Enterprise Green IT Solutions: Optimized Power Management & Energy Savings
Enterprise energy cost reduction without impacting on business.
Computers are one of the fastest growing electrical loads in the business world. Each year, more and more computers are purchased and put to use. But it’s not just the number of computers that is driving energy consumption upward. The way that we use computers also adds to the increasing energy burden.
Research reveals that most personal desktop computers are not being used most of the time that they are running, and many personal computers worldwide are needlessly left running continuously.
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Advanced Green IT Power Management for Governments, and Education
Solve the "Patch Night vs. Power Off" Conflict, Permanently.
Managing IT within an educational or government institution presents unique challenges. Your budget is tight, your team is lean, and your time is your most valuable asset. You're tasked with keeping thousands of PCs secure and updated across campus, all while meeting the institution's energy-saving and sustainability goals.
This leads to the constant, frustrating conflict: you need machines ON for after-hours maintenance, but you need them OFF to save money and ensure security.
Does This Vicious Cycle Sound Familiar?
You've likely tried everything to solve this problem, wrestling with a patchwork of tools that never quite work together:
- Group Policies (GPOs) that are inflexible and often fail silently.
- Custom PowerShell scripts that require constant debugging and maintenance.
- Intune policies that offer basic sleep settings but lack intelligent shutdown control.
- Unreliable Wake-on-LAN (WOL) that makes you pray the "magic packet" reaches every machine across every campus network segment.
These approaches consume your time and deliver inconsistent results. It's time for a tool that was purpose-built for the reality of an educational environment.
A Central Solution Designed for Education and Government
Auto Shutdown Manager gives you complete, centralized control over your entire fleet of Windows PCs, servers and laptops from a single dashboard. It's not just another power utility; it's a comprehensive workflow solution that allows you to:
- Automate with Flexible Schedules: Trigger shutdowns, restarts, or Wake-on-LAN events on recurring schedules that fit your maintenance windows, or execute them on-demand for immediate needs.
- Perform Intelligent Shutdowns: While a simple forced shutdown is always an option, our intelligent process makes all the difference. Our system checks if a machine is truly idle, warns users, saves open documents, and performs a complete, clean shutdown. It can even power off laptops that users leave in standby.
- Guarantee Wake-on-LAN: Our technology is engineered to reliably wake machines across different network segments and VLANs. For dynamic environments, its powerful adaptive mode "Auto WOL Proxy Generator" can be enabled to automatically select and configure WOL Proxies. This ensures WOL packets are always delivered even as your network changes, keeping machines ready for SCCM, Intune, or other management tasks.
- Prove Your Impact: Generate simple, clear reports on energy and cost savings, providing the concrete data you need to show your leadership the tangible results of your IT strategy.
Stop Scripting. Start Managing.
While you could build a similar system yourself, your expertise is better spent on strategic initiatives, not maintaining custom scripts. Auto Shutdown Manager is a stable, supported, off-the-shelf solution that pays for itself almost immediately.
As the IT team at Mesquite ISD in Texas discovered managing their 8,500 PCs, not having a central tool for this is often more expensive than implementing one.
Proof, Case Studies, and Special Offers
For government agencies, EDUs, and non-profit organizations only: Please see our special offers here.
Read how similar organizations have succeeded:
Case Study: US School District Wakes up 8500 PCs on 47 campuses
Case Study: German University deploys Auto Shutdown Manager and achieves ROI in Weeks
Case Study: Herricks College in NY installed the solution on 1200 computers to add security
Case Study: Berkeley University of California and the Green Soda project
Special Licensing for Educational Institutions
We believe this technology should be accessible to every educational institution, from the largest universities to the smallest grade schools.
To specifically support the institutions often facing the tightest budgets and leanest IT teams, we are currently running a special promotion for all K-12 schools: a $499 one-time, perpetual license per school.
For universities, colleges, and other educational and government organizations, we offer flexible and affordable volume licensing, starting at 30% off our enterprise pricing.
Experience the difference for yourself. Start your 45-day, fully-supported free trial today and see how easy it can be to put your PC power management on autopilot.
For a purchase order, license quote, or any other questions, please contact our Sales Team.