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:
This companion worksheet for the IT business value program helps emphasize the importance of value measurements for each IT project. Even if project funding is secured, companies need a consistent tool to financially track results until project completion. This template helps verify the accuracy of the original forecast used to justify the project. Both finance and IT experts contributed to this template that includes value dials (e.g., headcount productivity, time savings) and the associated calculations. (more…)
Intel Enterprise Solutions Manager Eric Doyle demonstrates how to find real value in a server refresh using the Server Refresh Savings Estimator. (more…)
Intel IT offers guidelines for achieving quick returns and long-term value with Intel® vPro™ technology, based on the first year of a multi-year deployment program. This paper describes the methodology used in planning, developing and deploying Intel vPro technology and quantifies our cost savings for this deployment. Download Implementing Intel® vPro™ Technology to Drive Down Costs (401K, PDF) from intel.com.
Drawing from his book The Green and Virtual Data Center, StorageIO Group Founder and Senior Analyst Greg Schulz talks about the most significant issues facing IT in terms of “greening” the data center. He explains the energy savings mode of the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series as well as illustrating the differences between energy efficiency and energy avoidance in the new processor.
Arizona Public Service (APS) is continually looking for new technologies that can contribute to the bottom line and to energy sustainability. The company’s IT group is no exception and is working to reduce power use and costs both in the data center and at the desktop. To reduce power usage, the IT team decided to acquire new desktops and laptops with energy-saving Intel® processor technology as part of the company’s hardware refresh program. In the data center, the APS IT team decided to save energy by consolidating its servers onto fewer, more powerful machines. Read about their ROI and the other ways APS IT measures success. (more…)
Intel IT explains the benefits we’ve seen from using Intel Solid State Drives (SSD) in our environment, including gains in productivity and reliability, and savings in energy costs. We also show a demo comparison between a laptop with a SSD and a conventional hard drive. (more…)
With 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…)
Geotrace Technologies realized there was enough demand to justify a full seismic processing and reservoir analysis center on board their specialized oceangoing vessel. They also figured they could save their customers valuable time by processing data as it was acquired instead of waiting until the ship was back in port. Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series met the limited power, air conditioning, and space requirements and provided faster results from offshore exploration. Read the details in this case study. (more…)
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