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"The only way we know to manage 350,000 machines is by using Nomad, otherwise I’d be babysitting thousands of distributions points and I don’t have time for that."

"We use NightWatchman Enterprise as part of our power savings initiative and made ROI in under a year and reduced our CO2 footprint by 1000 metric tons."

"We like to think of it as the Amazon.com of getting your software."

"How NightWatchman has helped CSC to reduce energy across the corporation and save a tremendous amount of money."

"Several months after implementing PC power management we could report a 40 percent saving."

"We saved $2.4m on 50,000 computers in the first year of deploying PC Power Management."

"We are very excited about the deep partnership we have with 1E. The key solution accelerators to enhance ConfigMgr are Nomad and Shopping."

"The main objective of the partnership between 1E and LongView Systems is to enhance our Windows 7 program office with the 1E stack of solutions."

"We save approximately $2,400 a month by shutting down 600-700 PCs."

"We're saving between $40 and $50 per PC using NightWatchman Enterprise PC power management."

"We saved over $500,000 in the first month of using AppClarity for one of our clients which gave them a net ROI within three months post project delivery."

"Before implementation we were unsure of what computers were on or off, we had no way to centralize the power management either."

"Shopping has an intuitive and easy user interface. End users can request and process the software in an automated fashion."

"We are currently achieving our energy targets and achieving a saving of £27,000 a year."

"We introduced NightWatchman Enterprise as part of our green initiative and we have made more than $77,000 in the first year."

"1E is has helped us improve our software distribution success rate and meet our corporate green initiatives."

"Our original architecture relied on 700 servers, with Nomad we have dropped that to 300."

Global professional services firm saves 33 percent on PC energy costs each year with PC Power Management from NightWatchman Enterprise.

AppClarity reclaims unused applications and Shopping avoids
unnecessary spend on help desk costs through self-service provisioning

Automated management of 12,000 machines across 90 branches delivers successful and faster patch management.

World’s sixth largest insurer cuts costs and CO2 by 4,138 metric tonnes with NightWatchman Enterprise PC power management.

Efficient distribution of growing volume of network traffic, software deployments,security patches and system updates to bank’s branch network.

Overhaul of the company’s IT infrastructure with zero disruption to users and business processes.

Victoria's capital city saves $175,000 AUD and reduces energy use by 1,459,000 kWh having deployed NightWatchman Enterprise PC Power Management.

Government department installs power management across all its PCs and saves 53,960kW of electricity.

Using PC power management, 50,000 computers achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy consumption and a cost saving of 1.5€ million per year.

Using PC power management, 50,000 computers achieved a 40 percent reduction in energy consumption and a cost saving of $1.8 million per year.

A more robust IT infrastructure plus reduced power consumption proves a winning combination for police force.

NightWatchman Enterprise PC power management adds control and transparency to energy consumption and patch management.

Automotive giant manages PC power consumption more efficiently while minimizing interruptions during the working day as a result of software updates.

32 tonnes of reduced CO2 emissions saved and patch management possible with Wake on Lan solution.

Deployment of PC power management on the Trust's 1,500 computers delivers ROI in less than a year.

With PC Power Management the health foundation is looking at minimum annual savings of £20,000.

Clear and detailed view of a widely distributed IT infrastructure and improved support capability.

Self-service software store handles more than 500 user-initiated requests every month.

Integrated power and efficiency savings - annual power savings of $608,000 and annual electricity reduction of 6,176,000 kW

30 percent of the Authority's PCs were left on unnecessarily. With NightWatchman Enterprise PC power management it now saves £50,000 a year.

Hospital Trust makes savings of more than £27,000 per year – an annual reduction of over 420 tonnes of CO2

Better control of the publisher's IT estate, automated OS and software deployment and improved inventory management.

The brewing company was able to update desktop and laptop machines out of hours, reducing disruption to users.

30-fold ROI in server CAPEX and OPEX acrossSaint-Gobain Group with Nomad Enterprise™ from 1E

AppClarity reclaims unused applications to become compliant and save money, and NightWatchman Enterprise fulfills green IT initiative through PC power management

Deployment of SMS 2003 across the organization and a major program of desktop automation enabling migration of individual desktop configurations to new hardware.

Reduced power costs and associated CO2 emissions from computers by 51%. End users experienced greatly improved, zero-impact software patching and upgrades.

Syngenta saves over $1.7m every year by implementing on-demand user self-service.

The university cut its energy bills and improved the quality of the working day with the aid of Power & Patch Management from 1E.

Shopping prevents 14,000 annual help desk calls, resulting in savings of $560,000 a Year

Operating system deployments and upgrades with zero disruption and 21,000 ton reduction in CO2 per annum

Better power management, savings of $1.3 million per year and no compromise on performance.

85 percent of workstations powered down at night, $145,000 per year saved and better software distribution.

Using PC power management, the State of West Virginia saved $220,000, Nomad removed the need for 100 software deployment servers, saving $550,000.

The council conducts all its patching in a standardized and timely fashion out of hours, with zero disruption to users.

