Staffordshire University Uses Verdiem Power Management Software to cut Student PC Electricity Usage by 60 Per Cent
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Posted on April 17, 2012 at 2:21:01 AM
Staffordshire University Uses Verdiem Power Management Software to cut Student PC Electricity Usage by 60 Per Cent
LONDON, April 17, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Full return-on-investment expected within a single year
Verdiem [http://www.verdiem.com ], a leader in IT energy management and efficiency
software, has successfully deployed its Surveyor solution at Staffordshire University
[http://www.staffs.ac.uk ]. In an effort to control rising electricity costs, and as part
of its ongoing Green Initiative drive, Staffordshire University selected Verdiem Surveyor
to help reduce power wastage across its estate of over 4,000 PCs deployed across multiple
sites for staff and student use.
"Verdiem's Surveyor solution has enabled us to quickly and easily save energy across
the University's PC estate," said Jay Burke, Senior IT Officer (Client Tech & App)
Information Services, Staffordshire University. "Using Surveyor, we saw an immediate
saving of 60 percent on student PC power usage and 25 percent on staff PCs. We're now on
course to achieve a full return on our Verdiem investment within a single year."
"More importantly, Surveyor is proving a highly flexible solution - allowing us to
design 'policies' for each different set of PCs according to usage - whether it's for
staff, students, or specific faculties such as our Media Department that needs to run PCs
continuously for high performance video or rendering applications," adds Jay. "With
Verdiem, we're able to save power without getting in the way of the needs of our staff and
students."
Steve Bignell, Technical Director for Verdiem, explains: "When you're a large
organisation such as Staffordshire University with thousands of PCs spread out across
multiple locations and campuses, thousands of pounds worth of wasted power consumption are
generated when PCs are left on but not used. With power costs continuing to rise, the
opportunity to make savings through more efficient energy usage is an attractive
bottom-line gain."
About Verdiem:
Verdiem helped define the PC power management market and has now extended its
leadership into IT energy management and efficiency software. Verdiem Surveyor enables
customers to centrally control and reduce the energy used by PCs, Macs, and network
devices running Cisco EnergyWise without impacting end users. Nearly 700 corporations,
government agencies and universities have deployed Surveyor on 2 million devices. Based in
Seattle, Wash., Verdiem is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. More information is
available at http://www.verdiem.com [http://www.verdiem.com ] or (206) 838-2800.
Media Contacts:
Cheryl Billson
Verdiem EMEA PR Team
Tel: +44-(0)7791-720460
Cheryl.billson@commacomms.com
Source: Verdiem
LONDON, April 17, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Full return-on-investment expected within a single year
Verdiem [http://www.verdiem.com ], a leader in IT energy management and efficiency
software, has successfully deployed its Surveyor solution at Staffordshire University
[http://www.staffs.ac.uk ]. In an effort to control rising electricity costs, and as part
of its ongoing Green Initiative drive, Staffordshire University selected Verdiem Surveyor
to help reduce power wastage across its estate of over 4,000 PCs deployed across multiple
sites for staff and student use.
"Verdiem's Surveyor solution has enabled us to quickly and easily save energy across
the University's PC estate," said Jay Burke, Senior IT Officer (Client Tech & App)
Information Services, Staffordshire University. "Using Surveyor, we saw an immediate
saving of 60 percent on student PC power usage and 25 percent on staff PCs. We're now on
course to achieve a full return on our Verdiem investment within a single year."
"More importantly, Surveyor is proving a highly flexible solution - allowing us to
design 'policies' for each different set of PCs according to usage - whether it's for
staff, students, or specific faculties such as our Media Department that needs to run PCs
continuously for high performance video or rendering applications," adds Jay. "With
Verdiem, we're able to save power without getting in the way of the needs of our staff and
students."
Steve Bignell, Technical Director for Verdiem, explains: "When you're a large
organisation such as Staffordshire University with thousands of PCs spread out across
multiple locations and campuses, thousands of pounds worth of wasted power consumption are
generated when PCs are left on but not used. With power costs continuing to rise, the
opportunity to make savings through more efficient energy usage is an attractive
bottom-line gain."
About Verdiem:
Verdiem helped define the PC power management market and has now extended its
leadership into IT energy management and efficiency software. Verdiem Surveyor enables
customers to centrally control and reduce the energy used by PCs, Macs, and network
devices running Cisco EnergyWise without impacting end users. Nearly 700 corporations,
government agencies and universities have deployed Surveyor on 2 million devices. Based in
Seattle, Wash., Verdiem is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. More information is
available at http://www.verdiem.com [http://www.verdiem.com ] or (206) 838-2800.
Media Contacts:
Cheryl Billson
Verdiem EMEA PR Team
Tel: +44-(0)7791-720460
Cheryl.billson@commacomms.com
Source: Verdiem