Intel is helping enable the next generation of virtualization which focuses on increasing service efficiency through flexible resource management. Download Leading Virtualization 2.0 (2.70KB, PDF) to read how Intel is driving virtualization beyond consolidation into a solution for maximizing business agility.
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Leading Virtualization 2.0
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Station Casinos: A Safe Bet
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009To help control IT costs and ensure a robust customer experience, the Station Casinos IT group virtualized its infrastructure by running VMware* virtualization software on Dell PowerEdge* servers equipped with the Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 and 5400 series. So far, the company has eliminated almost 100 physical servers, avoided $190,000 in hardware acquisition costs, and accelerated the deployment of new services from weeks to hours. Virtualization enables Station Casinos to continue to deliver fun and relaxation while keeping the company successful even in tough economic times. (more…)
Tyson Foods: Realizing Cost Savings and Improved Productivity Through Remote Management Capabilities
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Tyson 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. (more…)
Measuring the Return on IT Security Investments
Friday, February 6th, 2009Intel IT developed a model for measuring return on security investments in our manufacturing environments that produces a much higher level of accuracy than other methods currently available. Our model has enabled us to make business-driven decisions about security programs, resulting in savings in excess of USD 18 million per year in avoided losses. (more…)
Improving Security and Productivity through Federation and Single Sign-on
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Intel IT has developed a single sign-on strategy and process that provides seamless user access to both internally and externally hosted applications, improving the security of sensitive user profile information, reducing maintenance and costs, and simplifying the user experience. Single sign-on enables centralized storage of sensitive user profile information through the use of standards-based identify federation, and this information remains under Intel’s sole control. (more…)
Intel IT 2008 Performance Report
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Each year, the annual performance report from Intel IT has provided Intel Premier IT Professionals with valuable benchmark data and insights into how Intel is doing in it’s corporate IT mission. One important focus we report on is how Intel IT is adopting Intel® vPro™ Technology to improve client manageability, provisioning 31,000 computers to date, and reducing support costs through remote diagnostics and repair services.
The progress toward 2008’s mission, Deliver competitive I + T, is also thoroughly documented with examples and data in this Information Technology 2008 Performance Report. Download your copy of this year’s comprehensive report to get insights on Intel IT’s progress in:
- Improving organizational health
- Reducing the cost of our overall operations, including carrying out our data center consolidation strategy, optimizing the WAN, accelerating server refresh cycles to optimize total cost of ownership, and saving us $95 million to date
- Adopting Intel® vPro™ Technology to improve client manageability, provisioning 31,000 computers to date, and reducing support costs through remote diagnostics and repair services (see page 18)
- Delivering IT Solutions that drive business growth, such as our supply chain management solutions enabling Intel to be more responsive to our customers, better manage our inventory and enjoy cost savings
- Improving the on-line experience of our customers through the design, delivery and management of new infrastructure required for web 2.0
- Passing the halfway point on the complete upgrade of our enterprise resource planning system
- Partnering with Intel business groups to define, develop and enable technology and products that address the needs of enterprise IT organizations
TIBCO Software Opts for Blades to Address Business Growth, Lower IT Costs
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009With software infrastructure that connects incompatible IT assets, process management software that orchestrates systems and people, and a range of other software products that enable the real-time processing and presentation of information, TIBCO Software found its proprietary servers were becoming outdated and overburdened. This case study takes a look at their decision to move from a proprietary operating system to Linux* and to upgrade from aging equipment to new, Intel technology–based servers. (more…)
Purdue: The Silicon Beneath Steele
Sunday, December 14th, 2008By creating community clusters, Purdue University’s Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) changed the way high-performance computing was done on campus to enable faculty and research labs to access greater resources than any one group could acquire and maintain on its own. “Steele” is a new community cluster based upon the Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series, which delivers the performance required by researchers to produce tomorrow’s breakthroughs in a wide range of fields. (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…)
How Virtualization Will Enable the True Predictive Enterprise
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Intel vice president and chief information office Diane Bryant and VMware vice president of global alliances Brian Byun describe how virtualization will enable the true predictive enterprise — the ability for an IT manager to respond dynamically to the change in demands in their business. Byun further explains that the two companies are looking at how to work with customers to get additional benefits beyond cost savings. Additionally several customers who have implemented VMware infrastructure on Intel architecture briefly describe their experiences.
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