Cisco Cisco Energy Management Optimization Service Getting Started Guide

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The Cisco Solution
Cisco Energy Management as a Service monitors, measures, and manages 
the energy consumption and utilization of your IT infrastructure from the cloud. 
Manage each IT device connected to the network including computers, phones, 
printers, virtual servers and more, regardless of device type or vendor. Benefit 
from cost-effective energy monitoring and high scalability and resiliency to 
improve energy efficiency. 
How Is It Different?
Cisco Energy Management as a Service  
offers robust database, analytics and reporting 
features from a single management user 
interface. It delivers a comprehensive listing 
of all IP connected devices in the network 
and measures utilization and energy usage by 
device. Start seeing savings in days, as Cisco 
Energy Management as a Service can be rapidly 
deployed from the Cloud and deliver a high-
availability service, service-level agreements, 
backups and disaster recovery. Cisco Energy 
Management as a Service works in multi-vendor 
networks and supports more than 50 industry 
protocols. The agentless application enables 
IT managers to reduce energy use by creating 
logical groups of assets and resources, and then 
applying rules and policies that align with the 
workflow of each group. Policies can be defined 
based on time, event, and location. 
Availability
Cisco Energy Management as a Service is 
available globally from Cisco and our partners.
Why Cisco Energy Management as a Service?
Energy is the largest unmanaged expense 
in organizations today. Rising energy costs, 
sustainability initiatives, and regulatory 
requirements make it more and more important 
for organizations to focus on reducing energy 
use and maximizing efficiency.
Cisco Energy Management as a Service 
delivers 100 percent visibility into the energy 
use of every device connected to the network 
from the cloud. It allows you to identify energy 
waste and get a solid understanding of energy 
consumption in order to implement best 
practices and improve operational efficiency. 
Cisco Energy Management as a Service enables 
you to get the most out of your IT infrastructure, 
while being able to scale as your business 
requires and reducing costs.
The Software Can Help You:
 
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See, measure and manage energy use from  
just one place
 
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Save effort and resources with cloud hosting 
from Cisco
 
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Create policies based on usage patterns to 
adjust power to actual demand
 
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Cut energy costs by up to 35 percent across  
your distributed office
 
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Improve budget predictability as you know  
your exact cost per month
For More Information
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Cisco Energy Management as a Service
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