Leading South African short-term insurer selects NightWatchman to improve manageability of PC estate and stands to save 146,000 kWh of electricity per year – the equivalent annual electricity use of 20 homes
Sanlam deploys 5500 NightWatchman clients
sustainableIT has announced that it is deploying NightWatchman PC power management from 1E on 5,500 desktop computers across Sanlam’s operations to help improve energy efficiency and reduce ICT environmental impacts. Shutting down corporate PCs during non-work hours is expected to save Sanlam more than 1,5 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and eliminate 1,545… [Continue Reading]
Sanlam deploys NightWatchman on 5,500 desktops
Sanlam deploys NightWatchman on 5,500 desktops Sanlam has announced that it is deploying NightWatchman PC power management from 1E on 5,500 desktop computers across its operations to help improve energy efficiency and reduce its environmental impact. Shutting down corporate PCs during non-work hours is expected to save Sanlam more than 1,5 million kilowatt hours of… [Continue Reading]
NightWatchman and Microsoft SCCM R3?
Microsoft and 1E together offer a best-of-breed PC power management solution. Microsoft‟s System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 gives organizations the tools they need to achieve power savings through better management of IT infrastructures. Using it, organizations can monitor machine usage, plan and create a power-management policy, apply power-management policies that enforce different power settings… [Continue Reading]
The NightWatchman that seeks to eliminate IT waste
Implementing a centralised PC power management tool can achieve savings immediately. In South Africa, with year on year energy increases of 25% per annum and an increasingly threatened power supply, it stands to reason that more companies need to be become more innovative in the way they deliver services and provide quantifiable savings on the… [Continue Reading]
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… [Continue Reading]
Closing down idle PCs saves power and money
Personal Computer (PC) Power Management solutions have proved their mettle in providing unrivalled and hard-to-overlook energy and cost benefits internationally, but South African companies are still struggling to come to terms with the simple concept of powering down PC’s in a safe and automated fashion. Tim James, CEO of green IT consultancy sustainableIT says the… [Continue Reading]