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.
Posts Tagged ‘PCs’
Compucom and Intel® vPro™ Technology – Out of the Box Innovation
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Lone Star College System
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009In 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.
HP’s Intel® vPro™ Activation Care Pack Service
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Hewlett Packard has provided a handy ROI tool to determine the potential return on investment when you activate your PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology using HP’s Intel® vPro™ Activation Care Pack Service. For companies with an HP install base, try it out here.
Texas-Based Healthcare System Administers Patch Management and IT Support Efficiencies with Intel(R) vPro(TM) Technology
Monday, August 31st, 2009As a major medical institution, the majority of this healthcare system’s PCs are used for mission-critical patient care—from maintaining patient records to clinical workstations. With this in mind, the healthcare system looked to Intel® vPro™ technology specifically to take advantage of the following: improved application patch management, simplified OS provisioning, and improved end-user and IT support productivity. Read the ROI analysis in Texas-Based Healthcare System Administers Patch Management and IT Support Efficiencies with Intel® vPro™ Technology (203KB, PDF).
Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles Animated White Paper
Friday, July 17th, 2009This revised animated version of a classic white paper covers the comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership (TCO), that lets Intel IT calculate the real cost of operating more than 90,000 PCs. Read Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles to understand the real cost of deploying and maintaining PCs across varying time horizons.
Banking on Remote Support
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Managing 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.
The 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
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)
Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009How can you get the most out of your PC purchases? How do you know when your PC support costs are more than the cost to purchase new PCs? We’ve developed a comprehensive methodology, based on total cost of ownership, that lets us calculate the real cost of deploying and maintaining PCs across varying time horizons. Download the Using TCO to Determine PC Upgrade Cycles white paper (204KB, PDF)
Better Together: Rich Client PCs and Cloud Computing
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009With more and more services delivered from the cloud, new questions arise about the optimal enterprise client computing strategy. Which combination of client platforms and service delivery models best meets the needs of users and IT organizations? This new white paper looks at the Intel IT environment, which contains a mixture of conventional and cloud computing services, and concludes that the ability to perform local computing on the client offers the best user experience and the flexibility to run different types of applications. (more…)