Tips for success from 1E consultants who took a deep dive into System Center 2012

There is no longer a “one solution fits all” approach for OS deployments as the provision of OS and the delivery ofbusiness applications need to be scalable and efficient as well as adapt to the changing ways in which people work.

There is no longer a “one solution fits all” approach for OS deployments as the provision of OS and the delivery of business applications need to be scalable and efficient as well as adapt to the changing ways in which people work.

What are the approaches, advantages and challenges of deploying technologies that use agents versus agentless ones?

How improving the health and performance of your PCs can extend their useful life expectancy by two years.

When you install a PC power management solution in your organization and you are located in North America, you are likely to be eligible to claim an energy rebate from your utility provider.

Discover why the rental model for distributing software within your company makes good financial sense.

Simple accurate energy reporting across geographic boundaries

Automated self service can help you dramatically reduce help desk costs while adding value.

in the light of recent US Executive Orders, discover how electronic stewardship is made easier with 1E.

Data Center Consolidation Initiative, where greater energy efficiency and carbon reductions can be achieved using a number of quick wins.

Discover how to improve the health of your desktop PCs and laptops through 1E Computer Health, and save your users time and your organization millions of dollars.

Reduced WAN bandwidth usage improves application responsiveness whether remote, at head office or in a data center.

Why centralized decentralization is the key to cutting costs and building a more efficient and flexible business.

How 1E measures server usefulness and how it compares to measuring CPU utilization.

Microsoft and 1E together offer a best-of-breed PC power management solution.

How Nomad Enterprise functionality compares with WAN optimization appliances for network efficient systems management.

The cost savings that can be realized by using Nomad Enterprise v4.0 with Microsoft. Configuration Manager 2012

Discover how dynamically controlling your license estate leads to a software balance and protects your organization.

How 1E PXE Lite provides the lowest cost network booting solution. It eliminates the need for local servers and the associated costs of managing them.

AppClarity identifies unused software and enables you to remove and reallocate it, radically cutting costs and reducing waste.

Information about a number of different methods of remote management of BIOS settings on Windows workstations without having to manually boot into BIOS setup.

Workplace politics may need addressing before AppClarity can be deployed to find and reclaim unused software in a company.

PC utilization monitoring across your estate

Creating an enterprise app store empowers users to select the right software to best perform their jobs or task in hand and access it almost instantly.

NightWatchman Enterprise is a more reliable mechanism for power managing your PC estate.

We outline challenges in a Windows 7 migration project and, by involving the end users in the process they can be mitigated.

Visualization of useful work across IT assets is key to achieving greater efficiencies from virtualization projects.

The Green Grid is proposing the use of a new metric-data center compute efficiency (DCcE)- and its underlying sub-metric, server compute efficiency (ScE). These metrics will enable data center operators to determine the efficiency of their compute resources, which allows them to identify areas of inefficiency.

In this report, Ovum examines the competitive landscape of PC Power Management solutions. This assessment is a quantitative and qualitative representation of Ovum's view and opinion about the competitive market environment for these solutions.

This research note looks at how Nomad 2012 obviates the need for specialist migration project teams and dedicated infrastructure when it comes to Windows 7 or 8 migrations, patching and software distribution

Quick and easy Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) solution for more efficient IT andhappier users at one tenth of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) cost

Immediately identifies and accurately quantifies your software waste and enables you to make immediate reductions in software costs.

Intelligently power manages computers across your network remotely and automatically overnight, on weekends and when not in use.

Reliably and securely delivers  software deployments, OS upgrades and patches across thousands of PCs, servers and sites without disruption.

Dramatically cut your help desk costs and delivers immediate and significant cost reductions through a simple self-service software portal.

WakeUp ensures that every PC is available and ready to be patched day or night, reducing the burden of administrator support.

1E’s team of Professional Services experienced consultants provides strategic, targeted and technical end-to-end guidance to help organizations in need of an upgrade project move forward with confidence.

1E Systems Management Services ensure that your transition to ConfigMgr can be completed rapidly, reliably and to a predefined timescale. Our tried-and-tested framework covers a Readiness Assessment followed by Preparation, Pilot and Deployment stages.

Our readiness assessment highlights include capturing your requirements, analyzing your infrastructure and management tool, review ConfigMgr features and delivering a high level design and implementation plan.

This phase includes a detailed design exercise, building on our suggested high level design to specify both software and hardware components, client configuration and server build processes. Thorough testing and validation too.

Once assessment is complete we will work closely with you to develop a paper-based design - testing and validating that design in a lab for all necessary desktop and laptop models.

Our consultants will help your project team prepare for and then complete a production pilot deployment for an agreed number of PCs in an agreed timeframe, supporting you every step of the way.

Includes: On-site support during your roll-out; training for your administrators; further development of skills and experience within your operational teams, review of original technical and business requirements and deployment project sign-off and hand-over.

With 1E and Microsoft System Center 2012 you can create a Private Cloud with your existing IT infrastructure, enabling simplified and efficient operations to maximize the return on your IT investments.

