Quotes
AT&T
“Powering down corporate PCs during non–work hours is expected to save AT&T more than 135 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year and eliminate 123,941 tons of
carbon dioxide emissions – equivalent to the electricity required to power 14,892 homes.”
– Rick Felts, Senior Vice President of Information Technology Operations, AT&T
Bayerische Landesbank, Germany
"This (SMSWakeUp) saved a lot of money...and actually increased the success to almost 100% per deployment."
– Bayerische Landesbank, Germany
Bovis Lend Lease
"Sustainability is a guiding principle at Bovis Lend Lease.
We are always looking for innovations like 1E’s NightWatchman Server Edition that could bring our carbon base load
to a lower level."
– Dr Paul Toyne, Head of Sustainability, Bovis Lend Lease
British Airways
"The tailored technology solution that 1E and Microsoft
have developed is practical, cost–effective and innovative. One example of
this, 1E's SMSWakeUp system which integrates Wake–On–LAN technology with SMS,
means that even when PCs are powered down, we can remotely turn them on so
that they can receive software updates."
– Graham Watson, Implementation Project Manager,
SMS, British Airways
British Sugar
"1E's work with previous customers clearly demonstrated
its technical expertise and that it was completely capable of delivering
exactly the network upgrade we required. We were also impressed by the ongoing
access to key technical consultants and the fact that the project manager,
Peter Murray, remained dedicated to the project from design through to delivery
and post–project audit. Having worked on previous migration projects for other
similar size blue chip customers, 1E clearly understood the technical
challenges British Sugar faced and the best path to approach a Windows 2003
migration that ensured minimum disruption and maximum return on investment."
– Paul Morley, Infrastructure Manager, British Sugar
"1E works to a very refreshing business model. Its
unique make up of technical consultants make the company very efficient and so
easy to work with; its technical excellence and skills transfer have ensured
that we have the in–house skills to maintain and manage the network once 1E
completes its work. 1E has proven that it is the people that make a project
happen, not just systems and processes."
– Paul Morley, Infrastructure Manager, British Sugar
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Business Magazine
"EnergyScout gives you some quite detailed statistics
of the potential power savings and also the carbon dioxide emissions. It
provides a good illustration of the PCs' environmental impact."
– Phil Wilcock, Environment Business Magazine, May 2003
"Research performed at California's Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory on the impact of PCs has found that good power management
practises can save approximately 0.5t of carbon dioxide emissions per year. "
– Environment Business Magazine, May 2003
CSC
"CSC is pleased to partner with 1E in a case study designed to measure
the benefits of NightWatchman Server Edition and help CSC meet our sustainability objectives."
– John Glowacki, Corporate Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
DCSF
“By installing NightWatchman® in Nov. 2006,
the Department for Children, Schools and Families has already made a significant
step towards its target of becoming carbon neutral by 2012.”
– Department for Children, Schools and Families
DELL
“These are significant cost savings that put us far out in front
of regulatory benchmarks and show the rest of the industry what can be achieved.”
– Jay Taylor, Senior Engineer and Global Strategist, Dell
J.B. Hanauer & Co.
"1E has provided us with the tools to improve the
overall performance and reliability of SMS, a critical application for us. 1E's
support has been second to none and its products are excellent."
– Bill Bernius, Infrastructure Manager, J.B. Hanauer & Co.
Lewis Partnership
"John Lewis Partnership engaged with 1E based on their
expertise and capabilities of Systems Management. Not only has their consultant
rapidly grasped our business requirements, but in addition, has proven 1E's
capability and knowledge of SMS 2003 within a matter of days; this has met our
expectations."
– David Pearce, PC Technical Systems Manager (TS),
John Lewis Partnership
Microsoft
"After internally testing the 1E software across 60,000 of
our own corporate computers, we licensed it for our own deployment to extend our desktop
management capabilities within our infrastructure."
– Brad Anderson, General Manager, Management and Services Division,
Microsoft Corp
"Microsoft and 1E are working closely together to build System
Center solutions that not only cut costs from our customers’ environments, but also address key
challenges related to environmental sustainability. We are thrilled to have such a strong
partner in 1E. Together, we are helping customers reduce power consumption, and enable a
greener IT."
– Ryan O’Hara, Director, System Center Product Management, Microsoft
"1E is an important Management partner for Microsoft whom we work very closely with. Their solutions provide significant value to our SMS 2003 customers and will remain a complimentary solution set to the upcoming SMS V4 release."
– Sabrena McBride, Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
1E’s OSD Plus Pack compliments SMS V4 by providing multicast as well as fully automated and dynamic resource allocation capabilities for software distribution and OS upgrades in central or branch offices. Many large global organizations use the built–in dynamic failover and advanced bandwidth management for an even greater level of scalability and redundancy in their networks. The OSD Plus Pack bridges that gap between a basic IT infrastructure and a truly agile one.
– Sabrena McBride, Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
1E's SMSWakeUp solution continues to add significant value to our customers by providing a dynamic proxy and other advanced features such as timezone support, immediate push distributions for critical patches and load balancing. Our SMS customers that currently use these technologies have realized a significant return.
– Sabrena McBride, Group Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation
"After choosing to implement SMS globally, British
Airways chose 1E to deliver the project under tight deadlines. 1E has earned a
solid reputation at Microsoft for their technical expertise in the Windows
Management space, which allows us to have complete confidence that they will
successfully deliver the project."
– Paul Randle, Server Solutions Marketing Manager,
Microsoft
"1E's tools add significant value to SMS in particular, around patch management, simplified branch designs and desktop migration. Having been a trusted Microsoft partner for five years, 1E's track record in consultancy and software solutions comes highly recommended."
