Intel vPro Expert Center Blog

Video Testimonials from Fortune 1000 IT Managers on the Security Benefits of Intel vPro Technology

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:03:02 GMT

While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Disney International, Fox Interactive Media, Blue Cross Blue Shield and McCormick Spice Company and industry analysts from Enterprise Management Associates and Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC. In this video, they talk about the security benefits of Intel vPro technology - which include the ability to deploy software patches faster into the installed PC base, and the ability to quarantine infected PCs and remotely remediate them.

To learn more about Intel's presence at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, go to: http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

IT and Analyst Testimonials: TCO Considerations for PC Refresh and Intel vPro Technology

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:26:57 GMT

While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Disney International, Fox Interactive Media, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Las Vegas Sands Corporation and McCormick Spice Company and industry analysts from IDC, Enterprise Management Associates and Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC about Intel vPro technology and industry trends. In the video below, they discuss how PC refresh and Intel vPro technology helps minimize total cost of ownership.

To learn more about Intel's presence at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, go to: http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

Gen-Y Workers: IT’s Friend or Foe?

scott1.e.smith@intel.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:02:14 GMT

My son, Andrew, graduated from college in December and moved back into his room at home (or my den of four years, depending upon your point of view) while looking for a job. Andrew, Gen Y to his core, conducts much of his life through a host of electronic accessories.

Nearly as I can tell, his ear buds are permanently affixed. He’ll hush me in midsentence to respond to a text message. He devotes time each day to a social website that keeps him in touch with his former college friends. He conducted his job search completely online, even the networking with friends, friends of friends and those strangers he hoped might befriend him. In fact, he ventured out of my hope-to-be-again-some-day den only for interviews. Then nervously watched his e-mail for responses.

He regards these tools as an entitlement, much like we Baby Boomers regarded television in our younger days – “Gee, Dad, you mean you didn’t have television at all? You must have been really poor.” He wondered aloud one day why I hadn’t responded to his text message. To avoid admitting I didn’t know how, I told him he was grown up now and should send e-mail like an adult.

Paradoxically, he harbors a general disdain for the technology underlying his electronic accoutrements, no more wanting to understand the risks of viruses or personal data theft than the potential consequences of driving his car with the oil light glowing (another failed conversation). This nonchalance makes him a bit of risk at home. We have periodically lost Internet contact with the outside world when he tried to connect his computer to the cable network. We also did without telephone service for some time, victims of a rewiring mishap. He innocently accepted e-mail viruses until his computer, flickering only faintly, coasted to the side of the digital highway.

Andrew recently scored a great job, but I wonder how his Gen-Y attitude and use of technology will mesh with a corporate IT organization, which is more than likely designed and maintained by Baby Boomers. What got me thinking about this is an Intel-sponsored study that looks into how IT is coping with the influx Gen-Y workers like Andrew and his friends who are entering the workforce. We became interested in it because of work we’re doing around “dynamic virtual clients.” These are computing models that enable IT departments to centralize PC images on a server then use data streaming and virtualization to distribute them to end-users. IT gets the security and maintenance ease of centralized management, and users retain the mobility and performance that’s important to them. More on DVC can be found here.

According to the study, 82 percent of IT professionals see Gen Yer’s as a positive influence – “They understand the newest and latest tools.” Many IT organizations are taking advantage of the potential for increased productivity with these new technologies, including enabling e-mail and Internet access on personal smart phones (60 percent), allowing personal PCs access to the corporate networks (39 percent) and relaxing rules regarding participation in social media sites as a company representative (34 percent).

At the same time, 50 percent see Gen Y’ers as a security risk as well – “They share personal and company information on network sites and through email.” In fact, three out of five point to Gen Y’ers use of downloadable applications and social media tools as particularly concerning. But IT professionals also are looking at ways to protect data and their networks. Most said that network security software and hardware solutions are the standard fare. However, roughly half have also implemented application management, streaming, virtualization and chip-based solutions in an effort to keeping their computer fleets running safely and smoothly.

That’s what the poll said, but I was curious about Intel’s strategy regarding Gen Y’ers. So, I talked with my buddy Dave Buchholz. Dave is Intel’s IT technology evangelist and is our point person in evaluating the potential of new technologies. Here’s what Dave told me.

Symantec Workspace Streaming Demo with Notebook PCs and Intel vPro Technology

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:40:58 GMT

In the opening keynote at the recent Symantec ManageFusion 2009, Intel Vice-President Gregory Bryant talked about joint efforts between Symantec and Intel around product offerings that help with centralizing management of applications and licensees, while still enabling end-users to have a responsive experience with rich-client desktop PCs and notebook PCs. The below demonstration by Symantec's Brian Duckering illustrates how Intel and Symantec are bringing these benefits to customers with Symantec Workspace Streaming and Intel vPro technology.

