I had an epiphany. One of the things that matters to me is convenience. I am a creature of convenience. There is nothing like entering your room, reaching for the remote and then your TV comes on, followed by the computer etc. Minimal fuss and everything is up and working just like you want it to - bliss.

Now imagine having the ability to run your school  computer laboratories in a similar way. You enter the lab or you send your ICT monitor to get the computer lab ready for the class. All the students needs to do is just to switch on the teachers’ terminal and with one click, the other 40 computers come to life. You might think that that is really not a lot of time saved. But really, every extra minute counts especially when you have only 1 hour to work with to complete your task. Not to mention that it probably takes you at least 5-10 minutes to get the class organized and on the way to the computer lab.

Specops seems to have the solution for this problem. Its a Wake on LAN (WOL) that allows for remote restart/ remote shutdown. The icing on the cake - its free. I need to try this out.