Are you wondering what’s in store from Intel the rest of this year? Find the latest product and technology roadmap covering Intel’s desktop, server and mobile product lines in this 2H09 public roadmap.
Intel has developed this good/better/best guide for desktop computers to aid IT groups in making better purchasing decisions. The document explains the various options for small, medium and large business and concludes with a comparison chart to explain the options available with the various Intel® desktop processors.
State of California IT professionals found that by creating a dynamic IT environment—standardized, centralized, automated, and mobile—the state can achieve a greener, more secure computing complex that improves productivity, delivering greater efficiency at a lower cost to taxpayers and the environment. This white paper documents California’s study of replacing end-of-life desktops with eco-efficient laptop computers.
Arizona Public Service (APS) is continually looking for new technologies that can contribute to the bottom line and to energy sustainability. The company’s IT group is no exception and is working to reduce power use and costs both in the data center and at the desktop. To reduce power usage, the IT team decided to acquire new desktops and laptops with energy-saving Intel® processor technology as part of the company’s hardware refresh program. In the data center, the APS IT team decided to save energy by consolidating its servers onto fewer, more powerful machines. Read about their ROI and the other ways APS IT measures success.
Calgary Health Region, with over 29,000 employees and 2,300 physicians in over 100 locations, manages a diverse PC fleet of approximately 13,000 desktops and 3,000 laptops, refreshed at a rate of 25% per year. By taking advantage of Intel® vPro™ technology, they are reducing security exposure from days to hours, improving patch management, simplifying OS provisioning and improving end user and IT support productivity while significantly reducing energy costs.
In 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.
The 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.
Tyson started with 1,500 PCs (13% of their desktop environment), which were already capable of being managed with Intel® Standard Manageability, built into PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology. Within three days Tyson had enabled their infrastructure and three weeks later were well on their way to realizing the cost savings inherent in PCs with Intel vPro technology. Based on these results, Tyson plans to have 100% (11,500) of their desktop PCs refreshed with this technology over four years through their standard refresh program.
Based upon the success of a proof-of-concept pilot using PCs with Intel® Core™2 Duo processors with Intel® Standard Manageability, which is built into PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology, Molson Coors Brewing Company made a strategic decision to convert 4,011 desktop and 3,840 notebook systems to PCs with Intel® management technology over the next three years. The company, one of the world’s largest brewers, concluded that the Intel management capabilities can deliver the greatest results in improved asset management and patch management. Furthermore, the firm can realize improved end-user productivity, power savings and expanded security with System Defense. Read the details in this case study.
Intel’s 1H09 product roadmap contains a summary of new Intel processors that will be launched for mobile, desktop and server platforms this year.
In addition to the short-term roadmap, you can also access a presentation and press materials looking into 2H09 and 2010 disclosing a family of 32nm processors. This material is from the recent Intel $7 billion investment in 32nm technology manufacturing facilities announcement.