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).
Posts Tagged ‘productivity’
Enterprise-wide Deployment of Notebooks with Solid State Drives
Thursday, September 10th, 20097-Eleven: Six Billion Slurpees and Counting
Thursday, September 10th, 2009When 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.
Using an IT Business Value Program to Measure Benefits to the Enterprise
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Intel IT evaluates IT investment decisions using a customer-focused, data-driven process that demonstrates IT’s impact on the bottom line. Our IT business value (ITBV) program provides a consistent framework for measuring and evaluating IT products, services, and support in terms that reflect business benefits. Read Using an IT Business Value Program to Measure Benefits to the Enterprise (355KB, PDF) to get the latest on the success of the ITBV program.
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Mobile Manners #3: Key to the City
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009Gabby and Gertrude show how mobile devices help you be productive in video number 3 in the mobile manners series.
IT Business Value Metrics Program
Thursday, June 4th, 2009How do you measure the value that new technology implementation brings to an organization? Intel IT’s focused metrics program measures the value of IT products, services and support in terms that reflect business benefits. Find out more about the program in this classic white paper. (more…)
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…)
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).
Intelligent Innovation
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Utilizing the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series with its dynamic performance capabilities, energy-efficiency features, and greater memory bandwidth, high-performance computing solutions can increase application performance by up to three times without requiring further investment in software development or increased power and cooling support for your data center. This product brief has the details. (more…)
Extending Innovation in Virtual Product Development with the IBM Cluster Solution
Thursday, May 21st, 2009This brief from the Cabot Partners Group looks at the growing use of computer aided engineering by generalist engineers, designers, and smaller suppliers energized by the availability of flexible and cost-effective cluster computing solutions compatible with desktop computer aided design environment. (more…)