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Success Stories
Hundreds of leading organizations have activated system standby and hibernate settings, using a wide range of methods and tools. Here are a few of their stories:
- Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 made it easy for the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
(277KB) to reduce computer power consumption organization-wide. - GlaxoSmithKline (150KB) will save nearly $1 million a year after activating computer sleep features using a free Windows utility.
- Verizon (776KB) is activating power management features on 185,000 PCs to save $7 million net of project costs.
- United States Air Force (307KB) will save $15 million through power management and specifying ENERGY STAR computers.
- FedEx (323KB) will reduce energy costs by approximately $1 million annually by activating sleep features on 20,000 PCs.
- The State of Hawaii (245KB) battled high energy costs with computer power management by deploying EZ GPO in a ZENworks environment.
- Employees of the US Dept. of Energy (149KB) built a broad coalition of support for computer power management that ultimately saved US taxpayers $16 million.
- Dell
cut energy use by 40% using 1E NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp software on its desktop and notebook computers. - Fusion Trade Inc. (508KB) saved $70 per PC using EZ GPO and Windows Task Scheduler to accomodate nighttime updates.
- General Electric (155KB) activated system standby on 75,000 computers to save $2.5 million annually.
- Yale University (141KB) saves over $40 per PC by shutting down their PCs after hours, waking them only for nighttime backups and software updates.
- North Thurston Public Schools (138KB) used the EZ GPO tool to activate computer power management and save $45,000 annually.
- Spring Branch Independent School District (100KB) activated Windows sleep settings on 7,000 computers and monitors, and is now saving $230,000 annually.
