As a CIO, I get a ton of sales calls from vendors promising massive savings if I “just give them the opportunity.” In most cases, that’s as far as a vendor gets unless he has a really, really compelling story. A few weeks ago, I was a little wary when one of my colleagues asked that I speak with a local vendor about a device that could save us a ton of money. Out of respect for my colleague, I set up the meeting.
Imagine my surprise when a local guy based in Fulton, Missouri walked into my office to talk to me about a “green” device that he and some of his friends invented and are in the process of refining. Before I get into what makes the System Tamer unique, consider this: How often do you or your users religiously turn off your computer each evening (to save electricity) only to forget to turn off your monitor, printer, and speakers? Even though a monitor will go into a low power mode after a period, the fact is that the monitor is still consuming a trickle of power. Your printer acts the same way; the low power mode is not a no power mode. Finally, speakers simply stay on all the time and don’t shut down. They draw power as long as power is supplied.
Or, perhaps you need to allow your computer to go into its low power sleep mode so that updates can be applied overnight by the IT department, so you simply try to remember to turn off your monitor, speakers and printer before you go home. Most corporate computers are configured to go into low power mode after a period of time. How often do you forget to turn off the peripheral devices and how much does this cost your company and affect the environment?
That’s where the System Tamer comes in. The System Tamer looks like an ordinary six outlet brick that you plug into a wall, but it’s far from ordinary. The System Tamer’s six plugs and broken down into two groups – the top group of three outlets provides 24/7 power to each connected device while the bottom three outlets are slaved to the top left 24/7 plug to which you connect your computer’s power.
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The System Tamer is a unique device, but there are a lot of ideas out there. What have you seen on the market that made you look twice and that you thought was a pretty cool way to save electricity in IT?Going Green with the SystemTamer
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