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Intel Announces Centrino 2

Paul Lancour — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:59:01 +0000

Intel this week announced the release of its newest mobile technology, Centrino 2. Centrino 2 features an enhanced CPU utilizing Intel’s 45 nanometer technology, new graphics and chipset, and more powerful wireless connectivity. This latest version of the Centrino platform will lead the way as consumers continue to demand more hi-def video, longer battery life, and greater mobility, and as businesses look to securely manage a workforce on the go. In this video we hear from Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of the Mobile Platforms Group, and from Erik Reid, director of marketing with the Mobile Platforms Group, both speaking at the launch event in San Francisco.

Tags: Intel, Centrino 2, 45 nanometer, mobility, Mooly Eden, Erik Reid

Verizon Business Keeps Corporate End-Users Connected Globally with Enterprise Mobility Solutions

Paul Lancour — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:42 +0000

Global enterprises require a flexible enterprise mobility strategy that enables on-the-go employees to easily, rapidly and securely connect to corporate resources in a seamless manner. As a leader in delivering global enterprise mobility solutions, Verizon Business offers a comprehensive array of enterprise mobility services that can deliver big benefits to business in terms of enhancing global collaboration, reducing travel expenses and achieving “green” objectives. In this podcast, Craig Cerasi, Verizon Business global product marketing manager for enterprise mobility, discusses the market trends driving adoption of enterprise mobility and how Verizon Business can help customers deploy mobility solutions to meet a wide range of business needs.

Tags: enterprise mobility, Verizon Business, Craig Cerasi

Intro to Virtualization

editor — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:25 +0000

What is a virtual machine? Learn the fundamentals of virtualization in this overview of VMware’s software technology. Hear how to consolidate multiple virtual machines on a single server to increase server reliability and utilization while reducing power and cooling costs. Hardware independent virtual machines enable complete mobility of applications and data.

Speakers: Rob Smoot, group manager, product marketing, VMware
Jaleh Rezaei-Homami, associate product marketing manager, VMware

Tags: virtual machine, virtualization, VMware, reducing power, cooling costs, Rob Smoot, Jaleh Rezaei-Homami

What’s New: Logotec Bringing Mobility to CRM

Cydni Tetro — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:12:31 +0000

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is a three-tier application that can help organizations manage front office processes, such as sales, marketing, and customer service, and serve as a development platform for business applications in different industry verticals. The platform aspects let you focus on your core needs by providing you rapid development toolkit, well documented SDK, outlook integration including offline access, mobile support, scalability including multi-tenancy, globalization support including multi-language & multi-currency, and power of choice when it comes to choosing deployment options. Sanjay Jain, ISV Architect Evangelist, speaks with Michal Klaja, CTO and Mark Frederiksen, BDM at Logotec Engineering to discuss their experience of adopting Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Platform to provide a Software + Service based Mobile solution to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 users.

Tags: Business Application Platform, Logotec Engineering, Mark Frederiksen, Michal Klaja, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, Mobile@Connector, S+S, Sanjay Jain, USISV

Intel Research Day: Showcase for Creativity

Paul Lancour — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:27:31 +0000

When Intel’s research teams think about the future of computing - from mobile devices with near-limitless functionality to technology for the developing world to virtual worlds and advanced robotics, they are literally mapping our future (a future that could include, for example, a cafe table with networking ability). In this podcast preview of the 2008 Research@Intel Day, to be held at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley, we hear from some of Intel’s key players when it comes to the next generations of technology. Hear what Intel Research is focusing on now from Andrew Chien, vice president, corporate technology group and director of Intel Research; Intel Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Corporate Technology Group Justin Rattner; and Eric Brewer, director, Intel Research Berkeley.

Research Day is a chance to check in Intel on the future impacts that its advanced chip technologies will have on human health, mobility, innovation and, of course, computing - from Terascale architecture, software and programming issues to visual computing challenges.

