SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sep 08 2006
(Korea Newswire)-- Intel Corporation today introduced Intel?
vPro™ technology, a package of hardware and software that
marks a major change in what businesses can expect from
their PCs, providing IT workers with unprecedented levels of
computing performance and more proactive control of security
and costs. Intel also said early trials with select Fortune
500 companies showed an average potential cost savings of 40
percent.
Major computer makers around the world today began
introducing new desktop PCs with Intel vPro technology for
the mainstream business market with more systems available
in the coming weeks and months from all leading
manufacturers.
"Very simply, vPro is a change of course in the way
businesses and IT managers view and use PCs," said Robert
Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's
Business Client Group. "We are packing in features that
address what plagues businesses most·security threats, cost
of ownership, resource allocation, asset management and
uptime·into a single platform that is powered by the
greatest multi-core processor in the world."
The widely acclaimed Intel? Core™2 Duo processor is at the
heart of Intel vPro technology delivering up to a 40 percent
increase in performance and a 40 percent increase in energy
efficiency.
Intel vPro technology also includes the second generation of
Intel? Active Management Technology (Intel? AMT), Intel?
Virtualization Technology (Intel? VT), the new Intel? Q965
Express chipset and the Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network
Connection. Combined with industry-enabled software, these
breakthrough features offer superior manageability and
strengthened security to large and small businesses as
analysts project businesses will purchase more than 100
million PCs this year.
Businesses are already recognizing significant potential
cost savings from Intel vPro technology's manageability
features. Intel is releasing more than 20 unique case
studies representing trials from large and small businesses,
IT service outsourcers and managed service providers. The
outcomes point to expected PC maintenance and labor cost
savings that range from 7 percent to 95 percent, resulting
from reductions in IT deskside visits. Companies that
participated in the early tests include BMW and ING and more
information is available at
www.intel.com/business/vpro/casestudies.
Top enterprise-class software companies from around the
world are offering products optimized for Intel vPro
technology. Solutions are available today and will continue
to arrive to market in the coming months from companies such
as Adobe, Altiris, CA, Check Point, Cisco, HP OpenView,
LANDesk, Lenovo, Microsoft, StarSoftComm, Symantec, Trend
Micro and Zenith. In addition, some of the world's largest
IT services outsourcers, including Atos Origin, EDS and
Siemens Business Services, will incorporate Intel vPro
technology to enhance their offerings.
Intel vPro technology is also part of the highly successful
Intel? Stable Image Platform (Intel? SIPP) program that
offers more consistent and predictable PC platform
transitions. The program guarantees Intel software stack and
driver availability for a longer period from the time of a
product's launch. The program also allows IT managers to
test and qualify a PC once, instead of being forced to
requalify the system due to multiple software or hardware
changes·leading to faster deployments and lower ownership
costs.
Intel vPro-based PCs include Intel's latest integrated
graphics, which meet all current Microsoft requirements for
the upcoming Windows Vista* Premium hardware logo.
In 2007, a new Intel? Centrino? Duo mobile technology
platform, codenamed Santa Rosa, will extend these enhanced
IT manageability and PC fleet security benefits to laptops.
Today, businesses can purchase laptops with the recently
introduced Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology with Intel?
Core™2 Duo processor, offering increased connectivity,
battery performance and overall system performance.
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