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
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