• DocumentCode
    1145945
  • Title

    Greener PCs for the Enterprise

  • Author

    Nordman, Bruce ; Christensen, Ken

  • Author_Institution
    Energy Anal. Dept., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    PC energy use is a growing cost to enterprises, with most machines remaining fully powered on, even while idle, for most of the time. The Network Connectivity Proxy maintains network presence for PCs but lets them sleep while idle, thus saving energy and reducing total cost of ownership.
  • Keywords
    computer network management; network operating systems; power aware computing; PC energy; energy saving; greener PC; network connectivity proxy; Application software; Costs; Displays; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Manufacturing processes; Personal communication networks; Power control; Green computing; enterprise PCs; network connectivity proxy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITP.2009.71
  • Filename
    5173036