Microsoft's Sleep Proxy Lowers PC Energy Use

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 12, 2010 @11:52PM from the you-are-getting-very-sleepy dept.

alphadogg writes "Microsoft researchers have slashed desktop energy use with a sleep proxy system that maintains a PC's network presence even when it is turned off or put into standby mode. Microsoft has deployed the sleep proxy system to more than 50 active users in the Building 99 research facility in Redmond, Wash., according to the Microsoft Research Web site and a paper that will be presented at the Usenix technical conference in Boston later this month. ... Sleep proxies allow machines to be turned off while keeping them connected to the network, waking the machines when a user or IT administrator attempts to access them remotely."

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Misleading Headline by John+Hasler · 2010-06-13 00:34 · Score: 4, Funny

I was expecting a sleep proxy for me so that I could stay up all night while the proxy wasted time sleeping.

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Re:Wake on Lan? by cmacb · 2010-06-13 00:47 · Score: 4, Funny

You mean they copied Apple?
Huh. First time for everything.
Re:My Macs have been able to do this for some time by camperdave · 2010-06-13 02:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Interesting. Could we have a link, please?

Yes, as soon as the machine wakes up.

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