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Harnessing Moore’s Law for Smart Grids, Smart Buildings, and the Energy-Managed Enterprise

PremierIT — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:02:26 +0000

Lorie Wigle, General Manager, Intel Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel Corporation

Topics include:

How IT is revolutionizing how global energy is generated, distributed, managed, and consumed
Smart Grid end-to-end architecture, modeling, simulation, monitoring, and control
From the utility data center to smart buildings, smart data centers, and empowered energy consumers

Intelligent and Expandable High-End Intel® Server Platform, Codenamed Nehalem-EX

PremierIT — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:44 +0000

Stephen Pawlowski, Intel Senior Fellow, Intel Corporation The next generation expandable segment server processor, codenamed Nehalem-EX, is critical to today’s enterprise computing. For server consolidation, virtualization, cloud computing, data demanding applications, and other technical computing environments, Nehalem-EX greatly improves scalable performance, memory bandwidth and capacity, flexibility, and provides advanced Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features. At this Technology Insight, Steve Pawlowski provides an in-depth analysis of these technical advancements.

Intel and Cloud Computing: An Overview of Intel’s Vision on the Cloud

PremierIT — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:10 +0000

Jason Waxman, General Manager, Server Platforms Marketing Group, Intel Corporation With the evolution of the cloud, many companies are looking to implement effective cloud computing solutions. After attending this session attendees will better understand Intel's definitions of the Public Cloud; how Intel is participating in the enhancement of cloud computing; and what companies need to look for when developing and selecting a cloud, ranging from performance to economies of scale.

Cloud Computing: The ‘Next Big Thing’ in IT

PremierIT — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:33:11 +0000

Research firm IDC predicts that the worldwide cloud services market segment will be worth about US$43 billion by 2012. Respected Fortune 500 companies are already taking advantage of this compelling trend. Eye-popping cost savings are a driving force, but not…

Take the Data Center Efficiency Challenge

PremierIT — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:59:24 +0000

To spur creativity in harnessing the efficiency of the Intel® Xeon® 5500 Processor Series to help create more energy efficient data centers, Intel recently announced the Data Center Efficiency Challenge. This competition turns the cameras on you and asks you…

Replacing Micro-Management with Macro-Leadership

PremierIT — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:05:50 +0000

By Niel Nickolaisen provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

Last week, I had a fascinating conversation with the vice president of software development for a large technology company. The focus of our discussion was good and bad leadership styles.

This vice president…

The Ghost of Christmas Future, Part II

PremierIT — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:43:05 +0000

By Arthur Lessard and provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

In my last column we were drifting in our holiday bliss, looking forward 25 years to how we will protect ourselves in a digital world. We have a world in which we…

The Ghost of Christmas Future: Identity Management in 2033

PremierIT — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:54:10 +0000

By Arthur Lessard and provided by the CIO Leadership Network.

It’s 7:30am on Friday morning. Your PDA wakes you with the latest Bach/Mozart/U2 synth medley it bought for you from the classics server off the web overnight; you’re fairly pleased with…

Intel® Visual Adrenaline Magazine

PremierIT — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:33:10 +0000

This second issue of Intel® Visual Adrenaline magazine explores the enhanced realism possible with the latest visual computing advances—in stereoscopic 3D, multi-player gaming, and computer graphic animation. The alliance between Intel and DreamWorks, resulting in the InTru 3D™ brand, aims…

Intel Press Books for IT Professionals

PremierIT — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:22:49 +0000

Intel has teamed with leading companies and computer industry experts to publish a comprehensive IT Best Practices Series of books on the business value of IT and other topics. The result is a single reference source for IT professionals who…