Intel was a premier sponsor of ManageFusion 09 in Las Vegas from March 10 - 12, 2009 and we talked about the combination of Symantec management products with Intel vPro technology.

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 or the keynote below.

To learn more about the power savings and break-fix savings that come from Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite Version 7 and Intel vPro technology, please view this video with Intel Product Manager Tracie Zenti and Symantec Strategic Alliance Director Kevin Unbedacht or read this news article from the show.

Symantec also featured Intel's Tom Quillin, our Intel vPro Technology Ecosystem Director, in an industry roundtable that addressed how IT is used in an economic downturn. Tom addressed how the combination of Symantec software and Intel vPro Technology can help organizations during this downturn.

One of the new features in Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite Version 7 is support for Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology's "Fast Call for Help."  The video below by Symantec's Senior Technical Manager Lee Bender is a demonstration of how an end-user would connect back to the Altiris Client Management Suite for remote diagnosis and repair of his notebook even though he connect boot into Windows and is outside of the corporate firewall.

In the opening keynote, 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.

While at ManageFusion, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Disney International, Fox Interactive Media, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 the impact of Intel vPro technology on power consumption reduction and energy cost reduction.

In these economic times, we had a chance to talk to the above IT executives and managers and industry analysts about their total cost of ownership strategies using PC Refresh and Intel vPro technology. Listen to the video below to learn more.

For the above IT executives and managers, security is always top of mind.  Listen to the video below to see how these companies are using Intel vPro technology to help address enterprise security.

Also, we had a chance to talk to the above IT executives and managers and with Symantec's Lee Bender about their perspective on how the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite with Intel vPro technology work best together. Listen to the video below to learn more.

At the show, there were several demonstrations of value-added integrators that have been built on top of Intel vPro technology and the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite. One of these integrators is Incendio Technology.  While at the show, we had a chance to talk with Mike Dunham, Executive Director of Product Management for Incendio Technology. In the video below, he talks about the Incendio vMinder Portal, which allows IT profrossional to utilize the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite without needing console access. From the Incendio vMinder Portal, the IT professional can access Intel vPro technology features such as reliable remote power control that are part of the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite.

Another integrator is NetX. While at the show, we had a chance to talk with Antwune Gray, a Director at NetX. In the video below, he talks about how the NetX Appliance discovers which PCs in your business environment have Intel vPro technology, as well as the version and setup status of Intel vPro technology.

While at ManageFusion, we had a chance to ask Symantec and Symantec's partners how they are growing their business around Intel vPro Technology. To hear more, watch the video below.

At events like ManageFusion, we like to ask fun questions around Intel vPro Technology.  This year, we asked attendees at the show who were familiar with Intel vPro Technology what Rock Star or style of music Intel vPro Technology could be ... To hear their answers, click on the video below.

A hobby of many IT professionals is playing video games ... so we also asked the question: "What Video Game Would Intel vPro Technology Be?" Check out the video below to hear the answers.

Summary of Intel's Presence in Keynote, Breakout, Lab sessions

Opening Keynote:

Intel Sessions

• Intel booth demonstrations
  • Post event report: Live and recorded demonstrations were provided.  We are working on posting the recorded demonstrations.  Here's what was shown:
  • • Fast Call for Help - A new capability to manage clients outside of the firewall out-of-band

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    • NetX Appliance to quickly discover, configure, and use Intel vPro Technology

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    • Altiris version 6 - Combination of in-band and out-of-band demonstrations

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    • Altiris version 7 - Combination of in-band and out-of-band demonstrations
    • Symantec Workspace - previously called SVS Pro, demonstration application virtualization and streaming.