You can hear more from Andrew Chien, here talking about essential computing, “the vision that drives Intel Research.” Justin Rattner shares some thoughts on virtual words as a precursor to the 3D Internet, and Eric Brewer, also a professor of comptuer science at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about how research from his Berkeley lab could lead to better technologies for the developing world.

Past coverage of Research@Intel Day

Tags: virtual worlds, Research@Intel Day, Silicon Valley, Intel, Andrew Chien, Justin Rattner, Eric Brewer, mobility, Terascale, essential computing

Fueling the Desktop Revolution with VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

editor — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:30 +0000

Enterprise computing has come a long way from the days of centralized mainframes in the 1970’s to the fully distributed desktops and laptops we see today. With the workplace becoming more technologically diverse and increasingly mobile, desktop IT workload grows exponentially with each new user and configuration. Is there a solution that can give IT centralized control while still providing end users with a familiar interface? Yes there is - VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure allows you to centrally deliver virtual desktops from your secure datacenter to your end users. Virtual desktops look and behave like traditional PCs. Therefore, users can still customize their desktops, download additional applications without adding to the IT support queue. VMware virtualization helps you take back control of the desktop.

This podcast features VMware Desktop Specialist Todd Dayton in an interview that dives into the architecture behind VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, applicable use cases and tips on how to get started.

The Server Virtualization Blog has a great and concise explanation of the VM value proposition in a recent post by Bridget Botelho, including links to case studies.

Tags: enterprise computing, mobility, IT, VMware, virtualization, Virtual Desktop, data center

Voices of Shanghai: IDF 2008

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:13:28 +0000

This year’s Spring IDF, in Shanghai, brought the global community of Intel developers to one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, to discuss one of the most rapidly-changing technologies, and the incredible impact that all of that change is bound to have. Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger, referred to Intel’s efforts broadly as “architecture for life.” If it sounds ambitious, it is.

The speed of change in the software world is daunting. In his own keynote, SVP and General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group at Intel, Anand Chandrasekher, noted that everyone is trying to “unleash the Internet, unwire it, and make it go mobile.” Again, the words sound almost obvious, like common sense. They’re not.

It’s true that Intel specializes in bringing incredible advancements to technology on a tick-tock product development schedule that allows industries to grow and thrive. You can see in the matter of weeks and months that Intel’s efforts go from being rumor to being confirmed technological advances (like the recent Dunnington news) that the world is watching itself change in real time. It’s true that a lot of time at IDF in Shanghai was devoted to presentations on specific technologies, platforms and products.

We heard a lot more about Nehalem, about visual computing, about multithreaded CPUs (And just for fun, compare this detailed look at Intel’s sometimes-inscrutable codenames with a detailed look at those same codenames, from a slightly different perspective). Keynotes from Gelsinger and Chandrasekher, along with Software and Solutions Group General Manager and Intel Vice President Renee James and Intel’s Andrew Chien helped to clarify just how much more mobile our technology will allow us to be.

But always in the backdrop was Shanghai. In this video podcast, Jason Lopez connects the dots between Intel’s efforts to push technology past its limits and Shanghai’s amazing journey to pass its own.

Tags: IDF, Shanghai, Intel developers, Pat Gelsinger, architecture for life, Anand Chandrasekher, unleash the Internet, Dunnington, Nehalem, visual computing, multithreaded CPUs, Renee James, Andrew Chien, Jason Lopez, IDF2008, Silverthorne, Intel Atom, mobile Internet device, Nehalem, Dunnington, Multithreading, virtualization, high performance computing, wireless technology, Centrino, WiMax, 45nm, 32nm

IDF Shanghai: Sights and Sounds

Jason Lopez — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:51:47 +0000

In this video podcast, Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger explains Intel architecture and its wide-ranging capabilities (”architecture for life”), and Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Mobility Group, Dadi Perlmutter and Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher update the crowd on the latest on the mobile Internet devices and their innovative technology, powered by the Intel Atom processor.

