Computer Management Software reduces Carbon Footprint by US Department of State-1E

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1E.COM CASE STUDY Share this Challenges • To support the Department’s Greening Diplomacy Initiative • To comply with EO13514 • To reduce energy costs across the IT estate • To minimize disruption to DoS operations • Proactively maintain the security of desktops and laptops as multiple remote sites Solutions NightWatchman for PC power management and Nomad for streamlined systems management Benefits • Significant reduction of carbon footprint (21,000 tonnes per year) by eliminating power waste • At-a-glance high-level view of power savings • Automated out-of-hours patch deployment and network scanning saving administrator time and creating no impact on end users • Secure delivery of Operating System upgrades, software deployments and patches with zero disruption. 21,000 TONNE REDUCTION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT BY US DEPARTMENT OF STATE US Department of State’s Efficient IT initiatives bring early success, foundation for continued savings PC POWER MANAGEMENT AND STREAMLINED SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

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Secretary Clinton in her 2009 Earth Day Speech identified that the State Department’s computer services take up about 3% of its building space but consume 40% of the electricity load. She said, “We are working with a team from the IT department to narrow that ratio, but one thing we could all do is turn off our computers. That actually would save energy.” Federal mandates assess agencies on a variety of sustainability areas, including energy management. Historically, the Department mandated that all 88,986 desktops at its 468 worldwide sites be kept on 24/7 to ensure regular security scanning, maintenance, and patching. However, to comply with federal mandates (such as EO13514) and support the Department’s Greening Diplomacy Initiative, the Department launched an agency-wide initiative to eliminate power waste across 100 percent of its workstation computers.

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Challenges

• TosupporttheDepartment’sGreening

DiplomacyInitiative

• TocomplywithEO13514

• ToreduceenergycostsacrosstheIT

estate

• TominimizedisruptiontoDoS

operations

• Proactivelymaintainthesecurityof

desktopsandlaptopsasmultiple

remotesites

Solutions

NightWatchmanforPCpower

managementandNomadfor

streamlinedsystemsmanagement

Benefits

• Significantreductionofcarbon

footprint(21,000tonnesperyear)by

eliminatingpowerwaste

• At-a-glancehigh-levelviewofpower

savings

• Automatedout-of-hourspatch

deploymentandnetworkscanning

savingadministratortimeandcreating

noimpactonendusers

• SecuredeliveryofOperatingSystem

upgrades,softwaredeploymentsand

patcheswithzerodisruption.

21,000 TONNE REDUCTION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT BY US DEPARTMENT OF STATE US Department of State’s Efficient IT initiatives bring early success, foundation for continued savings

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SecretaryClintoninher2009EarthDaySpeechidentifiedthattheStateDepartment’s

computerservicestakeupabout3%ofitsbuildingspacebutconsume40%ofthe

electricityload.Shesaid,“WeareworkingwithateamfromtheITdepartmentto

narrowthatratio,butonethingwecouldalldoisturnoffourcomputers.Thatactually

wouldsaveenergy.”

Federalmandatesassessagenciesonavarietyofsustainabilityareas,includingenergy

management.Historically,theDepartmentmandatedthatall88,986desktopsatits

468worldwidesitesbekepton24/7toensureregularsecurityscanning,maintenance,

andpatching.However,tocomplywithfederalmandates(suchasEO13514)and

supporttheDepartment’sGreeningDiplomacyInitiative,theDepartmentlaunchedan

agency-wideinitiativetoeliminatepowerwasteacross100percentofitsworkstation

computers.

“ One thing we could all do is turn off our computers. That actually would save energy.”Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State

Operatingunderadistributeddeploymentmodel,theDepartmentneededaflexible

toolthatworkedwithitsexistingsystemsmanagementplatform(ConfigMgr)to

accommodatethespecializedneedsofeachindividual,whileeliminatingduplication

ofefforts.Afteranextensivereview,itpurchasedNightWatchmanEnterpriseto

reducepowerconsumptioncostsandcarbonemissionsthroughscheduledshutdown

ofworkstations.

