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Isolation of Infected PCs and Remediation with Intel vPro Technology - Part 2 of 3

Paul Lancour — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:22:56 +0000

This is the second in a series of three videos from IT@Intel, each featuring Omer Ben-Shalom, principal engineer with Intel’s Information Technology Group. In these videos Omer demonstrates how Intel vPro technology System Defense filtering can be integrated with Security Event Management systems to improve corporate response capabilities to virus outbreaks, while at the same time reducing the resources required and improving speed to response. This second video shows how a human operator can use these Intel vPro technology capabilities to quarantine an offending host which has been detected by the security event management system.

Tags: AMT, event_manager, filtering, IT@Intel, management, network quarantine, Omer Ben-Shalom, quarantine, ron miller, Security, system defense, video, virus, vpro

Isolation of Infected PCs and Remediation with Intel vPro Technology - Part 1 of 3

Paul Lancour — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:52 +0000

This is the first in a series of three videos from IT@Intel, each featuring Omer Ben-Shalom, Principal Engineer with Intel’s Information Technology Group. In these videos, Omer demonstrates how Intel vPro technology System Defense filtering can be integrated with Security Event Management systems to improve corporate response capabilities to virus outbreaks, while at the same time reducing the resources required and improving speed to response. This first video is an overview of how Intel vPro technology capabilities for network quarantine can be used to enhance security event management systems by providing them with an active response capability.

Tags: AMT, event_manager, filtering, IT@Intel, management, network quarantine, Omer Ben-Shalom, quarantine, ron miller, Security, system defense, video, virus, vpro

Intel’s vPro Technology at Verizon

Paul Lancour — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:59:43 +0000

As Intel’s vPro technology continues to enter the marketplace, IT departments are realizing the great versatility and cost savings it brings. In this video, Chris Maylor, director of IT Architecture of Verizon Services, gives a brief outline of how vPro is affecting his organization and the quarter of a million devices his department manages.

Tags: Intel, vPro, IDF, Intel Developer Forum, Chris Maylor, IT, Verizon

Intel Centrino2: C.T. Phone Home!

Catherine Girardeau — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:01:00 +0000

Intel’s new, next-generation Centrino platform, Centrino2 and Centrino2 with vPro, is coming soon to a laptop near you. In this video from the vPro Expert Center, Josh Hilliker, vPro Expert Center’s Community Manager, along with Brian Tucker, Mobile Platforms Marketing Manager, and Senior Systems Engineer Todd Christ, give an sneak peek into Centrino2’s remarkable remote management capabilities, using a combination of Client-Initiated Remote Access (CIRA), and the recently-updated Active Management Technology (AMT) 4.0. Centrino2 with vPro can “phone home” for updates, assistance, or crisis management — even when it’s outside the corporate network, and IT Managers can access it for updates, software patches, troubleshooting, and hardware repair — even when it’s in “sleep” mode.

Tags: AMT, Brian Tucker, centrino, Centrino2, Centrino2 with vPro, CIRA, Intel, Josh Hilliker, Todd Christ, vpro

Tech Tools Unleash vPro’s Power

Catherine Girardeau — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:00:26 +0000

Activation and tools are what Intel vPro technology users need to use vPro to the fullest. In this video, Josh Hilliker, community manager of Intel’s online vPro Expert Center, with Tim “The Tool Guy” Duncan and Michele Gartner of the vPro Activation zone, introduces the tools available to IT professionals to make activating their vPro systems easier. Gartner’s job is to keep training materials, wikis and conversation fresh on the Activation zone. Duncan spends his time building tools to save IT professionals time and money while taking full advantage of vPro’s features.

Tags: activation, Josh Hilliker, Michele Gartner, Tim Duncan, vpro, vPro Expert Center, vPro tools

Intel vPro Experts Say Activate Now

Catherine Girardeau — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:02:51 +0000

“We’ve got the right tools, the right place, the right time: now is the time to activate,” said Intel vPro Expert Center Community Manager Josh Hilliker. What’s he talking about? Intel’s vPro technology, and the tools available to help end-users self-activate their vPro systems, taking them, as Hilliker says, “from zero to 60.” In this podcast, Hilliker is joined by Tim Duncan, “The Tool Guy.” He’s an Intel marketing engineer who leads a team developing tools to make Intel vPro technology-based platforms easier to use. Also in the podcast, Michele Gartner, who manages Intel’s online Activation zone. Tim talks tools, and Michele lets people know where to go to find everything they need to get their vPro-based systems up and activated.

