Come join us for our first ever virtual conference on the Intel vPro Expert Center. This virtual conference series, entitled Intel Solutions for Today's Economy, kicks off on Tuesday, March 24th. The first installment is "Optimize Your Business and Improve the Bottom Line." The overall theme of the webinar will be discussing how to do more with less.
Is it just Intel people talking about Intel?
No! Here's the cool part. We are bringing in several users who have implemented Intel vPro technology in their workplace - they will be discussing how they now save time and money by using PCs with vPro technology - as well as how they are increasing organizational productivity. You'll be able to ask them questions at the end of their presentation.
Our featured speakers are:
Paul Baltzell, Director of Distributed Services for the Indiana Office of Technology
Dan Lutter, Director, Field Technology Services at Advocate Healthcare
For part 2 of this blog, you can view the actual demonstration of the software below. In this demonstration, you will see the solution explained in much more detail.
Citrix and Intel have been working together to deliver a solution that builds on both companies expertise. The end-to-end solutions, application delivery, and virtualization software that Citrix provides combined with the manageability, performance, and security from vPro deliver a novel solution. The solution allow the IT OS build to go through a secure or trusted boot, where the hardware and software used to launch the OS is measured for integrity before the program executes. The OS can be streamed off a remote server, and the end-user gets the rich client side local execution experience.
In this video, Citrix Software's Paul Hahn, Director of Business Development / Virtualization & Management Division, and Matt Edwards, Product Manager, talk about how Citrix Systems is developing products for OS/App Streaming on top of Intel vPro technology. You will see that the virtualized, measured, and streamed OS is able to still render and rotate a rich CAD drawing.
The conference goes through end of the week - yet the excitement around Intel vPro will continue for days\months to come. Below is a quick summary of items shown. Have questions or want more information? Add a comment or post a question.
Keynote demonstration
- showing how the Intel vPro client can be remediated (or isolated) to only the management console on specific ports. Using the Altiris TaskServer - a 1:many job was defined to place a system in remediation, restart a process on the client, and remove the system from remediation. This did require a customization to the network filter settings (e.g. System Defense). The value of isolating a system on the computers NIC was very compelling and led to many conversations.
At the demo booth
- some of the most frequent questions (and associated answers) include:
When will Intel vPro and Centrino Pro be available? (Product available today from all major OEMs - including Dell's recent product announcement for Latitude 630c)
How long has Intel vPro been available? (Product has been available for a year now)
Are customers adopting Intel vPro? (Yes)
How do channel partners and service providers get training or more information to assist their customers? (Utilize sites such Intel vPro Expert, Altiris Juice, and so forth today. Formalized training material and events are being created. Stay tuned)
Does Intel vPro utilize Wake-on-LAN? (The remote power features are communicated via TCP\IP for reliability\consistency. WoL utilizes UDP and a "magic packet" to contact systems - yet may not act as reliably. In addition, Intel vPro remote power features allow for power off. With integration into Altiris - the ability to record present power state, perform list of defined tasks, and to return the system to the previously recorded power state.)
Will Intel vPro appear in other platforms beyond PC-based laptops and desktops? (No publicly stated plans. Raise the question\interest with your preferred OEM)
What break-out sessions and materials were available at the event? ("Realizing the value of Intel vPro" - focus on how to integrate Intel vPro into a production environment. A hands-on lab also occurred to step through common operational usage models.)
There were likely other questions - yet these questions occurred frequently.
With the event closing this Thursday - some early discussions already starting to build on the momentum.... "What should we show next time?". I'm thinking more real-world scenarios, enterprise reference architecture for implementation, and remote configuration - what do you think?
