Resources Tagged with 'desktops'

This article from the Intel Premier IT magazine documents Providence Health System’s testing of the Intel vPro Technology-based remote PC management capabilities and their determination that it could help administrators improve the efficiency of IT support while minimizing downtime for doctors and staff. Are they measuring the right things in comparing their current system with Intel vPro Technology? What additional criterion would you include?

By managing client PCs as a strategic asset, Intel IT reduced the TCO, achieving a 67 percent reduction from 1995 to 2006.

In this Intel Premier IT Professional local IT best practices seminar presentation by Phil White, Account Executive from LANDesk, he provides an overview of how LANDesk works with Intel vPro technology to reduce deskside visits and improve corporate network security.

Using PCs with Intel® vPro™ processor technology in Intel’s training rooms, we estimate reducing some on-site support by as much as 98 percent and overall support costs by as much as 38 percent.

Compliance with regulatory requirements, especially for broad-based laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, reaches deeper into businesses than many realize. How does a well-regulated desktop fleet help businesses when the auditor comes calling, and what advantages do new hardware technologies like Intel® vPro™ Technology offer?

At one time, PC fleets could be protected by the perimeter defenses of the corporate network. Today, many of the most dangerous threats come from inside the company walls. Also, with an increasingly mobile workforce, establishing a perimeter is a geographic impossibility. In this episode, we’ll look how Intel vPro technologies ensure that each PC can defend itself and the rest of the network.

Intel vPro technology has already received critical acclaim from industry observers, but more importantly, several major software vendors are already shipping products that take advantage of the features of this new and exciting technology. What’s available now and what’s coming down the pipeline? This podcast is presented by Ken Hollingshead, CSC’s Director of End-User Market Solutions.

The Metrics of IT Business Value: How Intel reshaped its IT department from a cost center to a business partner.This is the full magazine as a single PDF. You can also download individual articles.

This article from the Intel Premier IT Magazine asserts “Most companies lack an up to date and accurate assessment of the total cost of ownership for each desktop PC.” If this is true of your company, you’ll find the insights and information on Intel® vPro® technology in this article helpful.

Until recently, IT departments could only communicate with PCs when they were powered up and functioning properly. Intel vPro technology-equipped PCs offer a specialized, remote communication channel that’s available even when the PC is off or completely frozen. How does it work and what are the implications for your PC fleet?

This podcast is presented by Kevin Unbedacht, Senior Platform Strategist, Altiris

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