SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will save approximately $750,000 per year with a new energy-saving program that shuts down the department’s approximately 34,000 networked personal computers (PC) after a period of inactivity.

As the largest state agency in California, CDCR sought ways to reduce power costs and energy by at least 20 percent as part of the statewide Green Initiative.

Summary: Integration deal with Information Builders will combine Surveyor energy monitoring with WebFOCUS analytics and reporting tools.

Verdiem is hoping to make its enterprise energy management platform even smarter by integrating its platform with business intelligence technology from Information Builders.

The deal calls for Verdiem to combine Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence software with the Verdiem Surveyor 6 application.

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global PC and Server Power Management Software market to grow at a CAGR of 34 percent over the period 2010-2014. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the need to reduce the power consumption of organizations. The Global PC and Server Power Management Software market has also been witnessing increasing capabilities and features being incorporated into the software.

Nov 01, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Verdiem, a company involved in PC power management, announced the release of Surveyor 6, a platform for IT energy management and efficiency.

In a release, the Company said that with the Surveyor 6 release, it can manage energy consumption and utilization across a broad range of network connected IT devices. Verdiem has partnered with Information Builders and integrated its business intelligence platform into Surveyor 6.