This year’s Spring IDF took place in Shanghai.

Tags: Intel, Pat Gelsinger, Dadi Perlmutter, Anand Chandrasekher, Intel Atom, Shanghai, IDF2008, Silverthorne, Intel Atom, mobile Internet device, Nehalem, Dunnington, Multithreading, virtualization, high performance computing, wireless technology, Centrino, WiMax, 45nm, 32nm

IDF Shanghai: Keynote Demos Showcase Mobility, Innovation

editor — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:27:59 +0000

In this video podcast straight from Intel’s Spring IDF in Shanghai, the spotlight is on the keynote demos that showed power and performance in newer, smaller and more innovative form factors, many powered by the Intel’s Atom processor. Many of the demonstrations focused on mobility, and they all provided an exciting look at some of the technologies that are just around the corner.

Dr. Ren Ng, president and CEO of Refocus Imaging, led a demo of his company’s light field cameras, which record the full light field as it enters the camera, ultimately extending the capabilities of conventional digital cameras and “turning camera hardware into software.” Ng explains that by doing this, light field cameras “bring the economics and power of Moore’s Law to the camera system.” (snapshots from their Web site illustrate the demo, which they re-created live, on stage at IDF!).

Also on hand was Dr. Mendel Rosenblum, co-founder and chief scientist at VMware. He shared the stage with Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger, to demonstrate a flex migration across four generations of hardware as well as the value of the deep collaboration between Intel and VMware.

There was a live demo by Classmate PC, following the news-making announcement of the new, second generation classmate (”featuring a 9-inch LCD screen, 6-cell battery, 512MB memory, a 30GB hard disk drive and a built-in webcam“), the unveiling of Intel’s Tukwila Itanium processor (“Two billion transistors in one processor”), and a mobility-focused Asianux demoonstration of the breadth of Moblin Usage, including a new way to play video from the Web and a new way to order Chinese food.

A Montevina demo was noteworthy after Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Mobility Group, Dadi Perlmutter, revealed that Intel’s next generation mobile platform, Montevina, will provide twice the 3D processing power of any current integrated solution.

Demos showcasing Neusoft driver assistance, Fuwa robot, Adobe Air, Sobey real-time rendering and MID & mobile designs rounded out the event.

Tags: Intel, IDF, Shanghai, mobility, Ren Ng, Refocus Imaging, light field cameras, Mendel Rosenblum, VMware, Pat Gelsinger, flex migration, Classmate PC, Tukwila, Itanium, processor, Moblin, Montevina, Dadi Perlmutter, Fuwa, Adobe Air, Sobey, IDF2008, Silverthorne, Intel Atom, mobile Internet device, Nehalem, Dunnington, Multithreading, virtualization, high performance computing, wireless technology, Centrino, WiMax, 45nm, 32nm

What’s Inside SxSW Interactive?

Paul Lancour — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:17:23 +0000

In this video podcast, we travel to Austin, Texas and the SxSW Interactive festival, to focus on what’s inside people’s computers, and just how much they’re relying on those computers for work, communication and - all-important at the SxSW Festival — creativity.

Intel’s Bryan Rhoads took the opportunity to blog from the conference using a MID. He used the mobile Internet device to bring his blog readers along with him to breakfast, and to snap a picture of two of Intel’s tiniest products - the Atom processor and the silicon core of an Intel Core 2 Duo.

We showed those tiny products to attendees at SxSWi, and found out how some creative folks are interacting with their computers (and what’s inside).

