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In this CIO webinar, Intel’s Jim Fister, Lead Strategist, and Rick White, Lead Server Strategist, with Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, examine how Intel’s product offerings address top IT issues like security, environmental compliance, increased complexity, explosion of information and productivity barriers.

In this peek inside Intel’s IT operations, Intel examines progress against 2007 goals including operational excellence, performance and profitability.  The in-depth report also evaluates key programs including data center efficiency, enterprise resource planning transformation, and IT governance programs.

At two recent Intel Premier IT Professional local IT best practices seminars, members had the opportunity to participate in a BMW Ride & Drive.  Not only did they get behind the wheel of the newest 507HP BMW M5 automobiles, but they were also able to get professional driving instruction and test drive a number of cars on a racetrack.  And as a part of the program, Dr. Joachim Taiber, General Manager of BMW’s IT Research Office and Brian Conner, BMW Partner Relationship Manager, discussed the IT Technology partnership between BMW and Intel.   These technology research areas include: Future Data Center and Workplace, Mobility/Wireless, Car Integration/Infotainment, Car Integration/Services, and Innovation. 

Environmental imperatives are increasing in importance for IT executives. This Gartner IT Symposium presentation by Lorie Wigle, Advanced Technology Director for Intel Corporation and President of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, details Intel’s approach to eco-technology. Wigle looks at sustainable manufacturing, energy efficient performance, policy and industry, and e-waste initiatives.

In this exclusive IDF interview hosted on the PodTech site, Intel CIO John Johnson talks about the many ways in which Intel’s Enterprise Capability Framework helps enterprise data networks keep up with the demands associated with managing emerging technologies, including social media like IM, blogs and wikis as well as the newest generation of smart phones. For the enterprise, Johnson highlights virtualization and the value of Intel(R) vPro(R) Technology — including the ability to fix or reboot a crashed machine in the network, or to analyze networked machines remotely.

We’ve all read and may have experienced how virtualization technology is impacting enterprise IT. But where is this innovation coming from? Intel, a leader in virtualization, and several new emerging technology companies are key players pushing the envelope to develop new virtualization technology and solutions. As part of Intel’s overall product and technology enabling strategy, Intel Capital seeks out and invests in promising companies worldwide to enable an innovative and rich ecosystem around Intel products for our customers.

Rising data center and storage costs are having a significant effect on total cost of ownership. To help reduce costs, Intel has devised an eight-year transformation plan based on four principles: consolidate, virtualize, optimize, and standardize. An aggressive data center efficiency plan will shake up the way Intel delivers IT resources. Read the details in this Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine article.

This on-line version of the Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine is available for download. In addition to the entire magazine, downloads of the individual articles are also available below.

By building upon a solid foundation of security, data center consolidation, innovation and other best practices, Northorp Grumman strategically invests in the future via educational, workforce and other initiatives. Vice-president and CIO Tom Shelman explains how Northrop Grumman uses IT as a catalyst for faster growth.

Intel’s annual information technology performance report details how Intel IT reorganized in 2006 to improve results and met their three strategic objectives. Read this preview of the report from the Intel Premier IT Professional magazine.