Companies are anxious to reduce power usage these days, both to save cash on energy bills and to reduce their environmental impact. One area that’s ripe for power savings is the desktop. At companies ...

Businesses and home users can help the environment and save money at the same time by making better use of basic tools for desktop PC power management. It’s a simple message but one that’s sometimes ...

SolarWinds partners with Cisco EnergyWise to track energy usage across IP devices, joining a slew of vendors tracking PC power, data center and network device energy consumption. Powering down PCs and ...

The green benefits of PC power management may have their allure, but given the state of the economy, I can’t blame any IT manager for putting cost considerations first. Therein lies the beauty of PC ...

Most IT professionals aren’t managing PC power use within their organizations, even as many companies look to cut costs because of the economic recession, according to a survey conducted by Forrester ...

Most system builders are aware that many households are now moving to multiple PCs, and with the growing number of "always on" servers and media boxes, consumers (and the system builders themselves) ...

The state is far from the only organization to mine the cash savings from IT energy efficiency. At a power management summit in 2009, Verizon showed how it saves $5 million a year in energy costs ...

With today's enthusiast and gaming PCs using more energy than at any other time in history, you might be looking to see how you can measure the amount of power your machine is consuming. This ...

A computer that refuses to start is one of the most frustrating technical problems, whether it's a desktop PC or a laptop. This issue can arise from simple power interruptions, loose connections, or ...

I had an opportunity to test out three power management software systems aimed at the enterprise desktop market, from vendors Autonomic Software, BigFix, and Symantec. Notably, all three software ...