Related Stories:
IntelMooresLaw, IntelMobility

Tags: SxSW Interactive, IntelMooresLaw, IntelMobility, video podcast, Austin, SXSWi, South by Southwest, SXSW, Intel, Interactive, ultramobile, Atom, Bryan Rhoads, MIDs, mobile Internet device, Core 2 Duo, processor

IDF Shanghai 2008: Atom-Enabled Devices To Debut

Jason Lopez — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:23 +0000

A new processor for the ultra-mobile market is Intel’s latest move to revolutionize mobility computing, from UMPCs to mobile Internet devices and even notebooks and desktops (er, “netbooks” and “net-tops”). While Atom (née Silverthorne) received its brand-new brand name recently, the family of tiny processors, which relies on 45nm technology just like the Penryn line of Core 2 Duo processors, will debut in devices on display at IDF in Shanghai in early April.

It’s no secret that China has come a long way in a short time — from being a country known for manufacturing cheap products for export to being, potentially, the next great IT superpower. National Science Board figures show that in 1994 there were only seven U.S. companies doing research in China. Ten years later, that number had risen to more than 500. Gartner analysts James Popkin and Partha Iyengar wrote, in their 2007 book I.T. and the East, that the world “will witness the birth of a real IT superpower if government restrictions are loosened and the Chinese instinctive talent for entrepreneurialism continues to be encouraged.”

It’s against this backdrop that the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, April 2 and 3, 2008, takes on extra significance. China now supplies the talent, within the country, to conduct advanced research in chip design. At this year’s IDF in Shanghai, Intel will provide an update on new technologies and features that enable devices with better performance, less power, more mobility, and lower cost.

If you’re not attending the event in person, be sure to follow online at Intel’s IDF pages and check in here for more video podcast coverage.

Tags: new processor, ultra-mobile, Intel, mobility computing, UMPC, mobile Internet devices, notebooks, desktops, netbooks, net-tops, Atom, 45nm technology, Penryn, Core 2 Duo, IDF, National Science Board, James Popkin, Partha Iyengar, I.T. and the East, Intel Developer Forum

Intel Atom: Chip Packs Internet in Your Pocket

editor — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:47:38 +0000

Intel’s smallest processor to date, built with it’s tiny 45nm transistors for a new wave of small, mobile Internet devices. The chip gets the name Intel Atom. There’s also Intel Centrino Atom, a combination of chip technologies for low cost, low power and high performing devices designed to bring better Internet experiences to wireless compute devices.

Intel’s Brian Fravel helped to announce Atom’s brand name on Sunday, followed by Bob Duffy and others. Outside of Intel, conversation continues. Most blog mentions highlight the tiny processor’s likeley impact on mobile internet devices. As Joel Hruska writes at Ars Technica, “The Atom architecture is intended to give Intel a foothold in handheld devices that have traditionally been the sole domain of very low-power RISC processors.” Noting that no Atom-enabled products have yet been announced, Yahoo! Tech’s Christopher Null predicts that “you should definitely expect some in the next few months.”

More info at:
Mobility@Intel blog
The Intel Pressroom

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IntelMobility

Tags: Intel, 45nm, transistors, mobile Internet devices, Intel Atom, Intel Centrino Atom, Brian Fravel, Bob Duffy, Joel Hruska, Ars Technica, Christopher Null, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IntelMobility

Intel Processing Power at GDC

Michael Johnson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:10:54 +0000

Intel processing power was the name of the game at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. With quad core and 8-core muscle “under the hood,” gamers, developers, and graphics folks alike had a chance to see their games supercharged: faster rendering, MMOs running at ultimate speed, and easier exporting of element into game architecture.

For this video podcast, PodTech spoke with Peter De Lappe, of Softimage (also check out Softimage on the Road) on 3D game development graphics architecture, as well as Ethan Schur of TDVision, developers of Stereoscopic gaming headgear.

By the way, Intel’s smallest-ever processor will soon be given its brand name. This is the processor that Intel’s Denise Bohling says will bring an awesome Internet experience to small mobile devices. Check out her blog and share your guesses on the new brand name, which will be announced on March 3.

