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Forward-looking Stability

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Decrease deployment costs and protect your investment

Control your deployment costs using business PCs based on Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology and Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology with Microsoft Windows Vista*. The imaging technologies in Windows Vista complement the Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) by reducing the number of software images that IT organizations have to maintain and stabilizing those images over a longer time span.

Intel® Stable Image Platform Program

Decrease the cost of maintaining software images

Keeping a qualified set of software images is typically a costly undertaking for IT organizations, because of ongoing changes to qualified hardware platforms. This continuous transition slows the process of deploying technology and makes it more expensive.

  • Extend image lifespan. Intel SIPP, which supports Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology-based PCs, enhances software stability by ensuring no required driver changes to key Intel® platform components for at least 15 months after their introduction.
  • Simplify your imaging strategy. Windows Vista imaging technology enables IT to reduce the number of desktop images that it needs to maintain.
  • Cut down the cost of patching systems. A recent study by Wipro Consulting¹ posited that the average organization deploys 38 patches per year, with steadily rising costs. Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology simplifies patch deployment by providing access to business PCs, even in a powered-off or inoperable state.²

Protect your technology investment

The performance of Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology-based PCs and Windows Vista are a forward-looking choice for current and future business computing needs.

  • Plan for the 64-bit future. Both Windows Vista and Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology are fully 64-bit capable³, preparing you for the future of business computing.
  • Be ready for expanded threading. As you deploy more multithreaded business PC applications, they immediately take advantage of the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor.

¹ "Optimizing PC Refresh Cycles to Maximize Business Value." Wipro LTD. 2006.

² Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) requires the computer system to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware and software, as well as connection with a power source and a corporate network connection. Setup requires configuration by the purchaser and may require scripting with the management console or further integration into existing security frameworks to enable certain functionality. It may also require modifications of implementation of new business processes. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/.

³ 64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel® 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.