Cleveland Clinic, a non-profit, multispecialty academic medical center, recently changed their asset management approach to a lease vs. buy program and are acquiring PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology over a four year period. This case study examines how they tackled issues such as mitigating missing assets, supporting the Clinic’s Healthy Environment energy policy, and providing better manageability – while increasing productivity of the Clinic’s staff. (more…)
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Cleveland Clinic: Improving Productivity and Reducing Energy Costs
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Georgian College of Canada Achieves 1,350% ROI Over Four Years Across Seven Campuses
Friday, February 27th, 2009In late 2008, Georgian College of Canada began refreshing systems with desktop PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology and notebooks with Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology. The college then studied the return on investment (ROI) realized by deploying the PCs across their nine sites. Based on the results of their investigation, Georgian College expects to save approximately $104,000 Canadian just in help desk and travel costs for technicians. In addition, the college projects a conservative ROI of 1,353% over four years. Find out more about this progressive institution’s experience. (more…)
State of Indiana: Reducing CO2 Emissions through Remote Services and Off-Hours Power Management
Thursday, February 26th, 2009The State of Indiana conducted a manageability assessment of PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology. Their decision to convert 20,000 desktop systems to PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology within four years was based on reduced operational expenses. An additional benefit was the reduced task time for some types of software diagnoses and repairs that can reduce nearly 860,000 pounds of CO2 emissions across four years. (more…)
Leaner and Greener with Intel® vPro™ Technology
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Recently completing a refresh of 4,800 desktop PCs, upgrading to PCs with Intel® Core™2 processors with vPro™ technology, the University of Plymouth studied the ROI realized by this deployment. Within two months of initiating intelligent power management enabled by Intel® vPro™ technology, the university saved approximately £5,200 in electricity costs, and the break-even point for Intel vPro technology was achieved in under a year. (more…)