Here's a single picture view from IDF On Code name: "CIRA". There's more info to come.. but check out the latest on vPro.. I'm looking forward to showcasing this technology & putting video's on youtube, etc.. stay tuned for more and start your questions.. 
Ylian Saint-Hilaire
says
in response to Josh Hilliker:
Of course I am interested in hearing more! Ok, I can't really pretend to represent the general public, but I have been working on CIRA support in the Intel AMT DTK for months now and it will be released on Intel.com at the same time as other software supporting this feature come out. This usually happens around platform launch. CIRA is very exciting especially for notebooks going in and out of the corporate network.
For people wanting to know more about this feature, it was announced at IDF China a few weeks back. There is probably ways to get the slides or see reports on this presentation somewhere.
Sasa Milasinovic
says:
Well, I gues we are all very curious about it.
Don't let us waiting to long
It looks to me that it's some combination of VPN and TS Gateway ?
Am I right ?
Jeff Torello
says
in response to Sasa Milasinovic:
You are essentially correct. The client has the ability to "tunnel" into the DMZ in a secure fashion (using TLS/SSL) and connect to a Management Presence Server (MPS). The MPS acts as a "proxy" (for lack of a better phrase) between the client system and the management console and passes communications between them.
Does that help clear things up a little?
What this means for the IT shop is that you can manage your machines outside of your network with vPro similar to if they were on your network. For example, user is out of the area and using a hotspot or at a hotel. You can securely connect to them and fix their machine. Please NOTE: if a hotel or hotspot has a web entry screen as a requirement to use their service the node will be unable to connect.
Interested in hearing more??