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MiserWare offers free organization-wide IT energy footprint with new Granola Enterprise

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

MiserWare offers free organization-wide IT energy footprint with new Granola Enterprise

Blacksburg, VA – April 23, 2012 – Organizations can now quickly and accurately measure their total IT power use at no cost with the official release of Granola Enterprise 5.0. MiserWare developed Granola Enterprise to empower organizations to immediately establish the baseline power consumption for their entire IT infrastructure. From laptops to PCs to the datacenter, organizations can quickly and easily evaluate their energy footprint without the need for expensive hardware.

According to CEO Kirk W. Cameron, a professor at Virginia Tech and pioneer of power measurement and management software, Granola Enterprise was redesigned in response to enterprise and datacenter clients. “Our clients are often mandated to report IT power use,” Cameron elaborated, “A free account now gives organizations access to their IT energy footprint, making it easy to identify energy waste and evaluate power management options.”

In addition to the expanded measurement capabilities, Granola Enterprise offers industry-leading options for energy savings. Joseph Turner, co-founder and VP of Engineering, says that while other products save energy by simply turning systems off when not in use, Granola Enterprise saves up to 35% more by also reducing energy waste while systems are in use. “Our patent-pending performance guarantee technology ensures energy savings with no loss of availability or performance,” said Turner. “That’s why our software is used by clients in all situations from critical datacenter environments to office PCs to battery-powered mobile workforces.”

MiserWare’s Granola Enterprise helps organizations identify and eliminate energy waste in their computers. MiserWare also built the world’s most popular free power management software: Granola Personal. MiserWare’s Granola products have been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software and received a CNET Editor’s Rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5).

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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MiserWare Signs Deal with IQT to Provide Software Power Management to NGA

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

MiserWare Signs Deal with IQT to Provide Software Power Management to NGA

Blacksburg, VA – July 19, 2011 – MiserWare, a leading developer in software power management, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the independent strategic investment firm that identifies and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community, to introduce MiserWare’s Granola Enterprise and Datacenter software to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

“NGA is excited to be the first intelligence agency to use MiserWare’s revolutionary technology to reduce power costs and its carbon footprint,” said David. K. White, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency liaison with In-Q-Tel. “We look forward to deploying this capability at our new headquarters in Springfield, Va., and across our two major facilities in the St. Louis, Mo., area as well as our support teams worldwide, in the near future.”

MiserWare’s Granola Enterprise software enables users to reduce their environmental footprint and track energy savings over thousands of computer systems. The smart software automatically slows down the processor when the workload is low and brings it back up to maximum speed when needed. Granola can save as much as 35 percent of total system energy without ever impacting the computers’ working performance. As part of this strategic partnership, MiserWare will work closely with IQT and its customers to expand the features of the Granola Datacenter software.

“The U.S. Intelligence Community is more focused than ever before on reducing energy waste,” said William Strecker, Executive Vice President of Architecture & Engineering and CTO at IQT. “MiserWare’s Granola Datacenter software is designed to save energy without loss of availability in mission critical government systems.”

“Our partnership with IQT will provide access to government customers focused on energy management in the data center,” said MiserWare CEO Kirk W. Cameron. “The potential energy waste reductions resulting from this partnership will support the dynamic computing needs of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”

About MiserWare

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Green Tech Ideas and PC Magazines Best Free Utility Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter and Facebook.

About IQT

In-Q-Tel is the not-for-profit, strategic investment firm that works to identify, adapt, and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Launched in 1999 as a private, independent organization, IQT’s mission is to identify and partner with companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of the United States. For more information, visit www.iqt.org.

About the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is the nation’s premier source of geospatial intelligence. As a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, NGA provides imagery, geospatial and targeting analysis, along with image sciences and modeling for U.S. national defense, disaster relief and safety of navigation. NGA seeks to know the Earth, show the way, and understand the world. For more information, visit www.nga.mil.

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914
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Introducing Granola Enterprise 30 day no risk free trial

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

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Introducing Granola Enterprise 30 day no risk free trial

Blacksburg, VA – May 18, 2011 – MiserWare, creators of the popular free Granola power management software, announced they will be offering a free, unlimited 30-day trial of their Granola Enterprise version in response to user requests. The 30-day trial provides users with the full power of automated power management and energy savings tracking on an unlimited number of systems within the trial period with no obligation to purchase. Users need only to create an account at http://grano.la to begin the trial.

“We want our customers to experience all that Granola has to offer” says CEO Kirk W. Cameron. “Since users can download and install the software themselves in minutes, they could save thousands during just the trial period.”

