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Robotics in Education helps increase passion for science and technology by engaging students early with practical hands on science and math, preparing our children for the next generation.  ITNG is proud to sponsor Herndon Elementary School's first robotics team. For more information, check out these resources:

• FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy
• NASA Robotics Alliance Project
• LEGO Mindstorms Education NXT Homeschool Set

Tags: Cost-Effective | Green IT | Grid | Innovation | Strategic IT | Virtualization

ITNG provides IT system design solutions that improve performance and energy efficiency while reducing TCO.  Right-sized eco-friendly solutions can be built to reduce costs and simplify operations by incorporating the following guidelines:

• Reduce Energy Consumption
  • use hardware with advanced power management features
  • leverage power-saving features of the operating systems
  • monitor energy usage
• Establish Recycling & Reuse Progams 
  • budget for the appropriate disposal or even donation of end-of-life equipment
  • responsible recycling - National Computer Recycling Act
  • donation programs
  • Electronic Productivity Assessment Tool
• Buy Green
  • specify environmentally friendly requirements during the IT procurement process
  • power efficient systems including cooling and lighting
  • low-power hardware that follows the EPA Energy Star guidelines.
• Datacenter Design Strategies - Right-Sizing
  • Advanced Power and Cooling Designs
  • Microsoft whitepaper - Build a Green Datacenter
  • The Green Grid
• Server and Network Service Strategy
  • Blade Server technology
  • Virtualization and other consolidation technologies
  • Ethernet/IP everywhere - standardize/reduce layers of network technologies

Please contact us and let us help your organization build a more optimized infrastructure.