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• 1E’s Jerry Rutkowski asks: “Are Your Servers Running Efficiently?”

  Jerry Rutkowski, 1E’s Director of Strategic Accounts, Federal has a really nice article posted about server efficiency on the Environmental Leader web site today.   You may think that just because servers are now the size of “pizza boxes” that... Posted Nov 07 2011, 12:27 PM by 1E Blogs - Insight and debate on IT Efficiency Filed under: 1E News, Server Power Management, NightWatchman Server, Server Efficiency

• Got carbon management? Maybe you should rethink that

  Heather Clancy of ZDNet reports today… Pike Research is predicting that the North American market for carbon management software and services will be the world’s largest by 2013, at approximately $1.1 billion. That is roughly 41 percent of the worldwide... Posted Oct 24 2011, 01:37 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Server Power Management, PC Power Management, energy efficiency

• Gartner’s Top 10 IT Challenges and how 1E fits

  Posted in several places today, news outlets are promoting Gartner’s recent comments on the top 10 IT challenges for the next cycle of cycles.  It’s always amazing to me how well 1E is positioned to solve a lot of the … Continue reading →... Posted Oct 20 2011, 01:42 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Data Center, Server Power Management, PC Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman, NightWatchman Server, energy efficiency, Cloud, Server Efficiency

• Strategies to streamline and reduce wastage in your server estate

  Our own Andy Hawkins, product manager here at 1E, has written a great piece on real strategies for reducing cost and energy in the datacenter at the Daily Energy Report. Here’s an excerpt: If you virtualize 100 percent of your … Continue reading... Posted Oct 19 2011, 08:45 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman Server, Server Efficiency

• Heather Clancy: Power management could help businesses save $18.6B

  In a recent blog post, Heather Clancy of ZDNet, talks about the recent Pike Research report that suggests that businesses can save $18.6B just from power management of PCs and Servers.  Heather says: When it comes down to it, power … Continue... Posted Oct 07 2011, 10:58 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Server Power Management, NightWatchman Server, Server Efficiency

• 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

• 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

• ITBusinessEdge Interview: 1E and the Datacenter

  Data Center Infrastructure Management is emerging as the next wave in the Green IT movement. However, integrating this new layer of management into existing data and facilities platforms is proving to be a challenge. One particular sticking point is gaining... Posted Sep 20 2011, 02:00 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Green IT, Data Center, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, energy efficiency, Server Efficiency

• Agent versus Agentless Myth Busting: Server power management

  Using an agent for a server power management solution is the only way to identify whether useful work is being carried out on a server. This is the only way to accurately determine if a server is being used, enabling … Continue reading → Read... Posted Sep 14 2011, 07:00 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, Server Power Management, PC Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman, NightWatchman Server, energy efficiency

• What’s the cost of virtualizing the datacenter?

  The main reason why companies had so many individual servers was that performance and capability could be compromised unless applications ran on separate ones, it also made maintenance easier as well as the fact that servers were relatively cheap compared... Posted Sep 08 2011, 04:52 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Green IT, Data Center, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, NightWatchman Server, energy efficiency, Server Efficiency

• Businesses Urged To Improve Green Reporting

  eWeek Europe posted an article yesterday, that talks about how the Environmental Agency (EA) has cut it’s CO2 emissions by almost a fifth.  The EA goes on to urge others to join in it’s success. The full article is here:  … Continue reading... Posted Aug 30 2011, 08:55 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Green IT, Data Center, Server Power Management, PC Power Management, NightWatchman, energy efficiency

• Server Efficiency: Make significant savings in your data center

  Are your servers doing Useful Work? 1 in 6 servers are not. Find out which of yours are not and gain immediate savings with NightWatchman Server Edition from 1E. This video demonstrates how our Useful Work feature gives you a … Continue reading... Posted Aug 25 2011, 11:52 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E Products, 1E News, Server Power Management, NightWatchman Server

• Don’t Virtualize Waste

  Is virtualization the answer to eliminating waste?  Some companies think so.  1E’s Andy Hawkins goes in depth in a Virtual-Strategy magazine article to help you understand the real economy of virtualization and the datacenter.... Posted Aug 12 2011, 08:12 AM by 1E Blogs Filed under: 1E News, Green IT, Data Center, Server Power Management, IT Efficiency, Virtualization

• Reuters: Feds Adopting Green IT, but Lag on Tracking Progress

  In the news today, a piece about Green IT’s status in government agencies is highlighted.  On Reuters: Government agencies are beginning to make good on these orders, but most haven’t created baselines or targets to measure progress, according... Posted Aug 09 2011, 02:46 PM by 1E Blogs Filed under: Green IT, Server Power Management, PC Power Management, NightWatchman, NightWatchman Server