The Hidden Drain – Reducing Your Power Consumption – A White Paper from Kyocera Mita
Introduction
Concerns about Green IT have risen dramatically in the current economic and environmental climate. Rising energy costs and consumption in electrical devices is a hot topic in the workplace. As utility prices continue to rise, energy efficiency has moved to the forefront and manufacturers have to prioritise such features when developing new products.
In 2007, Analyst Group Gartner estimated that the ICT sector accounted for more than 2% of global CO² emissions. Gartner has warned businesses to conserve power or face rapidly rising IT expenditure.
The Carbon Trust also calculates that 15% of energy used by organisations is for IT, and predicts that this will increase to 30% by 2020.
Very few organisations know how much power is consumed by their computers, printers and other peripherals. This leaves a fundamental and significant drain unmonitored and uncontrolled. Power consumption is now a major TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) issue that cannot be ignored.
Beyond the dash for virtualisation and data centres, few organisations have a strategy for reducing the power consumed by their IT systems. With output devices, there is a clear and simple way to improve your bottom line and reduce your carbon footprint: switch to Kyocera.
Savings
If we simply compared the Kyocera FS-C5300DN‟s power consumption with its nearest rivals, the data clearly shows that Kyocera‟s machine uses less energy than the other devices.
KYOCERA launches NEW ECOSYS A4 Colour and Mono MFPs
Sydney, Australia – Tuesday 17 August, 2010 - Kyocera Mita Australia and New Zealand, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, today launched the new A4 colour multifunctional products. Benefiting from Kyocera’s unique ECOSYS technology, the FS-C2126MFP and FS-C2026MFP are fast, versatile products which support complex document requirements while reducing operational costs and waste.
Kyocera in South West Alliance of Rural Health
South West Alliance of Rural Health – The benefit of lowering running costs.
The South West Alliance Of Rural Health (SWARH) is an Alliance of public health agencies in the South West of Victoria covering an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres connecting all public acute hospitals and associated health services in a region extending from west of Melbourne to the South Australian Border. Their members range from big hospitals down to doctor’s surgeries and smaller bush nursing hospitals.
SWARH was formed in late 1997 to focus on the development of IT for the Acute Public Hospitals in the South West Region of Victoria. In addition to the financial incentive provided by the Department of Human Services, the SWARH Alliance has been fortunate to have a group of Chief Executive Officers and Hospital Boards who, although not technically expert, have appreciated the fact that as individual agencies, the capacity to invest in technology to improve service delivery and gain returns on the investment required was not possible on their own.
At the end of 2007 SWARH went through the tender process to select a single supplier for all their printing and multi function device (MFD) needs. The key criteria in their selection were service delivery to their vast and dispersed network of members, as well as running costs.
Kyocera in Austin Health
Austin Health – Treating their print needs for a healthy bottom-line
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research in the northeast of Melbourne. It is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.
Austin Health comprises Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. During 2006-07, its 6,400 staff treated a record 85,887 inpatients and 149,971 outpatients.
It is a busy environment at Austin Health and medical staff don’t have time to learn how to use different equipment as they move through the hospital and work in different wards and divisions. That and the need to reduce hefty equipment running costs was the impetus to go to tender and select a single multi function device (MFD) supplier in 2005.
Kyocera Mita Recognised For Most Reliable Multifunctional Product Line
Sydney, Australia – 23 November 2009 – Kyocera Mita, one of the world's leading document imaging companies, has again been recognised for having the Most Reliable Monochome Multifunctional Product (MFP) line, in a recent survey of US service managers and dealers. In addition to this year’s award, Kyocera Mita also won the award in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.
Kyocera Mita’s products earned a total overall reliability score of 8.4 (out of 10), as compared to the industry average of 7.9. Kyocera Mita has won this particular award more than any other manufacturer – in three of the past five years – since the Office Products Analyst survey was introduced a decade ago.
“Based on our research, the Kyocera monochrome MFP line is the most reliable brand available today. Kyocera has won this honor more than any other manufacturer in the past ten years, and we congratulate them on their outstanding performance,” said Andy Slawetsky, President, Industry Analysts, Inc.
“The feedback from service technicians clearly indicates that Kyocera must be a top consideration for customers when selecting a black and white MFP.”