Tags: Intel, vPro, Josh Hilliker, self-activate, Tim Duncan, Michele Gartner

The meaning of the “v” in Intel vPro Technology

editor — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:04:49 +0000

When Intel released Intel vPro technology into the marketplace in 2006, the press asked us what the “v” in Intel vPro technology meant. Now that the technology has been in the marketplace for almost two years, we thought that the best answer to the question, “What does the “v” in Intel vPro technology mean to you?” would come from Intel customers, as well as from some of the technical experts from Intel and our partners who deal with our customers on an almost daily basis. Listen to the video to hear their answers.

Tags: Intel, vPro

vPro Expert Center: Where we are, where we’re headed

Catherine Girardeau — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:26 +0000

In this podcast, we check in with Josh Hilliker, who manages Intel’s online vPro Expert Center, for a community status report. How has the community grown? What topics are people blogging, vlogging, and discussing? How is the content feeding the community — and the community enriching the content? From an online talk radio show, to how-to videos, to deep dives into technical topics in collaborative conversations with sites like Ars Technica, Hilliker is doing everything he can to enliven, enrich, and enlighten the vPro Expert Center’s audience about all things vPro. Things like CIRA, Montevina, Danbury. He’s the Proest of vPros. Find out how you can be, too.

Tags: CIRA, Danbury, Intel, Josh Hilliker, vpro

vPro: Encryption at the Hardware Level

Jason Lopez — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:29:23 +0000

There’s a revolution afoot in the computer industry that’s not so sci-fi. It’s more in line with the notion of “heavy lifting” and “blocking and tackling.” Corporate networks are benefiting from software at the chip level below the operating system. Intel has been providing the software building blocks for greater functionality in the hardware in vPro and CentrinoPro. The updates to the technologies continue in 2008 with “Danbury,” which performs core encryption in hardware. PodTech’s Jason Lopez interviewed Intel’s Steve Grobman, director of business client architecture.

Tags: Corporate networks, vPro, CentrinoPro, Danbury, core encryption, Steve Grobman

Intel vPro Technology: Activation Getting Easier

Jason Lopez — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:30:38 +0000

In this video podcast, IT pros from the Enterprise Solutions Group at Intel join Josh Hilliker, manager of the Intel vPro Expert Center, to discuss vPro activation. (more…)

Tags: Enterprise Solutions Group, Intel, Josh Hilliker, Intel vPro, vPro activation

ROI: Intel vPro Technology in the Enterprise

Jason Lopez — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:02:50 +0000

With Intel vPro Technology, the enterprise has a measurable way to improve IT efficiency and cut costs significantly. Enterprises that deploy Intel vPro technology-based PCs as part of a comprehensive PC refresh program can expect to reduce hardware complexity and the expenditures associated with that complexity. Wipro conducted a survey of IT managers from 40 different companies in a variety of industries, asking about current desktop management activities and costs that could be reduced by PCs with Intel vPro technology. The results the research team came up with were impressive — according to the white paper documenting their findings, a company with 32,000 desktops and a 4-year refresh cycle can achieve desktop management cost reductions of approximately $1 million in year one of the refresh, and as much as $7.5 million in year five, by which time the entire PC population would be part of a base featuring PCs with Intel vPro technology.

In this video podcast, Intel Senior Business Marketing Manager Justin Van Buren, Wipro Chief Application Architect Patrick Kalaher, Wipro Architect Timothy Morey, and Intel’s own Josh Hilliker discuss the technology and its implications for business with PodTech’s Jason Lopez.

Check out the Intel vPro Technology ROI Estimator

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Tags: Intel vPro Technology, IT efficiency, PC refresh program, hardware complexity, Wipro, desktop management, Justin Van Buren, Patrick Kalaher, Timothy Morey, Josh Hilliker, ROI Estimator

Intel Ships New 45nm Penryn Chip

Paul Lancour — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:01:30 +0000

Gordon Moore’s Law will remain in effect for the foreseeable future. Intel Corporation’s new 45nm Penryn microprocessor relies on a new recipe that combines the element Hafnium and metal gate technology to increase performance and significantly reduce eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks. (more…)

Tags: Moore’s Law, 45nm, Penryn, microprocessor, new recipe, Hafnium, metal gate, eco-unfriendly, wasteful electricity leaks

Intel and HP Discuss Latest in Energy-Efficient Computing

Catherine Girardeau — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:30:20 +0000

Energy management and energy efficiency in data centers: Intel and HP are working together to save energy and money while boosting computing performance. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is one way that Intel and HP are working to create sustainable high-performance technology for the enterprise. How do the energy management capabilities achieved by deploying Intel’s vPro platform contribute to power savings across an entire business? And what should the energy-conscious data center manager consider in trying to implement power savings in the data center? (More information on energy-effient chips related to this week’s announcement from another sponsor of the initiative, Marvell — a chip that actually determines the energy requirements of individual applications.

