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Chicago: Intel Premier IT Professional Seminar

Focus Area: IT best practices

October 06, 2009 | Marriott Chicago O'Hare
Chicago, IL

Making the Case for IT Value: Join other Intel Premier IT Professionals for presentations of the latest best practices and Intel technologies from Intel's own IT experts.

Agenda

Registration, Continental Breakfast
Tackling the IT Cost Challenge (3.42MB, PDF)
Presented by: Ron Miller, Business Programs Manager, Intel IT, Julie Whitcraft, Director of Finance, Intel Digital Office

Miller explains the IT Business Value model that will help you demonstrate ROI for IT projects. Whitcraft then adds a financial analyst's perspective on optimum refresh cycles.

Using an IT Business Value Program to Measure Benefits to the Enterprise white paper (355KB, PDF)
IT Business Value program companion worksheet (121KB, xls)
Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor-based Server Refresh Savings Estimator
Tools to Estimate Your Intel(R) vPro(TM) Technology Upgrade Savings
Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles animated white paper (6.39MB, PDF)
Effects of Wireless Mobile Technology on Employee Productivity white paper (148K, PDF)
Staying Committed To Server Refresh Reduces Cost (233KB, PDF) white paper
Realizing Data Center Savings with an Accelerated Server Refresh Strategy (260KB, PDF) white paper
Break
Emerging Client Technologies (1.72MB, PDF)
Presented by: Dave Buchholz, Technology Evangelist, Intel IT

Buchholz provides perspectives on when to bring emerging technologies, such as dynamic virtual clients, solid state drives and netbooks, into your corporate environment.

The Dynamic Virtual Client article
Client Computing with a VUE (Virtual User Environment) white paper (330KB, PDF)
Enterprise-wide Deployment of Notebooks PCs with Solid-State Drives white paper (197KB, PDF)
Developing an Enterprise Client Virtualization Strategy white paper (201KB, PDF)
Virtualization Enables Data Center Efficiencies (1.17MB, PDF)
Presented by: Rick Wagner, Senior Technologist, Intel IT

Wagner gives candid insights about deploying data center virtualization within Intel.

The Changing Dynamic of the Data Center video (8:47, Flash)
Calculate the Difference: High-end Servers Deliver 42% Lower TCO video
Lunch

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