Mobility & Wireless

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. 

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.

This new white paper from the Intel marketing group describes how Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology features hardware-based proactive security and built-in management capabilities that readily integrate with management solutions to help lower IT management costs and improve IT efficiency.  Plus you’ll find a link to an ROI estimator that will help you get a handle of the cost and savings of deploying Intel® Core 2 Duo with vPro technology and Intel Centrino with vPro technology.

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. 

45-nanometer technology with hafnium-based high-k metal gate transistor design represents the most significant change in transistor technology in the past 40 years. Read the article or listen to the podcast on how this will have a major impact on mobile, server and desktop devices designed to provide high-performance and energy-efficiency from the Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine.

Over the next several years, Intel will phase in new servers, desktops and notebooks that will dramatically lower energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine article describes Intel’s participation in the Climate Savers Computing Initiative which aims to significantly reduce worldwide carbon-dioxide emissions.

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.

Presenting at the recent Gartner IT Symposium, Intel’s Tom B. Safford, IT Networking Enterprise Architect, discusses Intel business and productivity objectives and IT requirements for WiMAX.

BMW is all about performance, whether it’s on the track, in the data center, in the consumer driving experience or in the dealerships. Details are in this Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine article or the unabridged web-only version. Or watch the video on How the Microprocessor Has Changed Formula One* Racing, with an interview of Karl Kempf, Intel Director of Decision Technologies.