Posts Tagged ‘manageability’

Compucom and Intel® vPro™ Technology – Out of the Box Innovation

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Compucom, provider of IT solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, describes how Compucom customers who have deployed PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology lower support costs, improve user uptime, experience faster patch management, and have the building blocks for more-secure, remotely-managed client virtualization.

Increasing Performance for High-end Risk Computation

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Learn how Cisco is enabling high end risk computation, sever, network and data innovation to increase performance. View Increasing Performance for High-end Risk Computation presented by Cisco’s John Smith, Business Development Manager Financial Markets at an Intel fasterCITY event for the financial services industry.

Risk Management Perspectives

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Bob Scanlon, Group Chief Credit Officer for Standard Chartered Bank and one of the industry’s most experienced credit professionals, offers his unique and engaging perspective on risk management at a recent Intel fasterCITY event in London. View the video.

7-Eleven: Six Billion Slurpees and Counting

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

When 7-Eleven’s 800 field consultants and 2000 remote employees were due for a laptop/desktop refresh, the company decided to purchase laptops for all of them. View Six Billion Slurpees and Counting to get the details on how they improved employee and IT staff productivity and lowered both management and deskside incident costs.

Lone Star College System

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

In their quest to reduce environmental impact and improve manageability of college computing resources, Lone Star College collaborated with HP and Intel to slash PC energy consumption. Get the details of their HP Compaq Business Desktop PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology deployment in this Lone Star College (390KB, PDF) case study.

Polycom: Securing Success

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Polycom can centrally manage laptop security, remotely delete data, recover missing laptops, and make stolen computers unusable using the Intel, Lenovo and Absolute integrated software and hardware solution. Discover the details in Securing Success (569KB, PDF).

Banking on Remote Support

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Managing thousands of PCs, including 23,000 desktop PCs across 4,200 branches required intensive management by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) with the frequent remote data and application updates and security patches. If an upgrade failed, not only did IT support need to be engaged, but branch employees were often distracted from their primary work of supporting customers. View Banking on Remote Support (161KB, PDF) to see how BBVA got a handle on managing their large installed base of PCs and improved cost savings and staff productivity.

Evolving Centralized IT Client Management

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Intel IT’s management philosophy is characterized by improved automation, proactivity, consistency, agility, and cost efficiency. As Intel’s business and IT environment have evolved over the past 20 years, Intel IT’s support and procurement strategy has matured to meet new challenges and opportunities. Read Evolving Centralized IT Client Management (275KB, PDF) to see how we have refined our approach to IT client management in overlapping phases focused on centralizing IT services, controlling software proliferation, managing hardware, enhancing mobility, and reducing costs.

Built-in Manageability and Security with Intel® vPro™ Technology

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Managers and IT Directors from Disney, Fox, Las Vegas Sands, Blue Cross Blue Shield and industry analysts provide their perspective on Intel® vPro™ Technology in this short video.

Their insights provide proof that companies using Intel vPro Technology are experiencing efficiencies from:

  • power savings and off-hours patching
  • remote diagnosis and repair
  • isolation of infected PCs and remote remediation

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Get Ready for Dynamic Virtual Clients

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Rich Nockels, senior manager with Intel Americas, discusses optimum PC refresh cycles based on recent research and user experience. (more…)