Ashmolean Green IT Strategy

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ICTF 2010 (Green desktop computing)

Manage: Workstations – PC Power Down

Powerdown Server and Monitor

•Modular plugin Application

•Client – Server based deployment

•Group Shutdown management

PC Powerdown

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Powerdown Server

Powerdown Clients

Policies set on server


	•One of the ways we are making sure computers are switched off is to use PC Powerdown
	•This comes from PC Power Down who are part of the Qubic Group.
	•About March they contacted me out of the blue. I put them on to Howard, and the result is we get to use their system for free for a year.

	Overview
	-Client server based model
	-Client software deployed via Group Policy
	-Shutdown policy managed on server
	-Hibernate option available : if hibernate not enabled , will go to standby

	Doesn’t yet work with Macs, but they are working on it.

	Doesn’t yet work with switching off printers, but they are working on that as well