Kick the jerks out of the boardroom, says angry conference man

The Jerk2

Decent meetings impossible

Jerky images, stilted sound and lengthy downloads are all a thing of the past for online business meetings, thanks to some clever new software.

BT Business helps charity cut costs and save money

Rick Ono

Emissions down

Cartrefi Cymru, a charity that helps people with learning disabilities, has staff all over Wales who need to constantly confer, particularly the management team.

Warid and Huawei build Pakistan'sfirst solar power base station

Huawei Solar Powered base Station

Giant step for the planet

Telecoms service provider Huawei and Pakistani telco Warid Telecom, have the country's first solar powered base station.

New NEC comms chips need 80 per cent less power

Green data centre

Tiny chips, tiny footprints

Fewer trees will have had to lay down their lives every time you download some stupid film off Youtube, or receive a ludicrously large PDF from head office. thanks to NEC.

WebEx could cut carbon footprint and travel time of MPs

Good MPs could save on travel expenses

By using web meeting technology for just 20 days, Lib Dem MP Mark Williams saved himself 4012 miles of travel and spared the planet 161.5 kg of CO2. And they saved the taxpayers a fortune in travel expenses.