Tags: Intel, processing power, 2008 Game Developers Conference, quad core, game architecture, Peter De Lappe, Softimage, Softimage on the Road, Ethan Schur, TDVision, Stereoscopic, gaming headgear

Network Investments Drive Fixed-Mobile Convergence Innovation

Michael Johnson — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:42:00 +0000

This video podcast, featuring comments from Ivan Seidenberg Verizon chairman and CEO, and Nancy Gofus, chief marketing officer for Verizon Business, discusses how Verizon’s network investments are driving innovations in fixed-mobile convergence. Hear how our powerful global IP and wireless networks are being used as the platform to deliver new services such as Wireless Office, PBX Mobile Extension and Mobile Conference Connection, making it easier for large business and government customers to enhance employee mobility and productivity for on-the-go professionals.

Tags: Ivan Seidenberg, Nancy Gofus, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, Verizon Business

HP iPAQs, Notebooks Help Small and Medium Businesses with Mobility

Catherine Girardeau — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:00:28 +0000

In this video podcast, find out how HP’s line of handheld PCs and business notebooks bring mobility and connectivity to SMBs, and how HP Total Care helps business users get the experience they need from their mobile devices.

HP’s notebook portfolio has expanded, with offerings designed for small business users with a fresh look. These new standard-series business notebooks round out HP’s comprehensive portfolio of mobile offerings. Their sleek, silver-finished style underscore the company’s focus on delivering design-savvy products. The 2710p offers the functionality of an ultra-light notebook plus the flexibility of an ultra-slim tablet. Featuring widescreen displays, the latest processor technology and multiple wireless technologies, the HP Compaq 6720s and 6820s Notebook PCs offer a balance of mobility and value. They come with the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors, WiFi certified WLAN, integrated Bluetooth, ExpressCard 54 (vs. PC Card), 3 USB ports (vs. 2), and security, reliability and ease of use features. For security, HP offers Device Access Manager for HP ProtectTools, HP ProtectTools Security Manager, and HP Disk Sanitizer. For reliability, HP Drive Guard protects from shock and data corruption. And for ease of use, the notebooks feature an integrated Secure Digital (SD) Card reader to easily transfer files to other digital devices and the optional DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL LightScribe Drive to burn custom high-quality labels and artwork on to your disc.

HP Total Care is a broad portfolio of support, services and solutions to help small and medium businesses get the most out of their technology choices and focus on what they do best – run their business.

The iPAQ 100 and 300-series bring reliable handheld productivity and connectivity tools to SMB customers. The HP iPAQ 110 Classic Handheld is a stylish personal organizer to keep your emails, calendar, contacts and tasks up-to-date. The HP iPAQ 310 Travel Companion is a sleek personal navigation system that provides a unique 3D travel experience. The high resolution 4.3-inch touch screen display and high-performance GPS technology make it as beautiful as it is helpful.

Tags: HP, HP Total Care, HP Notebook, 6720s, 2710p, iPAQ, HP Protect Tools Security Manager, HP Disk Sanitizer, HP Drive Guard

Celio REDFLY: A Smartphone’s Mobile Companion

Brad Baldwin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:48 +0000

When Celio Corporation received a 2008 CES Innovations Award this past November, the news was out that Ceilo was up to something cool. Kirt Bailey, CEO of Celio Corporation — and former Intel Capital director involved with mobility markets, sat down with Brad Baldwin of Rocky Mountain Voices and shared the story of the REDFLY Mobile Companion.

As Bailey reminds, today’s smartphones are approaching (or already have) the processing power of computers. The REDFLY unleashes the mobile computing and communication power of today’s smartphone that is trapped beneath a tiny screen. The REDFLY is a 1″x6″x9″ clamshell device that connects to a smartphone via Bluetooh or USB to enhance a smartphone with an 8″ high-resolution display, full-function keyboard, touchpad and 8-hour battery life. The REDFLY also has a standard VGA port for output to projectors and displays and charges your phone while in use.