Tags: Energy management, energy efficiency, data centers, Intel, HP, computing performance, Climate Savers Computing Initiative

Small Business Gets IT

editor — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:52:41 +0000

Remote repairs can reduce desk-side computer visits. Intel’s vPro business computer chips have built-in tools so IT pros can get under the hood and repair PCs even if they won’t start.

Tags: Intel, vPro, IT

Live at IDF: Shoptalk With Intel Execs

Rio Pesino — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:16:17 +0000

One of the many opportunities for Intel leaders to answer questions from press, bloggers — anyone, really — is the popular panel q&a, “Shoptalk.” This time, Intel Fellows including Matthew Adiletta, Ajay Bhatt, Richard Lee Coulson, John Crawford, Vivek De, Kevin Kahn, P. Geoffrey Lowney, Eugene S. Meieran, Thomas A. Piazza and Raj Yavatkar fielded questions about Intel, the future of technology, the speed of developing platforms and processors, memory, voice recognition, Intel’s strategies in planning for the future, and those blue aprons.

What comes after silicon-based technology? How is Intel addressing growing concerns about the environmental impacts of technology? What about scaling for nanotechnology? The future of DRAM?

Click here to meet the Fellows.

Tags: Shoptalk, Intel Fellows, Matthew Adiletta, Ajay Bhatt, Richard Lee Coulson, John Crawford, Vivek De, Kevin Kahn, P. Geoffrey Lowney, Eugene S. Meieran, Thomas A. Piazza, Raj Yavatkar, processors, memory, voice recognition, silicon, environmental, nanotechnology, DRAM

IDF Live: Is Social Media a Friend or Foe of IT?

Jason Lopez — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:35:49 +0000

Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, led a panel discussion on Day 1 of the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The panel dealt directly with the friction that often arises between the burgeoning social media forces in the enterprise and the IT groups that find themselves in opposition to the kinds of needs created by those newer social networks.

The panel in this podcast includes Peter Kaminski, CTO of Socialtext, Jackie Medecki, attorney for social media and marketing at Intel, Jeff Moriarty, a social media/Web 2.0 design engineer at Intel, John Miner, an IT methodologist at Intel, and Eleanor Wynn, a social technology architect at Intel

It’s IT’s stereotypical response (”No”) to questions about setting up blogs and wikis, that prompts the debate. But as John Miner points out, most large companies inherently already have blogs and wikis — they just don’t realize it. This, he says, is because they tend to grow organically inside of large IT structures. But the fact is that the candor and conversation that make up the substance of blogs and wikis do tend to threaten some of the structures of the enterprise — especially when it comes to legal concerns.

How does Intel handle the challenges? Especially when it comes to the “gray areas?” This video podcast shows how one large corporation is navigating social media in the enterprise.

Check out the IT@Intel Community - Click here.

Tags: Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher, Intel Developer Forum, social media, IT, social networks, Peter Kaminski, Socialtext, Jackie Medecki, Jeff Moriarty, John Miner, Eleanor Wynn, social technology, blogs and wikis, IT@Intel

Fireside Chat with Gordon Moore, Live at IDF: Part 2

Rio Pesino — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:21:19 +0000

Gordon E. Moore, Intel retired chairman and CEO (and chairman emeritus of the board) spoke with Moira Gunn onstage at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, in an interview that Intel called a “fireside chat.”

In this segment, find out whether or not you owe your workplace set-up to Moore and Intel (hint: you probably do). Also, was “Intel” ever the hame of a motel company in the Midwest?

The conversation covered a full career, from a time before semiconductors, when the very notion of integrated circuits was new — and controversial. Since then, of course, not only has Moore been on the winning side of the technology, but his name has become synomymous with the notion that the technology of the chip is on an aggressive development track — “Moore’s Law” has guided and challenged the chip industry for more than 30 years. (Asked if he regrets that name, he says, “I guess I don’t - now.”)

An End to Moore’s Law?
Every year sees speculation about a possible end to Moore’s Law. What does Moore, himself say (this year)? The answer is in this podcast. The physical world is subject to limiting factors, and Moore predicts that sometime in the foreseeable future, limits will be reached in the business of chip-making. However, Moore says he’s still impressed at how well the industry has extended the technologies, so far.

Moore easily recalls a time before the name Silicon Valley applied to the high-tech corridor south of San Francisco, but he was also remembers a time before the now-ubiquitous staple of office life worldwide. Cubicles. You may not like your cubicle much, but according to Moore, they came about in an attempt to keep the office from looking like a prison. Besides, he says, he still has the biggest cubicle at Intel.

