Verdiem

{{Short description|American software corporation}}

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|name = Verdiem

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|type = Private

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|fate = Acquired by Aptean

|location_city = Seattle

|key_people = John Scumniotales (CEO)

|industry = Computer software

|products = Surveyor 6

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|homepage = [https://aptean.com] Aptean.com

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Verdiem was a software corporation based in Seattle, Washington, USA.{{cite web |url=http://www.verdiem.com/about-Verdiem/contact.asp |title=Verdiem Corporation HQ}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The company was backed by venture capital.{{cite news |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/verdiem-powers-up-833-million-in-funding/ |title=Verdiem Powers Up $8.33 Million in Funding | work=The New York Times | date=2007-07-13}}
{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/21/daily23.html |title=Verdiem scores $12 million in funding | first=Eric | last=Engleman |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=2008-04-24}}
The company was acquired by Aptean on January 12, 2015.{{cite news |url=https://mergr.com/verdiem-acquired-by-aptean|title=Verdiem was acquired by Aptean on January 12, 2015 |date=January 12, 2015}}

Verdiem produced the Surveyor enterprise-class PC power management software.{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/08/11/200341995l |title=Microsoft, others propose power diet for computers |work=Taipei Times |access-date=June 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004231731/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/08/11/200341995l |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/techview/20080929_edison_can_help_you_save_pc_energy_use.html |title='Edison' can help you save PC energy use |author=Cliff Miyake |date=September 29, 2008 |work=Star Bulletin |location=Honolulu |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116215616/http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/techview/20080929_edison_can_help_you_save_pc_energy_use.html |archivedate=2008-11-16 }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.verdiem.com/docs/SURVEYOR%20Overview.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129065342/http://verdiem.com/docs/SURVEYOR%20Overview.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-29 |title=Reduce Energy Cost & Consumption with Verdiem Surveyor |publisher=Verdiem}} Surveyor enabled customers to centrally control and reduce the energy used by PCs, Macs, and network devices running Cisco EnergyWise without affecting end users.

Surveyor

Surveyor was Verdiem's enterprise class PC power management software. The product allowed the central administration of power management settings for networked PCs. Later releases included a Sustainability Dashboard.{{cite news |url=http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/06/08/verdiem-adds-sustainability-dashboard-power-management-software|title=Verdiem Adds Sustainability Dashboard to Power Management Software |website=GreenBiz |date=June 8, 2009}}

Case study

A Salix report contrasted similar sized (3,500) PowerMAN and Verdiem projects at the University of Sussex and the University of the West of England with payback periods of 0.5 and 2.5 years respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.eventlink.org.uk/uploads/DOCS2/52-Smythe_SalixICTWorkshop_Sept10Final.pdf|title=Salix Finance Energy Efficient ICT Workshop|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001407/http://www.eventlink.org.uk/uploads/DOCS2/52-Smythe_SalixICTWorkshop_Sept10Final.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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