Enterprise and Data Center

Intel vice president and chief information office Diane Bryant and VMware vice president of global alliances Brian Byun describe how virtualization will enable the true predictive enterprise — the ability for an IT manager to respond dynamically to the change in demands in their business. Byun further explains that the two companies are looking at how to work with customers to get additional benefits beyond cost savings.  Additionally several customers who have implemented VMware infrastructure on Intel architecture briefly describe their experiences.

Watch Intel CIO John “JJ” Johnson on social media in the enterprise. This presentation was originally delivered at the CIO Executive Summit in Minneapolis. JJ provides some candid insight into social media at Intel and answers some direct questions.

Virtualization 1.0 delivered energy-efficiency and provided more performance in less space with less power. Virtualization 2.0 expands beyond consolidation focusing on business continuity, agility and disaster recovery. See the details in this short demo video clip.

Examining the growth of social media within Intel, CIO John “JJ” Johnson looks at how wikis, blogs, communities and more can bring value to the enterprise.

With data center power consumption costs rising, Intel was looking for a way to support the growth in computing capacity in a way that would minimize costs. To challenge industry assumptions regarding data center cooling, Intel IT conducted this proof of concept test that used an air economizer to cool production servers with 100 percent outside air at temperatures of up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Read about the results of this 10 month study.

A key to the success of the Yahoo! search engine is its ability to select the top 20 to 30 most relevant responses to each customer query, out of the millions of responses that a typical Internet query can generate, and then present only the most useful information to the inquirer.  This case study documents how Yahoo! uses Intel® dual-socket, quad-core technology to deliver better, faster searches.

Normally an Intel data center tour requires an NDA due to all of the technlogy that Intel has deployed.  In this video, however, you can tour an Intel greenfield data center with a unique 2-story construction and hot/cold aisles.

In this video podcast, Diane Bryant, discusses the role of IT in the enterprise today. Diane sees three main functions for Intel’s IT organization, beginning with the company’s strategy for driving business growth and how Intel IT serves as an in-house end user for Intel’s product development process.

Making a case for IT managers to reconsider their timeframe and upgrading their data centers every 24 months, Intel’s Advanced Server Technologies Manager Jake Smith and VMWare’s Senior Director Ben Matheson conduct a whiteboard discussion.  Among the drivers for considering this new data center paradigm are the cost savings associated with virtualization, reduced power and cooling costs, increased performance for users and space savings.

How will virtualization effect your data center infrastructure as we move into the “Era of Tera”?  When  TeraFlops are more common, virtualization will indeed provide substantial benefits to ensure your organization’s computing resources are available 24/7/365.  Intel’s Advanced Server Technologies Manager Jake Smith and VMWare’s Senior Director Ben Matheson continue a whiteboard discussion on virtualization in this video.