Gordon Moore co-founded Intel in 1968.

To learn more, click here.

Tags: Gordon E. Moore, Intel, Moira Gunn, Intel Developer Forum, semiconductors, integrated circuits, Moore’s Law, Silicon Valley, Cubicles

IDF Exclusive: Intel CIO John “JJ” Johnson

Michael Johnson — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:49:04 +0000

Live, from the “Upload Lounge” at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel Vice President and CIO John “JJ” Johnson spoke with PodTech for this podcast about some of the hot topics being talked about at this year’s Fall IDF.

Johnson talks about the many ways in which Intel’s Enterprise Capability Framework helps enterprise data networks keep up with the demands associated with managing emerging technologies, including social media like IM, blogs and wikis as well as the newest generation of smart phones. A big part of the challenge facing the enterprise involves providing the requisite security without limiting capability.

For the enterprise, Johnson highlights virtualization (a hot topic at the end of Day 1) and the value of Intel’s vPro — including advantages like the ability to fix or reboot a crashed machine in the network, or to analyze network machines remotely.

It all points in one direction — increased mobility brings increased demands, which together create what Johnson sees as the most interesting innovation in the last ten years.

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Tags: Intel Developer Forum, John “JJ” Johnson, IDF, data networks, social media, smart phones, virtualization, vPro

Fireside Chat with Gordon Moore, Live at IDF: Part I

Rio Pesino — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:36:20 +0000

In this segment, find out how Intel really got its start, and how much of its success Moore thinks was just great good luck.

An End to Moore’s Law?
Every year sees speculation about a possible end to Moore’s Law. What does Moore, himself say? The answer is in this podcast. The physical world is subject to limiting factors, and Moore predicts that sometime in the foreseeable future, limits will be reached in the business of chip-making. However, Moore says he’s still impressed at how well the industry has extended the technologies, so far.

Gordon Moore co-founded Intel in 1968.

To learn more, click here.

Tags: Gordon E. Moore, Intel, Moira Gunn, Intel Developer Forum, semiconductors, integrated circuits, Moore’s Law, Silicon Valley, Cubicles

IDF Shoptalk

Jason Lopez — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:36:47 +0000

Coming soon on video… Shoptalk from the Intel Developer Forum.

IDF IT Panel

Jason Lopez — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:12:33 +0000

Coming soon… video of the IT Panel from the Fall 2007 Intel Developer Forum.

IDF Gordon Moore

Jason Lopez — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:58:18 +0000

Coming soon… video of an interview with Intel co-founder Gordon Moore at the Fall 2007 Intel Developer Forum.

vPro’s Extensive Roadmap

Jason Lopez — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:00:09 +0000

“I’d like to call it the perfect storm,” says Hewlett-Packard’s Bruce Michelson, distinguished technologist for the company’s PC division. He says the features on today’s business PCs have come together in such a way that they’re years ahead of the average user’s needs… today. “What you are going to see with vPro as you go forward is increased automation, increased simplification of provisioning,” adds John Mahvi, who manages the Intel’s own IT PC Suite. PodTech’s Jason Lopez has the podcast.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Bruce Michelson, vPro, John Mahvi, Jason Lopez

CentrinoPro: Proest of Pros

Jason Lopez — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:49:36 +0000

Where do you turn on manageability in a network? Try at the chip level. Intel’s Pro technologies—CentrinoPro and vPro are changing the way IT shops manage large fleets of computers. Administrators now have the ability to see what’s happening to every laptop no matter where it moves around in the network. As Intel’s Josh Hilliker says, “If a box has been compromised physically, I know it has happened. If a box has got their memory changed, I know that has happened. If they’ve changed software, I know about it.” In this Intel podcast we go to Folsom, California to talk with Hilliker and his Intel cohorts who helped develop and test CentrinoPro.

IT Pros Finding Reliable, Remote Security and Manageability for Business Laptops, 24/7

Catherine Girardeau — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:44:11 +0000

In this Intel podcast, Matt Trevorrow and Jeff Wade of IT-outsourcing firm EDS explain how Intel’s vPro and Centrino Pro technology together are making the three million desktop and laptop computers they manage worldwide more secure, and more manageable. They also discuss how the innovation of remote security and manageability on the chip keeps the enterprise network safe and functional, wherever the company’s Internet wired or wireless users are located. vPro technology isn’t just making life better for IT professionals, says Wade; it’s offering, “an order of magnitude better performance for that end user,” who is what this technology should be all about. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau reports.

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Tags: Intel, Matt Trevorrow, Jeff Wade, EDS, vPro, Centrino Pro, wireless, IT, IntelBusiness, IntelSecurity