Amadeus Consulting is proud to announce the completion of a successful partnership with students from University of Colorado's College of Engineering. The  SINN or 'Sleep if not needed' project was a collaboration between CU's students, John Basso and several other Amadeus Consulting employees to tackle electricity waste through continued computer usage.

Sleep if not needed addresses the inability for employees to safely, securely and reliably turn their computers on and off from remote locations. Many employees, especially technical staff, leave their computers on 24 hours a day just in case they have to handle a critical issue after hours or on the weekend. The ability to leave a computer sleeping or off dramatically reduces the amount of electricity it uses. SINN allows companies to have the advantage of 24-hour access without the environmental or cost impact.

John Basso first approached the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and suggested the SINN project as a senior project idea for the Computer Sciences students. "Working with students gives us a great perspective on how to bring eco-friendly ideas into a new generation, and was a great resource for us to curb our electricity use."

Amadeus Consulting, as part of our BLAST! (Business Leaders in Action for Sustainability Today)! network and company-wide green initiatives, will offer SINN to the public on several open-source websites to give the public the opportunity to use this money and electricity-saving option.

Amadeus Consulting (http://AmadeusConsulting.com) is a custom software development company dedicated to creating intelligent technology solutions with successful business results. Amadeus Consulting is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, winner of the Microsoft Office XP Challenge, and has Microsoft Partner Competencies in Custom Development, Mobility and Data Management Solutions. Amadeus Consulting is an expert in custom software applications such as content management systems, e-commerce, surveys, social networking sites, data collection and management, browser plug-ins, and many more. Amadeus Consulting ranked in the top 25 on the prestigious Mercury 100 list of the fastest-growing private companies in Boulder and Broomfield counties, and has placed on the Inc. 5000 list for three consecutive years.

The University of Colorado is a three-campus system with four locations: the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado Denver's Downtown Campus and Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Nearly 54,000 undergraduate and graduate students are pursuing academic opportunities on CU campuses. CU is a premier teaching and research university, and is ranked sixth among public institutions in federal research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. Academic prestige is marked by the university's four Nobel laureates, seven MacArthur "genius" Fellows, 18 alumni astronauts and 19 Rhodes Scholars. For more information, go to www.cu.edu.