TheDepartmentminimizedtheamountofnewhardwarerequiredbyleveragingthe

existing,centralizedConfigMgrinfrastructuretodeployNightWatchmanacrossthe

Department’sentireglobalnetwork.Thishassignificantlyloweredbothenergy

consumptionandCO2emissionswithoutimpactinguserproductivity.Therobust

reportingcapabilitiesbuiltintoNightWatchmanEnterpriseempowertheDepartment

toaccuratelydocumentbothpowerandcarbonconsumptionsavingsthroughahighly

customizeddashboard,EnterpriseView.

TheWakeUpagent(theWake-on-LANcomponentofNightWatchman)enablesthe

Department’sworkstationstobepoweredonforpatching,scanning(security,

ConfigMgr,patch,virus,etc.),andsoftwareinstallation.Thesetasksareperformed

duringnon-businesshours,minimizingimpacttonormalday-to-daybusiness

operationsanduserproductivity.Additionally,WakeUpprovidesproactivehealth

checksandautomaticallyfixescommonissueswithSCCMclientagents.

Leveraging Existing Systems Management Without Affecting User Productivity

About the US Department of State

TheUnitedStatesDepartmentof

State(DoS)istheUnitedStates

federalexecutivedepartment

responsibleforinternationalrelations

oftheUnitedStates,equivalenttothe

foreignministriesofothercountries.

TheDepartmentwascreatedin1789

andwasthefirstexecutive

departmentestablished.Todayit

coversmorethan50domestic

facilities,andhasover250US

embassies,consulatesandpassport

agencieswhichintotalaccountfor

88,986workstations.

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1E’ssuiteofdisruptiveIToperationsmanagementtoolssavebillions,solveproblems

andsimplifythemanagementoflarge,complexITenvironments–inrecordtime.

Designedwithasingularfocustohelpdrivedowncosts,1E’ssolutionsincludetoolsfor

ITassetmanagement,WindowssystemsmanagementandBYOPC.

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About NightWatchman

Accuratereportingwithcredible

savingspredictions

Safeshutdownwhichneverimpacts

userproductivity

Automaticwakesandpatchesevery

PC-100percentpatchsuccessrate

evenoutofhours

WebWakeUpenablesusersto

remotelyaccesstheirPCatanytime

Supportssecureenvironments

PCEstateProfilermonitorsand

reportsonhardwareutilizationacross

aPCestate.

NightWatchmanintegratesseamlesslywiththeDepartment’ssystemsmanagement

platform(MicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurationManager)andinitiatives,including

centralizedpatchmanagement,continuousmonitoring,riskscoring,andcompliance

andvulnerabilityscanning.

Thiscompatibilityprovidesacost-effective,yethighlypowerfulopportunityforthe

Department,whilealsobolsteringtheDepartment’sOfficeofManagementand

Budget(OMB)scores,byensuringmachinesareaccessibleforongoingscansatall

times.Additionally,thissingleenterprisesolutioneliminatedduplicationofeffortfor

individualsitestodevelop,implementandmanagetheirownsolutions,whilestill

allowingtheflexibilitytoaddresseachsite’sindividualneeds.

SincedeploymentinNovember2010,NightWatchmanhasledtosavingsinenergy,

cost,andtimefortheDepartment.IthasbeenwidelyacceptedbytheDepartment’s

extensive,globaluserbaseforitsautomation,flexibility,andeaseofsupport,aswellas

itsintuitivereportingfeatures.

TheDepartmentalsoneededaneffectivewaytoproactivelymaintainthesecurityof

desktopsandlaptopsatremotesites.BasedinsensitivelocationsgloballywithnoIT

staff,thesesitesfacedtremendousnetworkconstraints.Theremotesitesreliedon

bandwidth-challenged512Kbpssatellitelinkstodeliver400+MBpackagesto

desktopsanddeployingserverssimplywasnotafeasibleoption.IntheSpringof2011,

theDepartmentfurtherexpandeditsinitiativewith1EbydeployingNomadEnterprise.

Usingsparenetworkbandwidth,NomadsecurelydeliversOperatingSystem

upgrades,softwaredeploymentsandpatchessafelyandsecurelytothousandsofPCs

andserversdayornightwithzerodisruption.Thisremovestheneedforbranchservers

ordesk-sidevisits–reducingexistingserverfootprintandadministrativeoverhead.

Seamless Integration for Maximum Effect to Reduce Carbon and Save Energy