http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog IT@Intel Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:26:53 GMT Clearspace 2.5.9 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-25T09:26:53Z http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/25/is-cloud-computing-really-cheap    Cloud computing buzz is on the raise. Cost reduction is one of the perceived benefits   of this capability. But is it really that cheap? Yes, it's a great solution for small companies with Web-based operations, which don't have to plan for peak touretsky cloud_computing it it@intel intel_it Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:34:49 GMT gregory.touretsky@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/25/is-cloud-computing-really-cheap 2009-11-25T09:34:49Z 3 days, 20 hours ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/is-cloud-computing-really-cheap http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12888 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/13/taking-back-the-security-initiative Threat agents maintain the initiative and we respond to restore balance. The bad guys innovate, find exposures, and use technology which they can leverage to achieve their objectives.  They take the first step, set the tempo, and lead this wicked threat security roi value rosi information_security intel_it strategy optimal matthew_rosenquist matthew rosenquist it optimal_security model risk it@intel Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:21:37 GMT matthew.rosenquist@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/13/taking-back-the-security-initiative 2009-11-13T19:21:37Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/taking-back-the-security-initiative http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12842 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/10/intel-initiative-aims-for-more-it-enabled-innovation For the past couple months, I have been working to understand Intel IT's innovation model ... specifically, how do we create business value with IT investment.  I have come across many approaches, opinions, projects, programs and more.   One of intel_it it it@intel chris peters value business innovation it-cmf institute martin curley strategic planning capability maturity framework ivi Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:21:33 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/10/intel-initiative-aims-for-more-it-enabled-innovation 2009-11-10T20:21:33Z 2 weeks, 4 days ago 3 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/intel-initiative-aims-for-more-it-enabled-innovation http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12820 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/09/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what Net Present Value. Since coming to IT, I have spent much time focused on the topic of business value.   This topic has dominated customer presentations and events, CIO forums, internal discussions several blog posts and even a few twitter it business savings benefits project one strategy portfolio intel_it servers data_center datacenter matt beckert intel it@intel value net present valuation billion cio manager prioritization finance cfo capital costs chris peters Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:50 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/09/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what 2009-11-09T23:03:50Z 2 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/assessing-business-value-with-net-present-what http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12798 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/02/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing I was recently involved in a project where Intel IT SMEs from disciplines including Server, Storage, Data Center, Network, and Finance reviewed and updated our Data Center Strategy ( Intel IT Data Center Solutions: Strategies to Improve Efficiency ) for data_center intel_it it@intel virtualization servers roi strategy nehalem xeon_5500 value Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:10:55 GMT matthew.j.beckert@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/11/02/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing 2009-11-02T16:10:55Z 3 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/data-center-execution-and-unit-costing http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12770 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/29/sustainability-this-that Energy Use in the Office PoC (phase 2) It’s been a while since I’ve talked about Energy Use in the Office.   The small PoC we did early this summer had some pretty interesting results but due to the size of the PoC and time constraints, it’s was sustainability technology_evangelist energy_management_systems intel_it energy green_it disruptive_technologies real-time_energy_usage mike_breton office_energy_use it_sustainability green_it@intel Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:26:40 GMT msbreton@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/29/sustainability-this-that 2009-10-29T20:26:40Z 1 month, 9 hours ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/sustainability-this-that http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12760 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/19/it-is-time-for-a-data-security-revolution It is Time for a Data Security Revolution! Information technology has lagged behind society’s skyrocketing need to manage and secure data.   Information is growing exponentially and our demands for control and oversight continue to develop rapidly.   rosenquist it matthew_rosenquist data information security value information_security optimal_security model risk matthew it@intel intel_it threat strategy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:51:08 GMT matthew.rosenquist@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/19/it-is-time-for-a-data-security-revolution 2009-10-20T04:51:08Z 1 month, 1 week ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/it-is-time-for-a-data-security-revolution http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12707 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/13/silos-and-server-huggers-are-they-holding-your-it-organization-back As I started my transition into a new job within Intel IT a few months ago, I discovered that one our internal IT strategic imperatives was “Partnership”.   