– Bill Anderson, Lead Product Manager, Enterprise Management Division, Microsoft
"1E has consistently provided valuable infrastructure
resources to many large Microsoft projects, including key ventures such as the
Government Gateway. 1E takes an active role, driving projects forward and had
proven time and time again to be able to deliver a reliable and quality service
to the Microsoft Development Centre (SDC).
– Jenny Duff, Industry Manager for Public Sector,
Microsoft
"1E's SMS solutions offer an excellent balance between
rich functionality, integration, low cost and risk. Through their proven track
record of working within the Systems Management space for more than 5 years,
1E's ability to leverage and extend SMS code base to deliver rapid migrations,
flexible patch management and distribution success is formidable. This is
exemplary of a successful Microsoft/ISV relationship ensuring the delivery of
maximum value to our customers."
– Marco Bussadori, Microsoft UK
"MOMent represents the only real solution that narrows
the communication gap between the two parts of an organization that speak
different languages – information technology and the 'business'."
– Marco Bussadori, Microsoft
"The Microsoft technological proposition becomes truly compelling when added to the knowledge and skills of our partners. Through its expertise in Windows Management, 1E is a further endorsement of our partner model."
– Microsoft
"With the ability to tailor and extend SMS functionality, including the management of mixed platform environments, the SMS Alliance members offer leading–edge complementary solutions enabling customers to take advantage of the manageability inherent in the Windows platform to quickly achieve a return on their SMS investment and greatly improve the cost–effectiveness of their lifecycle management programs."
– David Hamilton, Director of the Enterprise Management Division, Microsoft
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myITforum.com
"SMSNomad Branch is an excellent addition to any
infrastructure environment where bandwidth is an issue and/or network
connections drop often. I highly recommend SMSNomad Branch to any administrators
who are struggling with delivering software to mobile clients."
– Joe Eager, myITforum.com
"CIS is a great addition for any SMS Infrastructure.
CIS has made my job of installing machines simpler and quicker giving me more
time to handle other parts of SMS Administration. As always 1E provides some of
the best support in the industry."
– Joe Eager, myITforum
"The most popular WOL (Wake–on–LAN) solution is
SMSWakeUp from 1E Ltd."
– Michael Robinson, myITforum.com
Nationwide
"SMS 2.0 is a significant step forward for installing,
configuring and maintaining software and hardware across a large distributed
network... However, the effectiveness of any solution depends on the quality of
its design and implementation. We chose 1E to handle this project because of
its track record in Windows management consultancy and the experience of its
individual consultants."
– Arthur Amos, Head of Technology Support, Nationwide
NPI
"NPI achieved a five fold improvement in manageability."
– Scott McKinsey, IT Manager, NPI
Osborne Clarke
"1E Consultants are highly skilled and helped us achieve success."
– Andy Forrest, Application Manager, Osborne Clarke
Peterborough City Council
"We set out to achieve a return on investment in 6 months and achieved
our target in less than 3 months. When added to the carbon emission savings and the better delivery to
our in-house customers, this has been one of our best investment decisions."
– Nigel Green, Head of ICT, Peterborough City Council
SABMiller
"We know when machines come back onto the network and
are missing a patch and can patch them straightaway. The users arrive in the
morning having been warned of an IT upgrade, their machine has been upgraded,
and there's been no IT person anywhere near their machine."
– Roger Chappè, IT Operations Manager, SABMiller
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Syngenta
"We have already handled over 147,000 requests through
Shopping. This has saved us approximately 50,000 man hours in IT Support."
– Paul O'Donnell, Global Client Services Lead, Syngenta
The 451 Group
"We expect 1E, the UK software company, to consolidate
its position as the leading supplier in 2009"
– Andy Lawrence, Research Director, Eco–efficient IT, The 451 Group
Tesco
"The project was delivered on time and on budget,
which was a great success considering the scale of work being done."
– Steve Butler, Group Point of Service Programme Manager, Tesco
"The system had cut our time to market significantly,
cutting development time from years to months."
– Steve Butler, Group Point of Service Programme Manager, Tesco
"Working with a Partner that has knowledge and
experience in this type of roll out is a must...The project was delivered on
time and to budget, which was a great success considering the scale of work being done."
– Steve Butler, Group Point of Service Programme Manager, Tesco
UC Davis Student Housing
"SMSWakeUp is an excellent and indispensable add–on for
SMS providing both ease and convenience. We can now distribute software and
updates after hours without interrupting users and achieve high success rates
literally overnight. With security exploits coming ever more quickly on the
heels of the release of security patches, it is critical that we can update our
systems as fast as possible. We, too, appreciate its seamless integration with
the SMS admin console. We are only a right–click away from waking up one
machine or a hundred machines. It is also an aid to our helpdesk, since they
can easily wakeup systems in other areas of campus or behind locked doors that
need attention. To round out the package, 1E provides prompt, friendly support. "
– Andrew Walker, Systems Administrator, UC Davis Student Housing
Verizon Wireless
"Energy-saving initiatives make us more efficient and enable us
to provide improved products and services for our customers."
– Ajay Waghray, Chief Information Officer, Verizon Wireless
Winterthur International
"We wanted a solution to make sure PCs were available
for critical software distributions. We also wanted to cut power consumption by
shutting down machines. SMSWakeUP and NightWatchman fulfilled our requirements
and were easy to install and configure. The software just worked. Our
experiences with the product were positive and we are happy to recommend it."
– XL Winterthur International
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