Empowering Efficient IT
We believe every one of our customers should expect more from their IT. We make a difference to our customers every day by:
- delivering accurate business information to identify wasted resources and unnecessary costs
- supplying the tools they need to act on that information to deliver real savings and user benefits
- providing the in-depth knowledge and expertise they need to achieve their goals
We have many imitators, but there is only one 1E.
About 1E
Founded in 1997, 1E pioneered Green IT and advanced PC power management with the release of ground-breaking solutions
like NightWatchman® and WakeUp™. That innovative approach has continued with the development of revolutionary concepts like
Useful Work™, Drowsy Server© as part of our NightWatchman® Server solution and Computer Health™ as part of a unique range of
industry-leading solutions designed to reduce IT costs.
Headquartered in London and New York and with 14 million licenses deployed world-wide, 1100 organizations in 42 countries
have trusted us to help them to work effectively, productively and sustainably. To date, our energy efficiency solutions have
helped our customers save in excess of $530m in energy costs alone, cutting CO2 emissions by
4.3 million tons.
Our customers are drawn from across the public and private sectors and include AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Dell, HSBC,
ING, Nestlé, Microsoft, BNP Paribas, Nomura, Ford Motor Company, the US Department of Veterans Affairs and the UK Department
of Work and Pensions. Our largest customers have over 300,000 seats, our smallest just 500.
Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
1E supports many energy efficiency, sustainability and green IT initiatives including the EU Data Centre Code of Conduct,
the US Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, the Energy Star energy efficiency program and the Alliance to Save Energy.
We have also commissioned a significant amount of independent research on PC (PC Energy Report) and Server
(Server Energy & Efficiency Report) energy and efficiency.
“4.7 million servers are not doing any useful work, wasting nearly $21bn per year on hardware, maintenance and management,
with an extra $3.8bn wasted on energy.” Alliance to Save Energy, Server Energy & Efficiency Report ‘09
“Every day, over 54 million workers in the United States make the decision not to turn off their PCs at the end of the day,
wasting $2.8bn.” Alliance to Save Energy, PC Energy Report 2009
Customers choosing NightWatchman® have collectively saved $360m in energy costs, an average of $36 per PC per year
WakeUp™delivers consistency and control to over 5 million licensed users.
One of our first customers still uses WakeUp™ to turn on 36,000 PCs in under two minutes each morning.