April 2011 - Posts

• Software Developer 1E Uses Culture, Killer Case Studies to Sell Savings

  1E, a software developer based in London and New York, did $40 million in sales last year, up from $30 million in 2009. Founded in 1997, 1E now has 200 employees; about 65% of those are in the U.S., with … Continue reading → Read More... Posted Apr 29 2011, 09:34 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News

• Plugging IT budget holes

  It’s often the job of finance folks to try and plug the holes in departmental budgets where the money leaks out. With the IT budget, that can be tough. How’s it possible to stay on the cutting edge of technology … Continue reading → Read More... Posted Apr 28 2011, 07:07 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, AMP, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• 1E’s Nick Milne-Home on Smart Grid technology and 1E Technology

  1E President, Nick Milne-Home, discusses the company’s innovative platform technology (function() {var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0];s.type = 'text/javascript';s.async... Posted Apr 26 2011, 09:41 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Green IT

• 1E Welcomes Paul Thomsen to the Family!

  Anyone that has worked in a Microsoft environment for any length of time, or who has participated in the Systems Management/System Center community, knows who Paul is.  Paul brings a huge amount of experience, knowledge, and expertise from his 12... Posted Apr 26 2011, 08:49 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News

• 1E’s NightWatchman is 1 of the top 5 things CIOs can utilize to green their computer fleet

  There’s plenty of greenwashing in the IT business. Almost every vendor is offering some sort of green angle in their sales pitch with products boasting lower power consumption, improved manufacturing processes and recyclable materials. But does... Posted Apr 26 2011, 07:42 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Green IT, PC Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman

• 1E’s Geoff Collins on how AppClarity solves the software efficiency problem

  1E Product Manager, Geoff Collins, discusses research findings on Software Efficiency (function() {var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0];s.type = 'text/javascript';s.async = true;s... Posted Apr 22 2011, 11:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, IT Efficiency, AMP, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• 1E helps 2 of the top 15 winners of the 2011 Green 15 Awards

  It’s an extreme honor to be involved in helping our customers become recognized for their cost and environment saving activities.  It means so much us that our solutions are being utilized in such significant ways. Congratulations to 2011 Green 15... Posted Apr 22 2011, 09:18 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Green IT, PC Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman, NightWatchman Server

• MMS 2011 Post-Interview: Brian Tucker, Solutions Engineer and Booth Presenter #mms2011 #msteched

  Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting some interviews from various 1E people who attended MMS 2011 to get their take on the event. MMS 2011 has already been identified as probably the 2nd most popular year and best … Continue reading →... Posted Apr 21 2011, 04:14 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Events, AMP, MMS, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management, TechEd

• New Whitepaper: Pragmatic Software Governance

  This whitepaper sets out the 1E view of software governance and compliance, highlighting that the correct approach is not to overspend and overprovision, but nor is it to wait for your chosen software vendors to audit your enterprise. The answer …... Posted Apr 21 2011, 09:16 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, IT Efficiency, AMP, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• New Whitepaper: Save millions of dollars just by managing software licenses more efficiently

  This whitepaper sets out why 1E believes that organizations could save millions of dollars by managing their software licenses more efficiently, reallocating them across the business to reduce waste and dramatically cutting costs by removing licenses... Posted Apr 21 2011, 09:14 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, IT Efficiency, AMP, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• $12.3 billion spent on unused software in U.S. organizations. – Business news

  Bangalore: Organizations annually spend a lot of money on the maintenance of unused software which eventually become a shelfware product for the companies. The money that is shelled out by organizations sums up to a huge amount. In U.S. and … Continue... Posted Apr 21 2011, 08:37 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, AMP, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• AppClarity and NightWatchman in MMS 2011 Product Roundup #mms2011

  Zac Wiggy spent some time in the Expo at MMS 2011 and listed some products and companies he thought were especially interesting.  1E made the list with AppClarity and NightWatchman. Read the full list of noted products and companies: http://www.windowsitpro... Posted Apr 21 2011, 08:16 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Events, AMP, MMS, AppClarity

• Hanging out at the Green IT Summit, April 20th and 21st

  The 2011 Green IT Summit, held at the Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, VA, serves as a follow-up to the 2010 GreenGov Symposium on sustainable IT and the performance goals set by President Obama’s Executive Order 13514 on Federal … Continue... Posted Apr 20 2011, 01:05 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Green IT, IT Efficiency, Events

• Worried about Skynet?

  A thought occurred to me last night. Now that Skynet has gone self-aware we may want to limit how many servers it can get its hands on (so to speak). A quick way to help is by running a decommissioning … Continue reading → Read More... Posted Apr 20 2011, 09:13 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News

• Hear Noble Drilling’s Windows 7 Migration Story – Join 1E Webinar on April 21 at 12:30pm ET/9:30am PT

  1E would like to invite you to an upcoming webinar:  “Lowering the Cost and Risk of Your Windows 7 Migration” This webinar is designed to educate you on how 1E’s experienced consulting specialists can help you automate your entire migration …... Posted Apr 19 2011, 08:14 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Windows 7, Events, Nomad