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Thanks for completing it Up to 49 though, so if I can one more, then ill close it and start analysing. I am also considering copying the questionnaire, and getting some EU or USA educational institutions to complete it. Purely only an idea, but it may lead the research to see where the UK sits versus the US or EU counterparts. If you know of any US / EU / Asia IT Administrators, let me know and I can post a new link Thanks to all responders, you have all been great: D

I have now updated the question, so there shouldnt be any further issues. So far we have had 45 responders which is great, and the results are very interesting. I will probably close the questionaire tonight, to start analysis. If we could get another 5 responders, to take it to 50, that would be great too Thanks again!

Thanks to all the responders, so far we have 36 responses. I think i will leave it open for a few more days, and then analyse the results Thanks again

To be honest, i couldnt answer that, but take a look at the article and video at this link: Thin-client saves energy costs: Case study in Green ICT : JISC I found it quite interesting. Thanks to all responders again, i think we are upto 33 now

Thanks again to all responders, so far i have gained 27 responses and it provides some really useful information.

I agree, the questions would have been difficult in that case . Personally, i see Virtualisation as a means of going greener. By conslidating your infrastructure, you can reduce on power consumption (in theory). I have managed to get hold of three servers, so i will be doing some power tests to see whether Virtualisation does offer any considerable energy savings. Again, i will include this in my main report. Thanks for completing it though

Hmm, i take your point on the questions. I wanted to add in more, but i had to pay for anything more than ten questions. I surely hope people are not 'led' to the answers, i am really aiming for the pros and cons of Green, and also looking at schools with great green technologies. For example, i was reading a paper on Queen Margaret University (from memory), where they had planned a campus around Thin Clients, and saved £1m on Build Costs (due to natural ventilation and lighting) with £100k savings per year on energy costs. I would be grateful if you feel your school has made good progress, and cannot get it across in the questions, to post your views and also your thoughts. I really do want to see and hear all points of view, the disseration was aimed at assisting education and schools.

Thanks to the 10 responders so far, it all helps with content of the disseration

Heres the link to the survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CMSHPLN Thanks to anyone that takes the time to complete it (remember 5 to 10 minutes, 10 questions)

Afternoon all I have just joined this community, on recommendation from a school IT administrator that I have been working with, to complete my final year dissertation for my ICT degree. To give you an overview, I am producing a dissertation looking at Education and the technologies that can assist with learning and reducing cost. I have completed my theory and practical based research into areas like Virtualisation, Thin Clients and the Cloud. The next step is to research other Educational IT Infrastructures, and the challenges IT Administrators (and schools) faced. Therefore I was aiming at collecting some information, to enable me to discuss these issues in my final report too. My findings are available to all, when I complete my dissertation and hopefully it will assist with improving some educational IT infrastructures. I would be very grateful if you would complete the short questionnaire I have produced. It only includes 10 questions; it does not ask for ANY school information and will not be used for anything but the purposes of my dissertation. It should take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The questionnaire is aimed at people working within an IT department, for an education institution. Any questions or thoughts please let me know