Posts in the category of "Intel IT"

Transforming IT (and Intel): A pyramid of change for IT leaders

Transforming IT (and Intel): A pyramid of change for IT leaders

IT Best Practices: While Intel IT has routinely received high marks for performance, I believe we can do more. I believe we can help transform the business in significant and impactful ways. This requires new thinking, new strategies, and a shift in cultural norms while renewing our relationship with the business and up-leveling their expectations [See the full post…]

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Inside IT: Data Visualization

Inside IT: Data Visualization

IT Best Practices: Episode 64 – We live in the era of big data. And big data comes with big challenges. One way business intelligence strategy is helping to turn those challenges into opportunities is data visualization. In this podcast we hear from David Schaefer, Business Intelligence Architect at Intel IT. Schaefer explains the role [See the full post…]

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IT Best Practices: People are the Perimeter

IT Best Practices: People are the Perimeter

IT Best Practices: The enterprise walls and network are no longer the only pieces of the security perimeter. People are the new perimeter. People are increasing the perimeter via a myriad of mobile devices and new channels, such as social media. Malcolm Harkins, Intel Chief Security and Privacy Officer, describes how technologists and IT professionals [See the full post…]

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IT Best Practices: Improving Data Protection with McAfee Drive Encryption

IT Best Practices: Improving Data Protection with McAfee Drive Encryption

IT Best Practices: Intel IT is replacing our previous software-based encryption solution with McAfee Drive Encryption, an integral component of new McAfee security products such as McAfee Complete Data Protection – Advanced software. This high-performing, reliable solution provides integrated manageability, compliance reporting capabilities, and an improved user experience. McAfee Drive Encryption provides a hybrid agent [See the full post…]

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Inside IT: On the Leading Edge of Change at Intel IT

Inside IT: On the Leading Edge of Change at Intel IT

IT Best Practices: Episode 63 – The story of IT in the last few years is a story of change. The IT organization has undergone a transformation, as technology has affected the way people in the enterprise engage in their day to day activities. Intel IT has been at the forefront of that change. In [See the full post…]

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Delivering Self-Service BI, Data Visualization, and Big Data Analytics

Delivering Self-Service BI, Data Visualization, and Big Data Analytics

IT Best Practices: Over the last five years, Intel IT has evolved its approach to BI solutions for Intel’s worldwide sales organization to enable rapid delivery of advanced self-service business intelligence (BI) and data visualization capabilities. By moving to a user-centered model and establishing stronger working partnerships with our sales groups, we can now deliver [See the full post…]

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Intel IT Labs and Big Data

Intel IT Labs and Big Data

IT Best Practices: Over the past few years, we have investigated the concept behind the big data technologies and now have much of the capabilities running in our production environment. The IT Labs continue their work to explore new and innovative solutions focused in three areas: 1. Deep Insights: This is the exploration of methodologies [See the full post…]

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One big data strategy, three Massively Parallel Processing platforms (MPP)

One big data strategy, three Massively Parallel Processing platforms (MPP)

IT Best Practices: Let’s face it: big data is still very new. And that means the infrastructure platforms on which big data analytics are performed are also relatively immature. What it doesn’t mean, however, is that organizations can’t or shouldn’t pursue big data success. They simply need to be resourceful and calculated as they step [See the full post…]

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Intel IT’s big data journey (so far)

Intel IT’s big data journey (so far)

IT Best Practices: Businesses are often guilty of operating at a pace that is measured and process driven, in reactive fashion. These businesses observe a problem or development in the marketplace and then collect data to understand and act upon it. In many cases, even though there is genuine intent to solve the problem, the [See the full post…]

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Big data analytics: Pursuing multi-million dollar opportunities

Big data analytics: Pursuing multi-million dollar opportunities

IT Best Practices: Five people. Six months. $10 million in ROI. Those were the parameters and goals of Intel IT’s initial big data projects, which started in earnest three years ago. “We wanted to prove that big data analytics are achievable and valuable,” says Itay Yogev, Advanced Analytics Director for Intel IT. “And we wanted [See the full post…]

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