Commercial Solutions

There are a number of commercial software packages offer more feature-rich solutions and may deliver more energy savings, but they involve fees.
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Some Power Management solutions enables enterprise IT staff to monitor, manage, control and report the Power conservation settings and also the CO2 reduction of computers and monitors, resulting in annual cost savings from $20 to $80 per PC.
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Highlights from commercial software solutions |
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Significant reduction in energy costs – Reduce annual energy costs by up to $80 per PC by automatically minimizing power consumption when computing resources are sitting idle.
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Reduction in CO2 emissions – Reduce global warming greenhouse gas production by reducing power consumption across the organization.
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Unprecedented real-time visibility – Track power settings, usage, and cost over time through powerful reporting capabilities at both the individual endpoint and aggregate levels.
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Power management policy enforcement – Ensure that computers are using the appropriate power policies.
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Distributed Wake-on-LAN capabilities – Remotely wake computers for routine or emergency software deployments, configuration changes, or security measures without in-person intervention or disturbance to end users.
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Lower total cost of ownership – A single, consolidated console can control and report on up to 200,000 endpoints.
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Commercial software solutions reporting functions include: |
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Power Savings Calculators - Projects the dollar value of power savings enabled through use of Power Management-based energy conservation programs.
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Carbon Savings Calculators - Projects carbon load reductions based on widely accepted algorithms, constants, and assumptions.
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Power Spectrum - Unique power consumption visualisation tool.
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Aggregate Management Statistics - Provide an overview of power usage, including the number of computers powered on for a given time interval.
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General Management Statistics - Provide more fine grained analysis of Power Management including information concerning number of monitored computers, average individual computer power-on time per day, average group/departmental/ enterprise computer power-on time per day, average time between restarts, and total power-on time.
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Custom Management Statistics - Power-on usage statistics based on administrator-specified time intervals.
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Activating power management: commercial software packages |
'Computers Off' does not endorsement, approve, or certify any of these software packages. These software packages are detailed to ensure that you have the information required, should you wish to look at commercial technology.
| BigFix | Power Management enables enterprises to set and enforce power conservation measures on PCs and may also integrate PC Power Conservation with other BigFix security and system management functions. Miami Dade County Schools |
| eiPower Saver Solution | is an enterprise desktop power management application that monitors the power events of PCs. Administrators can view power events, set, enforce, and fine tune Windows power settings from a central location to save power, and not interfere with PC software administration. |
| GreenTrac |
is developed by Brisbane based independent software vendor EventZero
Greentrac collects PC and device energy consumption and utilization information. An agent is installed on each PC, while printers are monitored remotely. Energy consumption data is analysed with energy tariffs, emissions factors and CO2 abatement costs to determine energy costs, environmental emissions and potential savings. See what other company‘s have achieved using Greentrac.
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| NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp | Represented (A/NZ) by AH Technology, 1E’s flagships, NightWatchman & WakeUp deliver a robust scalable Central Power Management solution, trusted by 8+millions users including Dell Computers (saving US$1.8 million per year). |
| Remote Desktop | (from Apple) can centrally control power management features on Macs. |
| SMS Companion | (from SMS Expert) centrally manages PC wakeups for scheduled software updates. |
| Surveyor | (from Verdiem) allows you to activate power management features and schedule computer software updates. BC Hydro |





