PC Power Management solutions can deliver 40% more power savings than built in features

27 February 2012

Mixed messages when selecting a PC Power Management (PCPM) solution? There is a lot of confusion in the market about why organisations would select a specialist PC Power Management solution when most manufacturers go to great lengths to state how ‘green’ their new products and solutions are.

Research conducted by Ovum provides an articulate definition of the role an Enterprise PC Power management solution can play within large organisations. We thought we would share with you an extract from a report from Ovum’s Industry Solutions Guide Selecting a PC Power Management Solution Vendor. This extract describes why the features within operating systems such as Windows 7 do not provide the adequate power saving technology to deliver worthwhile power, cost, and CO2 savings.

Key findings from the report include:

• PCPM solutions save power, money, and carbon emissions

• Power saving technologies built into operating systems are inadequate

• PCPM solutions can tackle PC insomnia

• Reporting is key - "You can't manage what you can't measure“

• Market development relies on IT being involved in energy and sustainability

We hope this helps explain ‘why’ an enterprise PCPM solution is so compelling. Click here to read the full report.