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Core CPM solution leverages BigFix Power
Management
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Set monitors to sleep after 15 min, computers after 30 min of inactivity
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Near real-time visibility into which computers were “live,”
and which were in sleep mode or powered off, allowing
for accurate estimate of power use
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Able to set sleep policies independent of a PC’s logged
in or logged out state
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Utilized Wake-on-LAN to bring PCs out of standby mode
for overnight patching & upgrades
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Verizon: CPM Solution
Chris, you selected a commercial software solution called BigFix.
Tell us how you came to that decision?
- Because Windows power settings are user-based, PCs may or may not sleep properly when no user is logged in.