To learn more about Intel's presence at ManageFusion 2009, please go to http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

Highlights of Gregory Bryant (Intel VP) in the opening Symantec ManageFusion 2009 keynote

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:57:30 GMT

On May 10th, Intel Vice-President Gregory Bryant was part of the opening ManageFusion keynote led by Symantec's Steve Morton.

Gregory talked about how customers are realizing value today with Intel vPro technology and getting a return on investment that pays for itself in less than one year. He also talked about new Intel vPro technology product developments with Altiris Client Management Suite Version 7 and Symantec Workspace Streaming. View the highlights below or click here to see the full keynote.

Videos showcasing how Intel® Anti-Theft Technology works

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:50:13 GMT

Last month, Intel introduced Intel® Anti-Theft Technology with support from Lenovo and Absolute Software.

There are various use models that this new technology enables, such as:

The ability to disable a lost notebook PC and the data on the hard drive even if it never connects to the network (based on IT policy)
The ability to send a "poison pill" so that the notebook PC is disabled, along with the data on the hard drive, if the notebook PC is connected to the internet
The ability to re-activate the notebook PC if it is found again

Watch the following Intel Anti-Theft Technology demo with Intel executives Dadi Perlmutter and Pat Gelsinger from Fall IDF 2008 and learn more about how this new technology helps with theft deterrance.

For a more in-depth demonstration of Intel Anti-Theft Technology with Absolute Software, watch the following video:

Listen to industry analysts discuss benefits of Intel Anti-Theft Technology and why this technology is an important milestone that will help with notebook PC theft deterrence in the future.

Listen to a Lenovo executive discuss the benefits that Intel Anti-Theft Technology will bring to Lenovo based notebook PCs.

Listen to Absolute executives discuss how they are taking advantage of Intel Anti-Theft Technology in their software and services.

Last, listen to Intel's Anand Pashupathy, George Thangadurai and Duncan Glendinning comment on the benefits of the new technology.

Another Add, here's Josh Hilliker talking about Anti-Theft Technology @ the beach.

Ever lost a laptop in the taxi, at the cafe or in the hotel lobby?

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:25:34 GMT

I'm sure we've all either experienced or had a close encounter with a notebook nightmare (which is when you lose a laptop with some very valuable data on it). Well, with the release of Intel Anti-Theft Technology (go to the Intel vPro expert center to learn more about this new technology) - Intel wants to help consumers and professionals not have to worry about that data seeing the light of day in the wrong hands.

To see how notebook nightmares in the future may change, see the videos below:

In the taxi

At the cafe

In the hotel lobby

New ROI Tool and Study for Intel Centrino with vPro technology

justin.van.buren@intel.com — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:37:01 GMT

With the launch of Intel Centrino with vPro technology - several medium to large customers (with 1000 or more PCs in the infrastructure) have asked for Intel's help with building the financial business case for the new technology. Given this need, Intel asked WiPro to survey senior IT managers from 41 companies about current notebook PC management costs that could potentially be reduced by taking advantage of the new technology. WiPro specifically focused on PC maintenance costs that IT usually budgets for on an annual basis (these are "hard dollar costs", such as help desk calls, help desk visits (especially for hardware and software malfunctions - such as OS blue screens and hard drive failures), auditing, security incidents, software patch deployment costs, major application (such as Office) deployment costs into the infrastructure, etc.).

WiPro's findings are as follows:

Estimated hard dollar savings of up to ~$140 / PC / year with Intel Centrino with vPro technology vs. the mobile PC in the installed PC base today
Reduces the need for hardware-related desk-side visits by as much as 58% and for software-related desk-side visits by as much as 57%
Up to 51% faster patch saturation per incident and reduces number of inventory failures by 62%
Enterprises can take advantage of most of the Intel Centrino with vPro technology features (including remote diagnosis and repair) in the mobile PC form factor for about 16 hours a day (the other 8 hours, on average, the mobile PC is asleep or off-line, and an IT manager cannot use the Intel vPro technology features)

For those interested in the report, please read about it here: http://www.intel.com/business/business-pc/roi/centrinoprowhitepaper.pdf

In order to help customers model the "hard dollar" savings in your environment, Intel has created the Intel Centrino with vPro technology and Intel Core2 with vPro technology ROI Estimator that is based on the data from the above study, as well as another study that focused on desktops with Intel Core2 with vPro technology that was published last year. This ROI Estimator is located here: http://www.intel.com/business/business-pc/roi/demo.htm

To learn more about the ROI Estimator and the desktop and mobile PC studies, please listen to Josh, me and WiPro talk about them in this PodTech videocast: http://www.podtech.net/home/4679/roi-intel-vpro-technology-in-the-enterprise

Cheers -

Justin Van Buren

Intel Business Marketing Manager