Japha Earth

Here at Japha, we've undertaken a variety of initiatives to show we care - about our customers, our staff, the local community and the whole planet. Collectively we call these initiatives Japha Earth, a project dedicated to identifying and following through on opportunities to help the planet. Many people tend to forget that as as a society our two greatest resources are - (i) other people (both locally and throughout our global village), and (ii) our environment.

There's a variety of actions we can all take to make sure we're doing our part to look after these precious resources. Some that we've gone with at Japha so far are:

• using server virtualization to reduce our power consumption
• running some of our servers primarily off solar power during the day - backed up by regular power from the grid of course - we still need to work when it's cloudy!
• ensuring that our old IT equipment gets reused or recycled - organisations such as Buyequip can help with this
• opting for carbon offset options where offered (e.g. on aeroplane flights)
• encouraging our staff to install solar panels to reduce their own impact on the environment
• making sure we always have a positive work environment - this benefits both our staff and our customers
• encouraging our customers to reduce their environmental impact
• donating to various charities - including the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Guide Dogs Association and World Vision
• some of our Avira products have a donation to the Auerbach Foundation included in the purchase price

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Everyone needs a computer these days, there's no doubt about that. A lot of the world's computers work long hours, and we can reduce the environmental impact (and save money) by cutting down on our power usage. There are a variety of iniatives you can take with regards to reducing your IT's environmental impact:

• server virtualization
• low-power options where suitable (e.g. lighting)
• installing solar panels to generate your own clean power
• ensuring your old equipment gets disposed of properly

And of course there are plenty of other ways you can make a difference apart from reducing your IT carbon footprint... but we'll leave those up to you.

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