Bailey sees a big benefit for the mobile business traveler who seeks to stay connected while shedding pounds. REDFLY lets salespeople more easily use Salesforce.com or other Web 2.0 apps, allows business managers to forecast in Excel, or helps executives keep up on email — all from their their smartphone and the 1.9 pound REDFLY.

EVS 23: eGO Vehicles

Matt Kelly — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:31:41 +0000

During EVS 23, the Electric Vehicle Symposium, Kris Sorensen, VP, sales & marketing for eGo Vehicles, took to the podium to introduce the audience to his company which offers eco-friendly personal transportation for business, commuting, errands or recreation. At the conference he announced a major partnership with Intrago, a Boulder, CO company providing personal and electric vehicle rental management systems for the real world.

Tags: eGo, EVS 23, Intrago, Kris Sorensen

Facilitating On-The-Go Workers

Michael Johnson — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:25:02 +0000

“On-the-Go” workers require applications that enable access to corporate resources - anytime, anywhere, on any device. This podcast discusses Verizon Business’ mobility solutions and how they can enhance productivity, maximize efficiencies and enable enterprises to focus on wireline-wireless the convergence. We speak with Amanda Chesley, Product Marketing Manager, enterprise mobility, Verizon Business.

Tags: Verizon Business, Amanda Chesley

HP Introduces Total Care for SMB

Michael Johnson — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:37:40 +0000

At their recent launch in New York City, HP Total Care took the spotlight, announcing a program designed to ease IT challenges for the full lifecycle of an HP purchase. HP Total Care’s aim is to provide before, during and after- purchase support, making it easier for companies to focus on their products and clients, and less on the technology that they rely on to get things done.

Featuring expert advice, helpful services, easy-to-use tools and resources for do-it-yourself fixes, and “real live” expert support, HP Total Care is designed to give SMB the best technology experience. The offerings include HP ProtectTools, Accidental Damage Protection with Computrace, HP Backup and Recovery Manager, Smart Desktop Management services, free online classes, white papers, and “How-to-IT guides” that help explain IT security options.

In this video podcast highlight, we speak with Worldwide HP Total Care Manager Greg Nika, and Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, Bill Seidle, program manager, PSG Americas at HP, and John Dayan, VP for marketing and business development, PSG Americas at HP.

TerraCycle founder Szaky welcomes the freedom that Total Care gives him to focus on, well, garbage (TerraCycle repurposes garbage, packages its product in garbage, and has been distributed in the U.S. and Canada by leading retailers such as Home Depot, Wal*Mart, Whole Foods and hardware stores.

Also on hand for the announcement were the celebrity “achievers” who have made their “faceless” statements in television advertisements spotlighting the adaptability and versatility of HP’s personal computing technology, including Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder Shaun White, Tennis Pro and fashion designer Serena Williams, supermodel Petra Nemcova and The Orange County Choppers. Other mobility products and services were announced at the “Your Life is the Show” launch event.

Tags: HP Total Care, real live, SMB, ProtectTools, Accidental Damage Protection, Computrace, Backup and Recovery Manager, Smart Desktop Management, How-to-IT, Greg Nika, Tom Szaky, TerraCycle, Bill Seidle, John Dayan, Your Life is the Show

The Future of Mobility & WiMAX - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 16a

editor — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:36:31 +0000

Intel Senior Fellow, Kevin Kahn, provides insight into Wi-MAX, Ultra Wide Band technologies and the exciting future of mobile and wireless computing.

Related Stories: Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Tags: Intel, Wi-MAX, Ultra Wide Band, mobile, wireless, Intel, IntelMooresLaw, IDF

Verizon Global Broadband Satellite Access — Delivering Mobility and Portability

Rio Pesino — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:00:46 +0000

Large business and government customers seeking satellite-based broadband access now have a new option from Verizon Business. The company is offering a commercial broadband satellite service — Verizon Global Broadband Satellite Access, powered by Thrane & Thrane. The new service offers mobile and portable broadband access from locations around the world, and also enables enterprise mobility and business continuity applications.

