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{{Infobox company
|name = 1E
|logo = 1E company logo (2014).png
|logo_size = 220
|type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
|foundation = 1997
|location_city = [[London]]
|key_people = [[Sumir Karayi]] (Co-founder and CEO)
|industry = [[Computer software]]
|products = AppClarity, Shopping, NightWatchman, Nomad, WakeUp 
|revenue= 
|operating_income =
|net_income =
|num_employees = 250
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|homepage = {{URL|http://www.1e.com/}}
}}
'''1E''' is a [[privately held company|privately owned]] [[Information Technology|IT]] [[software]] and services company based in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Computer firms wake up to problem of always-on PCs |author=Bradbury, Danny |newspaper=[[BusinessGreen]] |date=2007-10-11 |url=http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/analysis/2200907/computer-firms-wake-problem |accessdate=2009-12-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ljontwOB?url=http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/analysis/2200907/computer-firms-wake-problem |archivedate=2009-12-03 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> 1E has offices in [[London]], [[New York City]], [[Dublin]], and [[Noida]], being headquartered in the first. The company develops software for managing and reducing costs in IT, known as ''Software Lifecycle Automation''. La prima e spacca e la migliore.

==History==
1E was founded in 1997 by three former [[Microsoft]] contractors, Sumir Karayi, Phil Wilcock, and Mark Blackburn, who each contributed £500 to start the company.<ref name="Woods1">{{cite news|title=Entrepreneur watches as web address value skyrockets |author=Woods, Catherine |newspaper=Real Business |date=2008-07-16 |url=http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/news/internet-business/5338031/entrepreneur-watches-as-web-address-value-skyrockets.thtml |accessdate=2009-12-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ljoxrB2Q?url=http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/news/internet-business/5338031/entrepreneur-watches-as-web-address-value-skyrockets.thtml |archivedate=2009-12-03 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref name="Grossman">{{cite news|title=Starting Out |author=Grossman, Wendy |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2003-04-14 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2849125/Starting-Out.html |accessdate=2009-12-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ljp0p1QQ?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2849125/Starting-Out.html |archivedate=2009-12-03 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref name="Bridge"/> Karayi is now CEO, Blackburn is CIO, whilst Wilcock has left the company.<ref name="Woods1"/> The company has more than 26 million licenses deployed worldwide, across 1,700 organizations from public and private sectors in 42 countries.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

The company's name is derived from a computer error. When some [[Microsoft Windows]] computers crash, a blue screen containing "STOP 0x0000001E" appears.<ref name="Woods1"/> This name was chosen because the founders had the ambition that 1E could prevent this from happening to big companies.<ref name="Bridge">{{cite news|title=Firm was programmed to succeed. How I Made It: Sumir Karayi Founder of 1E |author=Bridge, Rachel |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=2007-08-19 |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article2283117.ece |accessdate=2009-12-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ljpLtBDJ?url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article2283117.ece |archivedate=2009-12-03 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

==Products==
1E is a Software Lifecycle Automation company. 1E offers a suite of IT software products, including:

'''NightWatchman'''<ref>https://www.1e.com/nightwatchman/</ref> a [[PC power management]] tool which manages power use for servers and PCs. Included with NightWatchman is WakeUp, a [[Wake-on-LAN]] product used to power on PCs remotely for software updating and patching.<ref>{{cite news|title=Verizon Wireless rings in desktop power savings |author=Erlanger, Leon |newspaper=[[InfoWorld]] |date=2008-04-21 |url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/green-it/verizon-wireless-rings-in-desktop-power-savings-655 |accessdate=2009-12-03 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ljpbKkU0?url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/green-it/verizon-wireless-rings-in-desktop-power-savings-655 |archivedate=2009-12-03 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

'''Nomad''' <ref>https://www.1e.com/nomad/</ref> is an add-on and enhancement to Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM) which intelligently uses available network bandwidth to deliver operating system upgrades, software deployments and patches.

'''Shopping'''<ref>https://www.1e.com/shopping/</ref> is an app store for the enterprise, which replicates the user experience found with consumer app stores.

