Efficiency: PC Power Shift
Kevin Klustner has stepped down as CEO of Verdiem, the Seattle energy-efficiency company backed by KPCB and others. Verdiem's product is a tough sell. Will network power management catch on before thin clients/mobility/telecommuting/24-7 shiftwork make it irrelevant?
October 07, 2008
The Verdiem proposition seems solid -- save enough energy to pay for the relatively inexpensive product. But the EPA offers a similar product, free. And there are so many other ways to save that relatively small amount of energy, and they don't inolve IT touching every PC.
Workers don't want power management to intrude on their day, IT doesn't want complaints to intrude on theirs, and management doesn't want either group to be distracted. Besides, the people who make the buying decisions carry their laptops home at night.