We will help your project team prepare for and complete a production pilot deployment to confirm that the solution behaves as expected. Review workshop will record any issues and lessons learned.

We assist you during the final phase to ensure deployment goes as smoothly as possible. Joint project review to ensure your ConfigMgr meets the initial technical and business requirements.

This assessment phase builds an initial justification, reviewing the processes involved in application compatibility testing, your current applications and desktop hardware and your likely training requirements.

Cutting the cost of deploying Windows 7. 1E’s Windows 7 Migration Services employ our proven software tools and business-focused technical consulting to deliver an extensible, end-to-end operating system deployment solution.

The global leader in IT Efficiency solutions, 1E develops software and services that improve IT efficiency by identifying and reducing both costs and waste in hardware, software, energy and time.

Quick and easy Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) solution for more efficient IT and happier users at one tenth of Virtual Data Infrastructure (VDI) cost

Dave Harding, Product Manager at 1E, discusses what's new in AppClarity 4.0.

AppClarity financially quantifies software waste by presenting a rationalized inventory of installed applications, license costs and where installations are unused.

A teaser trail of all the cool new things things that are in Nomad 2012 version 5.

NightWatchman Enterprise PC power management saves energy without inconveniencing the end user. Features include keep active, automatic power down retry, automatic saving of unsaved data, alarm clock WakeUp and remote web WakeUp.

How to create different power schemes to be applied at different times in multiple locations, globally from a single console.

PC power management in action. The Enterprise View dashboard has tiles which can be added and configured to retrieve data on energy consumption, savings, CO2 emissions and the current condition of your environment.

How PC and laptop model specific power consumption values and location-based tariffs together enable NightWatchman Enterprise to provide highly accurate power management reporting.

This video demonstrates the core functioning of Nomad Branch by showing how IT data transfers can be made in the most reliable and efficient way possible without requiring any IT administrative involvement resulting in increased deployment success rates and significantly reduced business impact.

Nomad Enterpise: streamlined systems management - reduces operating costs and accelerates distribution of software, patches and OS upgrades

core functioning of PXE Lite by showing how "bare-metal" builds can be performed in the most efficient way

Shopping improves license efficiency by enabling users to rent software and have it installed only while they need it

See how an administrator can add an application, how it will be managed and who can have the rights to install it.

Shopping empowers users to migrate to Windows 7, reinstall their own applications and schedule it to happen at a time that suits them.

The simplicity and power of Shopping demonstrates how users are empowered to search for, request and install software without helpdesk intervention.

How much time and money is your company spending on software delivery management? Shopping empowers users to install software, operating systems and services at a time when it suits them without disrupting their daily workload.

National Instruments, a Texas-based hardware and software developer, worked with Climate Savers Computing through the Power Management Incentive Program to implement a pilot project to reduce energy consumption by computers.

1E CEO, Sumir Karayi featured in an exclusive keynote video outlining why 1Es energy efficient IT solutions are seen by Microsoft as best of breed.

Suman Banerjee, CEO of 1E India, talks about the company and its role in managing internal support, testing and the website.

Product Manager Richard Threlkeld talks about how Nomad 2012 can help enhance your systems management infrastructure, lower costs and provide better service across the IT estate.

Instead of waiting for the Smart Grid to become a reality, there are pragmatic steps companies can take for PC power management

1E Product Manager, Geoff Collins, discusses research findings on Software Efficiency

Brad and Sumir discuss the benefits of using Configuration Manager in deploying Windows 7, and then go on to talk about the value add of 1E's solution and product portfolio, in particular Nomad, PXE Lite, and the professional services they offer to assure efficient and cost-effective rollouts of Microsoft's latest desktop operating system.

Webinar with 1E CEO Sumir Karayi and guest speaker Forrester Inc. Principal Analyst and Research Director Doug Washburn discussing how IT leaders can improve their overall IT efficiency.

With over $8 Trillion in IT expenditures over the last 5 years worldwide, unprecedented, bloated estates of IT hardware, infrastructure and software now exist throughout organizations. Unwieldy and costly to maintain, they can devour up to 85% of a firm's IT bill.

Learn from Forrester about the immediate benefits you could achieve by deploying enterprise class PC Power Management.

This webinar shows how 1E's experienced consulting specialists can help you automate your entire migration process,

Join Keith Combs, Sr. Program Manager Server & Tools Online at Microsoft, and Mike Terrill, Systems Management Practice Lead at 1E, for a discussion around Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

1E NightWatchman in the Real World: How NightWatchman might be used in your environment.

In this video Jeff Wettlaufer, Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center, speaks with Dave Lippa, Solution Engineer for 1E. Jeff and Dave talk about the best of breed extensions delivered by the 1E "Nighwatchman" technology for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3.

Nick Milne-Home CEO of 1E North America discusses IT Efficiency at GoingGreen 2011. Where cutting-edge greentech CEOs meet the top green VCs, corporate partners and members of the press and blogging communities.