Client Management

Senior product managers with Symantec looks at application lifecycle management and the core technologies associated with it. The presentation closes with several use cases that demonstrate how the software virtualization solution can benefit organizations.

Microsoft describes the elements of its Desktop Optimization Pack including Asset Inventory Service, Advanced Group Policy Management, Application Virtualization, System Center Desktop Error Monitoring, Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset, and the new Enterprise Desktop Virtualization.

Whiteboarding how he handles remote PC installs, diagnostics and software updates even when the PCs are powered off, Intel systems engineer Randy Nystrom desribes the manageability features of Intel® vPro™ Technology.

Intel systems engineer Randy Nystrom is responsible for 77 PC training rooms at 30 different Intel sites. How does he keep track of updating and repairing more than 1000 PCs. This short video explains how he is using Intel® vPro™ Technology and how it is saving Intel money.

Intel has teamed with leading companies and computer industry experts to publish a comprehensive IT Best Practices Series of books. The result is a single reference source for IT professionals who plan, develop, deploy, and manage Intel® Architecture-based e-Business environments. 

What are the benefits of Operating System Streaming?  Intel IT Systems Engineer Christian Black looks at OS streaming, one of the virtualization technologies.  He examines the pain of a failed hard drive and discusses Intel’s benchmarking of local drives verses a centralized virtual disk.

In this short “whiteboard chat”, Intel Systems Engineer Christian Black talks about a better way to deliver applications to end users.  He charts out how it works, and discusses the benefits.

In this latest issue of the Intel Premier IT Professional program’s IT best practice magazine, Intel and industry leaders provide insights on successful technologies and practices to get you started on your way to IT Utopia.  Highlights include an Intel Product Roadmap from two perspectives (”tops-down” from industry trends and “bottoms-up” from the microprocessor), an interview with Intel CIO John Johnson, and an article on how Sony Imageworks utilizes their 8500 core data farm.

In this Intel Premier IT magazine article, Intel CIO John “JJ” Johnson talks about how Intel IT has upped the ante on the information aspect of IT while continuing to focus on technology. The components: a focus on design center efficiency, ERP replatforming, social media, and business process improvements.

New server and desktop technology, along with managed services, fill the infrastructure needs of small to medium-sized Businesses according to this Intel Premier IT magazine article.