Intel IT has begun to deploy up to 10,000 notebooks with solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of hard disk drives (HDDs) this year, following an evaluation that showed significant benefits including reductions in IT support costs and improvements in user productivity. Get the detailed analysis on the SSD benefits that motivated Intel IT to move forward in Enterprise-wide Deployment of Notebooks with Solid State Drives (197KB, PDF).
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Enterprise-wide Deployment of Notebooks with Solid State Drives
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Lost Laptops: More Expensive than you Think
Monday, June 22nd, 2009New research quantifies the primary factors driving the cost of a lost or stolen laptop. Learn from Intel IT’s best practices.
Effects of Wireless Mobile Technology on Employee Productivity
Thursday, June 4th, 2009Intel IT studied the work habits and productivity of more than 100 Intel employees using wireless notebook computers. Employees realized a productivity gain of more than two hours per week and also found a more profound benefit: Wireless mobility rapidly changes the way they work and gives them more control over their work. (more…)
PCs as Strategic Assets
Thursday, June 4th, 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)
Keeping Notebooks Past Their Prime: A Study of Failures and Costs
Monday, June 1st, 2009J. Gold Associates, an independent analyst firm, has published this new hard hitting report providing more data on why businesses should maintain a three year refresh cycle. This report concludes that if a business keeps a notebook in service past the recommended three year lifecycle they may incur hardware related costs nearly equal to the cost of purchasing a new notebook. This research report analyzes the failure rates and associated costs for enterprise-class notebook computers deployed in businesses. This report also compliments the recent report from Wipro (2.57MB, PDF) which looks at overall TCO and operational costs. (more…)
Increase Productivity By Providing Notebooks Beyond The Road Warriors
Monday, June 1st, 2009Intel commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the benefits that North American enterprises have experienced as a result of increased notebook deployments beyond just the road warriors to the entire enterprise. In conducting in-depth interviews with 322 PC decision-makers at North American companies with 1,000 or more employees, Forrester found that these companies achieved improved employee productivity, faster response times, more informed decisions, a competitive advantage for customer-facing employees, reduced costs of supporting remote or home-based workers, and better attractiveness in the job market as a result of deploying notebooks to users. (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).
Calgary Health Region: Transforming IT Support with Intel® vPro™ Technology
Friday, March 13th, 2009Calgary Health Region, with over 29,000 employees and 2,300 physicians in over 100 locations, manages a diverse PC fleet of approximately 13,000 desktops and 3,000 laptops, refreshed at a rate of 25% per year. By taking advantage of Intel® vPro™ technology, they are reducing security exposure from days to hours, improving patch management, simplifying OS provisioning and improving end user and IT support productivity while significantly reducing energy costs. (more…)
Utility District Achieves Positive ROI, Improves User Productivity
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Managing almost 2,500 PCs, including many notebooks used by mobile workers in utility trucks, was a challenge for one of the nation’s largest publicly-owned utilities. Software patches and other issues required lots of travel time for technicians. By deploying notebooks with Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology, the technicians have been able to remotely patch and remediate virtually all notebooks anytime, regardless of location. (more…)
Georgian College of Canada Achieves 1,350% ROI Over Four Years Across Seven Campuses
Friday, February 27th, 2009In late 2008, Georgian College of Canada began refreshing systems with desktop PCs with Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology and notebooks with Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ technology. The college then studied the return on investment (ROI) realized by deploying the PCs across their nine sites. Based on the results of their investigation, Georgian College expects to save approximately $104,000 Canadian just in help desk and travel costs for technicians. In addition, the college projects a conservative ROI of 1,353% over four years. Find out more about this progressive institution’s experience. (more…)