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What is NightWatchman, how does it work?

In organisations that leave PC’s on 24×7 for management purposes, a significant amount of energy is wasted overnight.  A PC and monitor in idle state are drawing between 100w and 200w depending on the technology, equivalent to between 2 and 5 lightbulbs.

NightWatchman allows centralised, reliable and secure shutdown and wakeups of machines automatically, saving as much as R200 per annum per PC on energy costs.  Over and above this, the solution comes out of the box with a ful reporting pack that allows you to track energy, co2 emissions and costs in your organisation.

Features of the product include:

  • Powers down or logs off PCs across an enterprise
  • Protects unsaved user data prior to shutdown
  • Produces reports to calculate current and potential future savings
  • Controls PC Power Scheme settings
  • Schedules daily, immediate or once off shutdowns
  • Controllable with any systems management tooling as well as through its own console
  • Energy, cost and co2 emissions reporting
  • Product performance reporting