Dell PCs power management solution required

[techy32]

We have bought about 150 Dell PCs this year and looking for a power management solution which works for Dell?

 

Anyone using any software from Dell or any other?

[mukz]

We use SCCM, but essentially anything should work out there unless you want something fancy

[newpersn]

Impero? Or any other classroom management software.

[techy32]

Currently trialling impero.....

[Al_NetSupport]

Morning Apur32.

 

I think the summary of classroom management of school-wide management tools probably summarises the main options. In terms of the latter, as you will probably have seen on the forum ( and we sponsor this enterprise one), NetSupport DNA is a solution, similar in concept to Impero that offers a range of features for managing school IT resources. One of the features in NetSupport DNA is a Power Management module, allowing you to schedule Power On and Power off times by day of the week , as well as set exclusions for bank holidays, half term etc. It then allows you to also define activity policies, so if a PC is inactive for say 60 mins, you can specify a behaviour ( if logged on, log off, if logged off, suspend or power off etc). Policies can be different for during school hours and after hours.

 

 

http://www.netsupportdna.com/screenshots/images/power_management.png

 

From our explorer view you can always select an individual PC and Power it on or off on the fly, as often its just a one time update you want to apply.

 

I did produce a brief video tour of the power management feature which you can view here : NetSupport DNA - Energy Monitoring and Power Management - Product tour video

 

You can access an overview of the full solution from NetSupport DNA - IT Asset Management for Schools. I'd also be happy to do a quick demo online for you if you want to see the feature in more detail and discuss.

 

We also make a point of putting our software in front of testers in different industry titles to get them to evaluate and highlight the pro's ( and con's) of our solution. So i have included below the links to a couple of reviews that were undertaken in the last few months, so you can see an independent view. PC PRO gave us their recommended award, IT Pro ( below) singled out our excellent power management features , and Teach Secondary said we had abilities verging on the divine ( i think he may have won the lottery earlier in the day though).

 

Teach Secondary Review - or - IT PRO Review

 

 

Hope that is helpful.

 

Al.

 

 

P.S You might also have noticed, we are doing a promotion currently for edugeek members which is on the homepage of the forum, where you can purchase the complete NetSupport DNA suite for just £5 a PC for a lifetime licence.

 

http://www.netsupportsoftware.com/awards/ISTE16_BestofShow_TNL2_Winner_ol%20small.jpg

Edited July 27, 2016 by Al_NetSupport
added links to reviews

[speckytecky]

Impero works a treat for us. With our Dells first had to update the BIOS on the clients though.