Resources Tagged with 'Innovation'

Because our knowledge workers are also consumers of digital technology, our user experiences create new opportunities for innovation, enabling what we call the consumerization of IT.  “Digital natives”, who grew up surrounded by computers, MP3 players, mobile phones, and all the applications that go with them, are trendsetters and trend predictors.  They pick up on innovations and enthusiasm for them, advocating and using new technologies long before they catch on in the mainstream. This Intel Premier IT magazine article examines the ways Intel IT empowers these digital natives to conribute to the consumerization of IT and become enablers of new ideas.

We are now two years into the Web innovation trend labeled “Web 2.0”. Although we may not yet have a universally accepted definition of the term….

At two recent Intel Premier IT Professional local IT best practices seminars, members had the opportunity to participate in a BMW Ride & Drive.  Not only did they get behind the wheel of the newest 507HP BMW M5 automobiles, but they were also able to get professional driving instruction and test drive a number of cars on a racetrack.  And as a part of the program, Dr. Joachim Taiber, General Manager of BMW’s IT Research Office and Brian Conner, BMW Partner Relationship Manager, discussed the IT Technology partnership between BMW and Intel.   These technology research areas include: Future Data Center and Workplace, Mobility/Wireless, Car Integration/Infotainment, Car Integration/Services, and Innovation. 

In it’s relentless pursuit of Moore’s Law, Intel has embarked on a coordinated and accelerated pace of architecture innovation based on its industry-leading silicon expertise, and its architecture design capabilities that will provide the growth driver for the next decade and beyond. In this white paper Intel explains it’s strategy of introducing a new microarchitecture linked to a new generation of silicon technology every two years.

Intel is deriving innovation and inspiration from internal blogs and wikis. Listen to this interview with Jeff Moriarty, a web 2.0/social media design engineer, and author of a related article in the Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine article.

We’ve all read and may have experienced how virtualization technology is impacting enterprise IT. But where is this innovation coming from? Intel, a leader in virtualization, and several new emerging technology companies are key players pushing the envelope to develop new virtualization technology and solutions. As part of Intel’s overall product and technology enabling strategy, Intel Capital seeks out and invests in promising companies worldwide to enable an innovative and rich ecosystem around Intel products for our customers.

This on-line version of the Winter 2008 Intel Premier IT magazine is available for download. In addition to the entire magazine, downloads of the individual articles are also available below.

By building upon a solid foundation of security, data center consolidation, innovation and other best practices, Northorp Grumman strategically invests in the future via educational, workforce and other initiatives. Vice-president and CIO Tom Shelman explains how Northrop Grumman uses IT as a catalyst for faster growth.

Presented at the recent Chicago Intel Premier IT Professional best practices seminar and BMW Ride & Drive event, this material covering the Intel and BMW technology partnership was delivered by Dr. Joachim Tiaber, General Manager and Brian Conner, Partner Relationship Manager of BMW Group. The duo also discussed the increasing importance of IT in both processes and in the actual cars. Also included is an overview of the BMW Group’s Active Innovation Process and the role of the IT Research Center located at the International Center for Automotive Research at Clemson University.

Providing an overview to Intel’s enterprise architecture evolution toward a service oriented architecture plus giving insights on how IT innovation is a catalyst that enables company-wide results, this material was originally presented a t an Intel Premier IT Professional local IT best practices seminar. Steve Birkel, Chief Technical Architect and Director of Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Architecture and Innovation with Intel IT, was the presenter.