NightWatchman Server Edition Server Power Management

NightWatchman Server Edition the business case for reducing IT wastage in the data center

There are 44 million servers in the world each costing organizations several thousand dollars to run every year. The traditional IT requirements of availability and performance have led to surplus capacity and wastage which until now, has gone unseen.

1E in partnership with The Alliance to Save Energy, commissioned independent research into the awareness and behavior of server administrators. This study, conducted by Kelton Research, revealed that the world’s largest IT departments have millions of servers that are not doing anything useful.

“With U.S. data center energy consumption at an all time high, it’s only logical that we reconsider how we are using IT resources. An unnecessary amount of data servers are ‘plugged in’ 24/7 in an age when power-saving tools are available to businesses. Faced with a fast-moving regulatory environment - including the U.S. climate bill, pending EPA data center initiatives and the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen - the U.S. IT sector may soon be under greater scrutiny for its power consumption. We’ll want to say ahead of the curve and make smart, energy-efficient changes where we can,”

Kateri Callahan, President of Alliance to Save Energy

“1E NightWatchman Server Edition, as well as other offerings in this class, should help server managers take the next giant step in saving potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual IT power costs.”

Bruce Taylor, Chair, Uptime Institute Research Symposium