September 2011 - Posts

• Part 2: Getting software licensing under control

  Too much risk One of the most common risk-related concerns is in managing applications that are only used once or twice each year, for example to run an end of year performance report. Depending on how the uninstall of licenses … Continue reading... Posted Sep 30 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• Part 1: Getting software licensing under control

  Negative user reaction No organization wants to be seen as draconian by its users and employees. Many users think of their company-issued PC or laptop as ‘theirs’, so license managers, IT Directors and CIO’s worry that any move to remove … Continue... Posted Sep 29 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Software Licensing, AppClarity, Software Management

• Is BranchCache right for remote, serverless software distribution?

  BranchCache is a new feature available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 that reduces WAN bandwidth usage and improves application responsiveness when workstations in a remote location access content from the head office or data center by downloading... Posted Sep 28 2011, 03:17 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, ConfigMgr, Nomad

• Significant energy savings without disrupting the work of frontline staff

  The IT department has played a key role in Newham’s efficiency agenda, from greening the data centre and reducing the number of physical servers to reducing both the footprint and energy consumption of the client-side devices. … By implementing... Posted Sep 28 2011, 08:56 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Server Power Management, PC Power Management, NightWatchman, NightWatchman Server, Server Efficiency

• Knowing how much energy is a good start

  There is a new category of software emerging called Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). Software and tools fall under this banner if they measure, report or manage the energy consumption of data centers. Our NightWatchman Server Edition product... Posted Sep 25 2011, 11:38 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, Musings, Data Center, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman Server

• Efficient IT Leader 1E Appoints Christian Laloy as Managing Director, France

  1E expands into France, establishes office in Paris and hires dedicated team to drive commercial growth locally Paris, France (PRWEB) September 22, 2011 – 1E, the global leader in Efficient IT solutions, today announced the appointment of Christian... Posted Sep 23 2011, 12:00 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News

• Webinar: Analyst Doug Washburn on Cost Cutting and User Empowerment

  As cloud computing and the consumerization of IT erodes boundaries from the data center to the desktop, empowered employees can act on their technology needs without involving the IT department. We discuss the tremendous opportunity for organizations... Posted Sep 22 2011, 12:00 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, IT Efficiency, Events

• Here we grow again–1E launches in France

  1E, efficient IT leader, launches in France Paris, France, 22nd September 2011 - 1E, the global leader in Efficient IT solutions, today announced its expansion into France. The company’s presence in the region will help it address the needs of …... Posted Sep 22 2011, 09:43 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News

• Nomad Enterprise: Only solution proven to scale to hundreds of thousands of endpoints

  Nomad Enterprise is proven to scale to hundreds of thousands of endpoints. No other vendor has implemented their solution in a customer environment large enough to prove that. As an example, HSBC has over 300,000 endpoints. Here’s what HSBC has …... Posted Sep 22 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, Nomad

• New Article: 3 Simple Steps to Cutting Energy Use & Costs with Green IT

  Our own Nick Milne-Home, President of 1E, has a great piece posted today on GreenBiz.com.  Here’s the lead in… Regardless of size, most companies now have a sustainability strategy. Whether it’s due to good economic sense, a corporate desire... Posted Sep 21 2011, 02:00 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Data Center, NightWatchman Server, energy efficiency

• Webinar: Empower your users and cut costs with Efficient IT

  What you will learn at this thought-provoking webinar Critical elements for your IT efficiency business case and specific ways to cut IT costs How to improve user satisfaction and empower employees while keeping the power in IT Ways to determine …... Posted Sep 21 2011, 10:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, IT Efficiency, Events

• How much time is poor client health costing you?

  myITforum.com is hosting a survey to identify organizations’ pain points when dealing with the health of the PC estate.  This is a noteworthy poll and only takes a couple seconds of your time to participate – plus you can view … Continue reading... Posted Sep 21 2011, 08:10 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, PC Power Management

• Revolutionize your software distribution

  Using spare network bandwidth, Nomad Enterprise securely delivers operating system upgrades, software deployments and patches to thousands of PCs, servers and sites over your existing infrastructure without disruption. Nomad Enterprise resolves this by... Posted Sep 21 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, Nomad

• Does Virtualization alone make your datacenter more IT efficient?

  If you virtualize 100 percent of your physical servers today then you will be running more operating system instances than you started with. The physical and environmental footprint has changed but you still need to monitor, patch, secure, backup and... Posted Sep 21 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Green IT, Data Center, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman Server

• “Maximizing IT Efficiency” Regional Launch, Munich, Germany

  1E is very excited to be hosting its regional launch event in the Barcelona Room of the Westin Grand Hotel in Munich on September 29th from 2pm. Guest speakers include: Radu Gheorghievici-Pohl Managing Director of 1E’s DACH Region Peter O’Neill, …... Posted Sep 21 2011, 02:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Events