Driven by a myriad of issues (cost control, security, manageability), IT personnel are investigating newer methods of client side computing. Clyde Hedrick, Senior Manager for Intel Dynamic Virtual Client Strategy, takes a look at the client side options available today before focusing in on XenClient. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘manageability’
Enabling the Ecosystem for Dynamic Virtual Client
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009The Financial Aspects of PC Fleet Management
Friday, June 5th, 2009Delaying PC acquisitions may seem like a sound business move to preserve capital. Yet a fleet of aging PCs exacts its own price through higher support costs and increased enterprise risk. Most businesses will find that an optimum PC lifecycle—in conjunction with fleet management best practices—delivers better business value while reducing total costs. (more…)
PCs as Strategic Assets
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009By actively managing Intel’s PC fleet as a strategic asset, Intel IT has consistently decreased total cost of ownership for PCs. We also evaluate and put an emphasis on the top-line productivity benefits that new PC technologies bring to our employees, such as adopting the use of notebook PCs, new wireless technologies, voice over IP, and remote asset management to help increase productivity while driving down the high cost of supporting PCs. Read PCs as Strategic Assets (718KB, PDF).
Leading Virtualization 2.0
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Intel 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.
The Green Grid
Friday, April 17th, 2009In the video, Jon Haas of Intel’s EcoTechnology Program Office explains how The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to developing and promoting energy efficiency for data centers and information service delivery, is tackling the energy issues. Data center managers around the world are running into limits related to power, cooling, and space – and the rise in demand for the important work of data centers has created a noticeable impact on the world’s power grids. In response, the members of The Green Grid have taken up the challenge of developing metrics to measure data center efficiency and the tools to improve it. (more…)
Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), a non-profit organization founded in 2007 by a group of leading technology companies and the World Wildlife Fund, has a mission to reduce global CO2 emissions from computing by 54 million tons per year by 2010. This short video features Lorie Wigle, president of CSCI and General Manager of Intel’s EcoTechnology Program Office. In the video, she explains how CSCI seeks to promote computing energy efficiency thereby reducing computing CO2 emissions. CSCI uniquely brings together both computer manufacturers and computer users to encourage a market transformation around computer energy efficiency and power management. (more…)
Mortenson Construction: Building a Better PC Environment
Sunday, April 12th, 2009With nearly half of the company’s PC users out in the field and just a small IT staff to manage networked devices located at six offices and over 120 job sites, Mortenson Construction relies heavily on remote management for PC software repair. Their previous solution was only effective if the PC was up and running. The company conducted an ROI study and found that implementing Intel® vPro™ technology would lower IT costs, reduce user downtime, and save energy. This case study has the details. (more…)
Intel CMO Sean Maloney and Intel’s Newest Processor
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Information Week’s Alex Wolfe interviews Intel’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Sean Maloney. Maloney talks about the new Intel® Xeon® processor (sporting 741 million transistors) and compares it to one of Intel’s first server processors, the Intel® Pentium® Pro processor (with only six million processors), and offers some advice to IT managers who may be gun-shy about upgrading their servers in the current economic environment. (more…)
Intel’s Laptop Strategy, featuring Diane Bryant and John Mahvi
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009In 1997, Intel IT made a strategic decision to move to laptops based on facts, but also a gut instinct. Hear Intel CIO Diane Bryant and Intel PC fleet manager John Mahvi explain how that that decision helped Intel lower costs, raise productivity, reduce energy and even provide some unexpected benefits. (more…)