I have to admit that at first I dismissed this a simply one of many standard business partnership engineering operations strategy 5500 business_value intel_it chris_peters value server huggers architecture it@intel virtualization nehalem xeon cto silo it cio it_operations Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:46:46 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/13/silos-and-server-huggers-are-they-holding-your-it-organization-back 2009-10-13T14:46:46Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago 2 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/silos-and-server-huggers-are-they-holding-your-it-organization-back http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12689 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/11/more-on-the-cash-machines Watch Diane Bryant, Intel CIO, talks about the cash machines in data centers in this press breifing . Haven't heard about the amazing cash machines for your data centers yet?! Better check it out now: Installing Cash Machines in your Data Center it@intel xeon performance power energy_efficiency intel virtualization value cost_savings intel_it it cio server data_center xeon_5500 roi case_study jimmy_wai Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:26:13 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/11/more-on-the-cash-machines 2009-10-12T05:26:13Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/more-on-the-cash-machines http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12684 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/sustainability-making-it-real-video-series IT@Intel is producing a series of four videos to highlight various Intel IT sustainability projects and the Intel IT experts that work on them.  The videos will be published on Intel’s IT@Intel site as well as on the IT@Intel Playlist within Intel’s it_sustainability green_it@intel sustainability intel_it energy_management_systems technology_evangelist disruptive_technologies mike_breton real-time_energy_usage Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:16:02 GMT msbreton@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/sustainability-making-it-real-video-series 2009-10-09T19:16:02Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago 4 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/sustainability-making-it-real-video-series http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12679 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center At a recent event our CIO, Diane Bryant, talked about our continued plan to replace old servers in our Data Centers ( http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44213/135/ ). Here is a summary of her key points: Not replaceing servers could have costed Intel intel_it it it@intel jimmy_wai roi server server_refresh nehalem data_center data_center_cooling data_center_power virtualization energy_efficiency intel case_study value cost_savings Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:10:04 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/09/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center 2009-10-09T08:10:04Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/installing-cash-machines-in-your-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12673 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/07/do-you-have-access-to-social-media-at-work Reading from news ( http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10368956-36.html ) today, a survey has shown that 54% workplaces block social networks completely. I'm glad to be in a company which is the 10% which allow social-network use at work so I can stay it it@intel social_networking social_media social_computing strategy intel_it value productivity risk jimmy_wai Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:55:28 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/07/do-you-have-access-to-social-media-at-work 2009-10-07T15:55:28Z 1 month, 3 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/do-you-have-access-to-social-media-at-work http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12664 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/01/getting-rid-of-the-blue-screen I just read this paper authored by some of Intel's IT experts in the area of client management.  As an employee of Intel, I am now a huge fan of these rock stars.  Why? because they were able, through proactive IT management practices, reduce blue client intel_it it it@intel measure value vpro chris_peters blue_screen business_continuity business_value productivity employee solutions Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:49:36 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/10/01/getting-rid-of-the-blue-screen 2009-10-01T20:49:36Z 1 month, 4 weeks ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/getting-rid-of-the-blue-screen http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12646 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/09/17/insights-from-the-insight-cio-forum Last week I had the opportunity to attend the CIO Forum held in conjunction with the Insight 2009 Annual Conference in Orlando, FL.   While being held adjacent to Disney’s theme park, the theme of this event was appropriately titled “Vision Voice it@intel value efficiency cost credibity cost_savings intel_it it business cio server refresh justify investment transform eweek chris_peters roi Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:09:09 GMT christopher.p.peters@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/09/17/insights-from-the-insight-cio-forum 2009-09-17T15:09:09Z 2 months, 1 week ago http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/insights-from-the-insight-cio-forum http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12567 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/19/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center Someone send me this Dilbert* strip yesterday. Data Center is in such high demand even Dilbert is building one. He was having trouble getting power to run the DC with air conditioning. He thought the servers would melt to a toxic bomb. I think he cost_savings sustainability server data_center energy_efficiency intel_it poc case_study Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:45 GMT jimmy.wai@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/2009/08/19/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center 2009-08-19T15:51:45Z 3 months, 1 week ago 5 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/comment/even-dilbert-built-a-new-data-center http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/it/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=12453