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AH Maximum savings possible with NightWatchman and Windows 7

by Phil Wilcock

A great new whitepaper - Maximizing the Impact of Effective Power Management with Windows 7 from Mindteck, gets down to the nuts and bolts of Windows Power Management using a series of tests which simulate user activity, and compare differing power saving states such as sleep, hibernate etc.

The paper is designed to help you get the highest energy savings possible, having implemented a centralized Power Management Solution such as NightWatchman. So, NightWatchman can make sure that all your Windows (and MAC) desktops are powered off when appropriate, making sure that documents are safe and that users are not disturbed. But what are the end savings going to look like? One thing that the paper highlights is that Windows 7 fares a lot better than Windows XP in every test.

A series of tests used different power states in Windows 7 to determine the savings possible. As the author states, 'Using business desktop PCs as the baseline, cost savings range from $14,821 at 500 PCs to a significant $296,426 per year at 10,000 PCs, LCD not included. '

This really is a comprehensive report, and provides a powerful argument for upgrading to Windows 7. BTW, if you are looking at upgrading, why not flip over to our great Tech Blog and see how it should be done with our great series on Windows 7 Deployment.

Overall, this is a great report to keep in the armoury. It shows that using two 'Best of breed' solutions like Windows 7 and NightWatchman you can maximise your savings in energy and costs across the board.

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