Tags: Verizon Business

IDF Casual: Behind the Social Media at Intel’s Blogging Event

Jason Lopez — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:11:27 +0000

This year’s Fall IDF in San Francisco provided the perfect opportunity for Intel folks from all over the world to meetup in one room, socialize, and relax with some of the people who cover their efforts, from traditional press to bloggers. The attendees at this year’s “blogging event” included CEO Paul Otellini, Intel bloggers Josh Hilliker and Ylian Saint-Hilaire, Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Platforms Group Shmuel (Mooly) Eden, Intel spokesman and technology strategist Manny Vara, spokesman Bill Kirkus, Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Digitial Home group Eric Kim, Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group Anand Chandrasekher, Intel Vice President and Director of the Digital Enterprise Group Operations Stephen L. Smith, and blogger Chris Heuer.

The meetup took place at Ducca Restaurant, in downtown San Francisco.

Click here to visit all Blogs@Intel

Tags: Paul Otellini, Josh Hilliker, Ylian Saint-Hilaire, Shmuel (Mooly) Eden, Manny Vara, Bill Kirkus, Eric Kim, Anand Chandrasekher, Stephen L. Smith, Chris Heuer, Blogs@Intel

Technology Highlights - IDF-SF Day 2 - Intel Chip Chat - Episode 12b

editor — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:15:25 +0000

Get connected with the pulse of Day 2 at the Intel Developer Forum, as Allyson visits the Technology Showcase and recaps key disclosures on Mobility, Penryn and Power Management.

Related Stories: IntelIDF, IntelMooresLaw

Tags: Intel Developer Forum, Mobility, Penryn, Power Management, IntelIDF, IntelMooresLaw

F5’s Ken Salchow: Defining IMS

Michael Johnson — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:00:35 +0000

Ken Salchow, F5 Network’s manager of Core Technical Marketing, explores the IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS. Salchow explains that IMS is set to become the framework that Internet Service Providers will use to deliver new, highly customizable services, by seperating the access network from the service network. IMS will benefit ISP’s by allowing them to offer a greater variety of products, with more network efficiency, and IMS will benefit consumers, providing new choices in products, services and mobility. Salchow suggests that IMS brings the concept of Fixed Mobile Convergence one step closer to reality. This is an F5 podcast.

Tags: Ken Salchow, F5 Network, IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, Fixed Mobile Convergence

Wrap-Up News From IDF: Virtual Worlds and the 3D Internet

Michael Johnson — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:44:50 +0000

Users are looking for a richer, more cinematic experience from the Internet, according to Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director, Corporate Technology Group. Rattner gave the final keynote of the Fall IDF in San Francisco, focusing on virtual worlds, which are evolving into what he referred to as the “3-D Internet,” in a keynote titled, “Research and Development: Virtual Worlds - The Rise of the 3D Internet.”

Rattner, who spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson to give a preview of the Fall IDF, wrapped up the annual developer conference by acknowledging Wired Magazine’s prediction that, as social media and user-generated content hit the mainstream at the same time as the rise of broadband and increased connectivity (and mobility), the coming year could see 60 million participants in online virtual worlds.

Rattner was also joined onstage by Greg Nuyens, CEO of Qwaq, who demoed virtual worlds for the enterprise. Outside of business applications, virtual surgery (especially as a training tool) suggests that realistic virtual environments are already a significant force in some communities.

The larger message that Rattner left the crowd with was that the computing power that will be necessary to deliver this rich 3-D experience will have to be substantial, especially given the demand that real time or “frame rate” visual experience for the 3D Web will demand.

Tags: Justin Rattner, Fall IDF, virtual worlds, 3D Internet, social media, user-generated content, Greg Nuyens, Qwaq