Recently, the University of Plymouth, located in the U.K., completed a refresh of their 4,800 desktop PCs, upgrading the systems to PCs with Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology in order to offer students the latest in IT services. The university was particularly interested in Intel® vPro™ technology because of the potential to allow intelligent power management, which could reduce power consumption and reduce the university's carbon footprint.

After deploying the new PCs, the university studied the return on investment (ROI) realized by deploying the PCs in their distributed environment. Within two months of initiating intelligent power management enabled by Intel vPro technology, the University of Plymouth saved approximately £5,200 in electricity costs. The break-even point for Intel vPro technology was achieved in under a year. With a positive ROI of approximately 790% projected over 4 years, the university is extremely pleased with the new PCs, and is already planning to implement additional capabilities of Intel vPro technology to further reduce IT costs, enhance IT services, and advance the University of Plymouth's environmental leadership.