'''AppClarity'''<ref>https://www.1e.com/appclarity/</ref> is a [[Software Asset Management]] Suite. 
AppClarity Base consumes and normalizes inventory data to licensed product names and provides assessments of usage of those products. 
AppClarity Reclaim allows users to create policies to automate removal (reclaim) of software based on usage, version, etc.
AppClarity Compliance enables customers to track licenses, entitlements, rights, limitations, metrics, contracts, etc. and understand their Compliance position.
AppClarity License Demand packs provide accurate license demand calculations for complex metrics like Oracle Processor Licenses or MS SQL Core licenses by consuming inventory data.

'''Tachyon'''<ref>https://www.1e.com/products/tachyon/</ref> is an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform, which enables live interactions with, and scheduling of instructions for each endpoint to enable automation of IT operations.

==Research==
In 2009 1E and the [[Alliance to Save Energy]] commissioned independent research into the awareness and behavior of PC users and server administrators in the world's largest companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1e.com/EnergyCampaign/downloads/PC_EnergyReport2009-UK.pdf |title=PC Energy Report 2009 UK |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=Harris Interactive}}</ref><ref name="Report2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1e.com/EnergyCampaign/downloads/PC_EnergyReport2009-Germany.pdf |title=PC Energy Report 2009 Germany |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=Harris Interactive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1e.com/EnergyCampaign/downloads/Server_Energy_and_Efficiency_Report_2009.pdf |title=Server Energy and Efficiency Report 2009 |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=Kelton Research}}</ref>

The PC Energy report revealed that nearly half of all corporate PCs in the US are not regularly switched off at night. This adds up to approximately 108 million work PCs being left switched on overnight costing US businesses in the region of $2.8 billion in energy costs. In terms of carbon emissions this equates to approximately 20 million tons, roughly the equivalent impact of 4 million cars.<ref name="Report2">{{cite web |url=http://www.1e.com/EnergyCampaign/downloads/PC_EnergyReport2009-US.pdf |title=PC Energy Report 2009 US |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |date=2009-03-25 |publisher=Harris Interactive}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Report From 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy Finds That Organizations Waste Billions of Dollars Running Idle Computers | publisher=Alliance to Save Energy |date=2009-03-25 | url=http://ase.org/news/report-1e-and-alliance-save-energy-finds-organizations-waste-billions-dollars-running-idle }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Study: U.S. Companies waste $2.8 Billion Annually to Power Idle PCs |url=http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/25/study-us-companies-waste-28-billion-annually-to-power-idle-pcs/ |publisher=Environmental Leader |date=2009-03-25 |accessdate=2010-01-06 }}</ref>

In 2010 1E commissioned Vanson Bourne to conduct research into Help Desk Efficiency. The resulting report highlighted a number of challenges for IT  departments. More than a third of users perceive little or no value from the money their IT department spends on them each year. More than 50% of users have to chase every request they make at least once to make sure they receive the software they ask for and more than two thirds (68%) of users feel it would be quicker and easier to find and install software themselves rather than contacting their IT help desk.<ref name="helpdesk">{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/44674123/Help-desk-efficiency-report-2010-Software-Delivery-United-States-and-United-Kingdom |title=HelpDesk Efficiency Report |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |year=2010 |publisher=Vanson Bourne}}</ref>

The Software Efficiency report published in 2011 with Fast IiS, Opinion Matters and IAITAM found extensive waste in unused software and shelfware, accounting for £1.7 billion in the UK alone. Responses found that 47% of enterprises still use spreadsheets to record software licenses with 6% still using a paper-based filing system and a staggering 16% using nothing whatsoever.<ref name="softeff">{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/56249746/Software-Efficiency-Report-US-2011 |title=Software Efficiency Report |accessdate=2010-01-06 |work=1E |year=2011 |publisher=Fast IiS, Opinion Matters, IAITAM}}</ref>

==Awards==
1E's software and solutions have won a number of awards, most recently when [[Lloyds Banking Group]] won the Computer Weekly European User Award for Enterprise Software – Private Sector,<ref>http://mediacenter.1e.com/lloyds-banking-group-and-1e-win-computer-weekly-european-user-award-for-enterprise-software/</ref> as well as the Green IT Awards 2013, and the [[Sunday Times]] Best Companies 2013 list.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.1e.com/}}

[[Category:Software companies established in 1997]]
[[Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom]]