted
Intuitively speaking, your team KNOWS that it could probably save a lot of money AND get greener by converting some information-sharing processes that have traditionally been paper-based (think initial public offering prospectus or mega legal documents) into a digital variant.
IntraLinks, which has been looking for ways of quantifying the economic and environmental benefits of this conversion, has created a very simple Green IT Calculator that shows you very quickly how much energy can be saved or emissions diverted by using its “on-demand critical information exchanges.” Here’s the link.
So far, in aggregate, the company has helped save north of 3 million pages of information, or about 382 trees, according to Intralinks CTO John Landy. (The calculator will handle metric conversions, too, if you select that option.)
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist in the New York area with more than 20 years experience covering the high-tech industry. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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