Comments on: Verdiem Aims At Home PCs, Launches Edison

By: PC Energy Management Startup Verdiem Raises Close to $5M

PC Energy Management Startup Verdiem Raises Close to $5M — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:52:59 +0000

[...] monitors and manages the energy consumption of networked business PCs. The company also has a consumer-facing product called Edison, which is free and downloadable from the web. Its Surveyor product, however, provides the bulk of [...]

By: Verdiem Racks Up 1M Installs for PC Energy Management Software

Verdiem Racks Up 1M Installs for PC Energy Management Software — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:16 +0000

[...] and sleep settings of the organization’s computers. For consumers, Verdiem also has a free tool called Edison (you can download it from the company’s web site), which beefs up a computer’s energy [...]

By: John Doerr: Green Is What’s Growing in the Valley « Earth2Tech

John Doerr: Green Is What’s Growing in the Valley « Earth2Tech — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:04:01 +0000

[...] energy and has a significant carbon footprint. That problem can also be an area of innovation and Kleiner has invested in startups like Verdiem, which develops software to move PC’s into idle states when not in use. Computers generate as [...]

By: Tangent Launches Green Power-Efficient Computer « Earth2Tech

Tangent Launches Green Power-Efficient Computer « Earth2Tech — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:42:41 +0000

[...] of our carbon emissions are attributed to computing. Both computer makers like Tangent and Dell and startups like Verdiem, which makes PC energy-management software, have started introducing products to cut power-chugging [...]

By: Help the energy crisis one PC at a time with Edison | MostReviews.com

Help the energy crisis one PC at a time with Edison | MostReviews.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:41:43 +0000

[...] Verdiem helps you save and monitor your computer’s energy usage. According to the company, over 90% of the world’s desktops aren’t using any power management features, which sounds like an opportunity to me. Verdiem takes advantage of that opportunity by offering [...]

By: Verdiem Wants to Help You Cut Home PC Power - GigaOM

Verdiem Wants to Help You Cut Home PC Power - GigaOM — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:22:07 +0000

[...] Katie Fehrenbacher, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM PT Comments (0) Power management tools are the low hanging fruit when it comes to cutting carbon emissions out of the computing world — 90 percent of energy-saving tools on home PCs are disabled, and almost half of PC users don’t know what this stuff is or how to use it. Verdiem, a Seattle-based startup that has been focused on selling enterprise power management software has just launched a free, easy-to-use download called Edison that could help out the rest of us. Microsoft is asking Windows users to download it, HP already has a HP-branded version for its businesses users, and the nonprofit Climate Savers Computing Initiative is calling for 10 million downloads in a year. The company is also backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins and the Westly Group. What more convincing do you need? . . . .read the whole story and check out screenshots on Earth2Tech.com. [...]