IT Best Practices: Intel IT has conducted a successful pilot project of our hardware-based whole-disk encryption (WDE) solution to replace our current software-based WDE solution on systems with self-encrypting drives. Compared to software-based WDE, our new hardware-based WDE solution improves user experience, increases encryption compliance, and reduces support issues. This new solution is based on [See the full post…]

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Business Solutions for IT Managers: Buncombe County Schools deploy PCs with Intel Core vPro processors to boost performance, ease remote management, and improve energy efficiency.

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In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Intel’s Carolyn Hanley talks with Intel Chip Chat host Allyson Klein about the advancements of the 5th generation of vPro and what it delivers on the Intel Xeon E3 family of processors. See also: Intel vPro Technology Intel Chip Chat

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IT Information Security: Intel IT recently completed a technology evaluation of Intel Anti-Theft Technology (Intel AT), available on laptop PCs with 2010 Intel Core vPro processors. Intel AT is a hardware-based technology that can help detect theft and disable a laptop if it is lost or stolen, as shown in Figure 1 in the PDF. [See the full post…]

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Every day thousands of laptops are stolen or are lost. Most contain critical information. In this video, Intel’s Josh Hilliker gives us a demo of Intel Anti-Theft Technology. With this new “poison pill” feature, Intel can actually help prevent crime by remotely disabling a PC, and making it worthless to a a potential thief. For [See the full post…]

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Although the latest virus scare has yet to materialize into an attack — security experts tell us that Conficker, as of April 1, 2009, remains dormant — it puts a exclamation point on the notion that IT departments need clear vision of every PC in their networks as well as access to those PCs. The [See the full post…]

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It may seem obvious that planning pays. But for those CIOs and their staffs, managing an IT infrastructure often occurs in an environment where problems are moving targets. Many organizations have little time to plan ahead. But they must. “You’re not going to get there unless you have a plan,” says Bob Stoddard, Intel IT [See the full post…]

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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 [See the full post…]

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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 [See the full post…]

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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.

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