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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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About 1E
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
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