To begin the free trial or learn more, visit http://grano.la. There’s no need to contact MiserWare, just head to the website to create an account. Your trial is just one click away!

Granola Enterprise is available immediately for purchase. For more information on pricing, please contact sales@miserware.com.

About MiserWare

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter (http://twitter.com/miserware) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/miserware).

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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Announcing Granola v3.3 and the new Granola Dash

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

We are excited to announce the release of Granola v3.3 and the new Granola Dash as part of our Earth Day 2011 celebration! The new version offers several new features. Most significantly, version 3.3 communicates with the brand new Granola Dash, the interactive portal for your Granola savings information. Here is a quick walkthrough of some of the features of the new dash:

The new version of Granola also offers several other features, including persistent savings for users with accounts, support for the Euro currency, and improved XP application performance in some environments. Please see the changelog at the end of this post for a full list of features.

Please note that if you are running an old version of Granola and you are using your account to track your savings, you will need to upgrade to the newest version to have your savings upload to the new dash. Please upgrade as soon as possible! Of course, if you’re not already tracking your savings online, sign up for an account now to receive 5 free licenses of Granola Enterprise.

We’ve also revamped the website, adding a lot of new content and the new community page. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Changelog:

  • New Granola Dash for tracking savings, organizing machines into groups, and more.
  • Application support for the new Granola Dash REST API in both Linux and Windows.
  • Persistent savings that will update the local savings from the website values and visa versa.
  • Added support for Ubuntu 11.04, Fedora 13 and 14, Debian 6.
  • New UUID style that precludes migration in new installs of v3.3 and above.
  • Support for the Euro currency in the Windows application.
  • New Granola website design and content.
  • New community content page.
  • Fixed a bug that was failing trying to register session notifications before the Terminal Services service was started.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause failure to restart on reboot in Windows XP.
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New Granola Release Enhances Windows XP Experience

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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New Granola Release Enhances Windows XP Experience

 
Blacksburg, VA — (March, 2010) – MiserWare, a leading provider of free software power management solutions, launched the latest version of its popular Granola free power management software. Granola 3.2.1 provides additional features for Windows XP systems that improve power savings functionality. The user experience is also improved for users of the freeware version. For example, based upon user feedback, we made upgrading the Windows version is easier and less intrusive in the new version.
The Granola software continues to be free for personal use. Creating an account provides users with 5 free licenses of the Granola Enterprise product which enables tracking and managing your energy savings from a web browser.

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter and Facebook.

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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Japanese in Crisis Turn to Granola Software to Conserve Laptop Power

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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Japanese in Crisis Turn to Granola Software to Conserve Laptop Power

Blacksburg, VA – March 15, 2011 – The crisis in Japan is unprecedented. Earthquakes, tsunamis, radiation, more earthquakes… It continues. Staying connected can mean staying in touch with loved ones across a battered country or knowing whether a danger has passed. Laptops become lifelines.

Yet, laptop battery life is notoriously short. Enter Granola. The free Granola software (http://grano.la) improves the power management of a laptop to ensure people maximize their battery life while connected. The free software was designed for businesses to reduce energy waste in servers and desktop computers, but has found a niche among road warriors dissatisfied with their laptop battery life and to date has been downloaded more than 200,000 times.

CEO Kirk W. Cameron noticed Granola traffic from Japan increase 200-fold beginning March 12th, the day after a 9.0-scale earthquake rocked Japan. “We noticed downloads from Japan went from a few dozen to thousands at a time when we were surprised they even had connectivity.”

But the downloads continued, pouring in from nearly every city in Japan as people turned to the software to save up to 35% of their battery life as crisis after crisis unfolded. Website traffic is up significantly as an additional 20,000 or more have downloaded in the last month. “We were surprised and pleased that our software was able to help people in need half way across the world,” says Joseph Turner who co-founded MiserWare, creators of Granola, in 2007 with Cameron.

The makers of Granola have no intention of charging for the software anytime soon. “We created the free version so everyone, everywhere could use the software to help the environment.” This is good news for those that want to stay connected during the current tornado season or as hurricane season approaches.

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter (http://twitter.com/miserware) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/miserware).

Contact:

Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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Granola Share: Green computer bragging rights

Friday, February 25th, 2011

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Granola Share: Green computer bragging rights

Blacksburg, VA — (February, 25, 2011) — MiserWare, a leading provider of free software power management solutions, launched Granola Share as a free complement to its popular Granola software. “Granola share lets people share their savings information wherever they want in real time,” says VP of Engineering Joseph Turner. “Users just copy and paste some text into their favorite web page and the software keeps a live tally of their energy savings.”

