Intel Rolls Out New vPro Technology

By Jay Lyman
TechNewsWorld

Intel this week touted the availability of its vPro technology, a package of hardware and software which the chip giant said can cut energy use and costs for enterprise IT shops while giving them more advanced remote management and security control. Hardware vendors including Cisco, HP and Microsoft have announced plans to incorporate vPro into upcoming products.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) this week announced the availability of its new hardware and software technology known as vPro, which the chip giant said can cut energy use and costs for enterprise IT shops while giving them more advanced remote management and security control.

Claiming vPro can deliver business IT organizations cost savings of as much as 40 percent, Intel said the technology would draw on the advantages of its Core 2 Duo processors to harden security and bolster manageability when incorporated into products from Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) , Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) , Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) , Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) and other vendors that plan to use the technology.

"Very simply, vPro is a change of course in the way businesses and IT managers view and use PCs," said Intel Business Client Group Vice President and General Manager Robert Crooke, who referred to the security, resource allocation, asset management and uptime advantages of the firm's new offering. Read more...