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Wake on LAN Information

Wake on LAN technology allows a network administrator to remotely turn on or "wake" a computer from a sleep state. Remotely powering on computers to perform scheduled maintenance tasks allows them to be turned off over night, thereby reducing power consumption without interfering with maintenance processes.

For a more detailed description of Wake on LAN technology, visit this definition.

Related information:^*

From Microsoft - Enabling / Disabling Wake-on-LAN

From Small Net builder - Wake on LAN / Wake on WAN

From Apple - WakeOnLan 0.99

*These websites are not maintained nor endorsed by the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. The Initiative is not responsible for the content, information or security of any external web site.

Enterprise Case Studies

Learn best practices for deploying aggressive power management across your entire organization. The following case studies outline steps companies are taking to save money with computer power management.

Case Study: EDS - Power Management Implementation
Case Study: Verizon - A "Greener" Solution
Case Study: Dell - Energy Efficiency
Case Study: 1E - UK Government
Case Study: 1E - Peterborough City Council

Enterprise Managed IT

Although power management can be standard to implement on individual desktop and notebook computers, adopting power management across an enterprise computer system requires a more thoughtful approach. These papers address power management solutions and strategies for the enterprise, its associated benefits and how to make power management more efficient.

Paper: U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR - Activating PM in Enterprises
Paper: U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR - Implementation for Enterprises
Paper: Intel - Save Energy, Increase Productivity
Paper: Microsoft - Saving Costs and Energy
Paper: Microsoft - Sustainable IT Success Guide
Paper: 1E - PC Energy Report 2009

Research

Many Climate Savers Computing members are actively involved in research around green computing and sustainable IT issues. The following reports were sponsored by one or more Climate Savers Computing member companies.

Research: 1E - PC Energy Report 2007
Research: Hewlett Packard - Go Green PC

White Papers

The Climate Savers Computing white paper provides a program overview, detailed technical specifications and answers to frequently asked questions.

The Motherboard Power Efficiency Measurement Process white paper outlines how manufacturers can start measuring the efficiency of the computers they build.

The Building a Long-term Strategy for IT Sustainability white paper from Intel analyzes the business case for IT sustainability.

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