To use Granola Share, users just need to create a free account at http://grano.la/account/signup.php then follow the directions at http://grano.la/community/granola_share.php. By creating a free account, users can track up to 5 machines and use all the features of the Granola Enterprise software. With the purchase of additional licenses, customers can track and manage thousands of systems.

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter (http://twitter.com/miserware) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/miserware).

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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Granola featured in Amex OpenForum

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

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Granola featured in Amex OpenForum

Blacksburg, VA – February 24, 2011 – Ever wondered why Granola is offered for free? Christina Hernandez from American Express OPEN Forum wondered the same thing. After TIME Magazine named Granola a top 20 green tech idea, she was intrigued to learn more about the product, and the man behind the scenes. She sat down with CEO Kirk W. Cameron to get some answers in her article Why One Entrepreneur Gave Away His ‘Granola’ Software for Free (http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/innovation/article/why-one-entrepreneur-gave-away-his-granola-software-for-free-christina-hernandez).

The decision to offer Granola software for free didn’t come easy for Cameron and co-founder Joseph Turner. “We had a lot of discussions when we first started the company three years ago about whether we should be open source or be free with ads,” explained Cameron.

Before Granola was launched, they first created MicroMiser and sent it out to about a dozen people they knew. With the positive feedback those dozen offered, before they knew it MicroMiser had a user base of about 3,000. The team decided to survey the users to see why they were using the software. “They wanted to be energy conscious in their everyday lives. We realized then that this might be an opportunity to launch a product in the consumer space,” said Cameron. They then re-branded MicroMiser as Granola and received 100,000 downloads in the first 100 days after its initial launch on Earth Day 2010.

Granola is still offered for free and there are no plans for changing this. “Granola users started contacting us looking for an Enterprise version,” comments Cameron when discussing how Granola has actually started generating revenue. With account creation, users get 5 licenses of Granola Enterprise for free(http://grano.la//support/docs/granola_enterprise_brochure.pdf).

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter (http://twitter.com/miserware) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/miserware).

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Kirk W. Cameron

press@miserware.com

http://grano.la

http://www.miserware.com

(540) 552-2914

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200,000 downloads of Granola and counting…

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

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200,000 downloads of Granola and counting…

Blacksburg, VA – February 10, 2011 – Within just 10 months since launch, MiserWare’s increasingly popular Granola power management software has been downloaded over 200,000 times. One reason for Granola’s popularity is that MiserWare is continuously working to improve the software — with nearly a dozen feature adds and new releases since release. And there are no signs of slowing down. “Our users expect high-quality software that evolves to save them as much energy as possible without noticeable impact on their every day activities,” said Joseph Turner, VP of Engineering. “The volume of downloads has given us a dynamic, growing user base – we value their feedback and have been improving the software to better meet their needs.”

The Granola freeware has led to a growing list of companies using Granola in their enterprise. “Keeping Granola free is our way to help the masses reduce computer energy waste” says CEO Kirk W. Cameron. “Granola’s impact grows further as more people integrate Granola Enterprise in their businesses to track and manage thousands of computers.”

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter and Facebook.

Contact:

Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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Treehugger.com Wants You to Feed Your PC Granola

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

MiserWare in the Press:

Treehugger.com Wants You to Feed Your PC Granola

Blacksburg, VA — (January 29, 2011) – Granola, MiserWare’s popular software power management freeware, was recently featured on Treehugger.com in an article entitled: “Feed your PC Granola (the Software) to cut Energy Use.” Author Jeff Kart praises the free, eco-friendly, energy-saving software as “too good to be true” for energy –conscious environmentalists with PCs and laptops. In the full article, Kart additionally comments on how easy the software was to download and install for a non-expert.

MiserWare CEO Kirk Cameron was pleased with the high-profile coverage: “We designed the free software for the environmentally conscious to help them do their part to reduce computer energy waste. Since launching Granola, the blog community has been essential to its growing popularity as reflected in Jeff’s Treehugger.com article.”
To read the article in full, please visit the link provided: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/feed-pc-granola-miserware-cut-energy-use.php

MiserWare makes software that reduces energy waste in computers. Their patent-pending technologies ensure energy reductions without loss of performance or availability. Granola software power management is MiserWare’s flagship product and is available for free for personal use. Granola has been listed on TIME Magazine’s Top 20 Ways to Go Green and PC Magazines Best Free Software. Granola is also available for business use in versions for the enterprise and data centers. Follow MiserWare on Twitter and Facebook.

Contact:
Kirk W. Cameron
press@miserware.com
http://grano.la
http://www.miserware.com
(540) 552-2914

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