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White paper: Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ Technology and Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology

Thursday 19 November 2009 03:45

Proven Intel® vPro™ technology is built into notebook and desktop PCs to extend the reach and functionality of the management console and meet your critical IT challenges. This hardware-based technology delivers security and manageability on the chip through:

  • Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology-based notebooks.
  • Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technologybased desktop PCs.

IT technicians can now protect, maintain, and manage notebook and desktop PCs – even if the PC’s power is off, its OS is unresponsive, hardware (such as a hard drive) has failed, or software agents are missing. IT administrators can quickly identify and contain more security threats, remotely maintain PCs virtually anytime, take more accurate hardware/software inventories, quickly resolve more software and OS problems down-the-wire, and accurately diagnose hardware problems – all without leaving the service center.

Technicians can even securely maintain, update, troubleshoot, repair, and receive alerts from notebook and desktop PCs that are on an open wired LAN outside the corporate firewall. With new Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT) for notebooks, IT administrators can also be more assured that encrypted data is better protected from unauthorized access if a system is lost or stolen. For Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technologybased notebooks, optional, integrated WiFi/WiMAX allow users to experience broadband connectivity on the go for wireless access beyond today’s hot spots.

With Intel vPro technology, IT managers benefit from lower support costs, easier and more automated maintenance, improved security, increased compliance and more accurate inventories. In turn, companies can see significantly fewer service depot and deskside visits, and less interruption to business.

The latest Intel-based notebook and desktop PCs also deliver significantly improved performance for computeintensive applications and multitasking all in a powerefficient package that is Microsoft Windows 7* ready. These PCs also include hardware-based capabilities that enable next-generation standard practice virtualization use cases, such as OS and application streaming, as well as traditional virtualization in a faster, separate environment.

IT organizations can now spend less time on routine tasks, and can focus resources where they are most needed.