In today's competitive business arena, dramatic productivity gains are increasingly rare. Mobile computing has emerged as a strong exception, bringing substantial increases in worker productivity. And today's wireless technologies bring even greater productivity gains. When planning a client refresh, wireless mobile computers deserve serious consideration.

Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology² is designed to help your enterprise fully realize the benefits of wireless mobility. It's the first architected CPU  , chipset  , and wireless LAN  from Intel designed from the ground up to deliver the benefits of mobility that matter to enterprises like yours — namely enhanced employee productivity, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) , and longer platform stability .

Wireless mobility transforms the workday by giving employees new ways to stay productive and efficient as they move through fast-paced days, both in and out of the office. IT@Intel   studied the effects of wireless mobile technology on employee productivity and found that the average Intel employee with a wireless notebook computer can get a week's worth of work done in two hours and eight minutes less time, a savings of five percent of his average work week. That's nearly 100 hours of additional productivity per employee per year, and more than enough to pay for the cost of deploying the new system.

Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology-based notebooks enhance worker productivity, and they also deliver other key benefits for large businesses, including lower total cost of ownership (TCO) . TCO includes four major components: capital costs, technical support costs, administration costs, and end-user operations/downtime. Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology works across these four components to help IT departments drive down notebook TCO in four important ways:

• Reduces Capital Costs: With its integrated wireless local area network (WLAN) capability, Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology reduces capital costs through investment in integrated WLANs now instead of later.
• Reduces Technical Support Costs: Intel is working with leading access point providers around the world to enhance Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology compatibility. This means fewer technical support calls from mobile professionals.
• Reduces Administration Costs: When companies take care to adopt a common Intel® chipset across all mobile form factors, they can reduce qualification costs by standardizing on a common image across form factors.
• Reduces End-User Downtime: The extensive validation and testing of Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology includes the CPU, chipset, and wireless components. Companies can rest assured their mobile computers are the most reliable they can buy.
   
  

A stable platform is best understood as a platform that can be qualified once and deployed repeatedly without requalifying the image for an extended period. Intel invests substantial resources in research and development to provide corporations with stable platforms that maximize their technology investments and extend greater control to their IT departments. Consistent with this commitment, Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology is designed to provide more than 12 months of stability as part of the Intel® Stable Image Platform Program . The next-generation Intel mobile processor is designed to work with Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology without requiring changes on the board or the IT software image.

All told, upgrading to systems based on Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology can contribute substantially to many facets of your enterprise, from cost management to end-user productivity. Unwire your business and give your workforce the tools to maximize productivity.