Intel risk and security manager Kurt Nelson describes how Intel uses war games to find IT vulnerabilities. At the Intel Premier IT Professional local IT best practices seminars, Nelson’s team conducts workshops on how to implement war games for your organization. You can also link to the magazine article describing Intel’s process.

Chico’s implemented Hewlett Packard point-of-sale and Dual-Core Intel® Itanium®-based servers to improve customer service, lower IT expenses, increase speed and efficiency across the enterprise, and establish a foundation for improved business processes. The case study provides the details.

With data center power consumption costs rising, Intel was looking for a way to support the growth in computing capacity in a way that would minimize costs. To challenge industry assumptions regarding data center cooling, Intel IT conducted this proof of concept test that used an air economizer to cool production servers with 100 percent outside air at temperatures of up to 90 degrees Farenheit. Read about the results of this 10 month study.

In a strategic relationship with NBC Universal, Intel will sponsor 50 short episodes of Gemini Division, a new series that is now streaming on NBC.com. The series, typified by stunning visual scenes and special effects, is being shot on green screen and Intel® Xeon® quad-core processor-based servers that allow the series producers to create realistic crisp images that combine digital photography, live-action footage and digital animation. Check out this first episode.

Check out this second episode of Gemini Division, one of 50 short episodes produced by NBC Universal that Intel is sponsoring. The series is now streaming on NBC.com. Did we mention that the series features Rosario Dawson?!?

Chico’s implemented Hewlett Packard point-of-sale and Dual-Core Intel® Itanium®-based servers to improve customer service, lower IT expenses, increase speed and efficiency across the enterprise, and establish a foundation for improved business processes. The case study provides the details.

A key to the success of the Yahoo! search engine is its ability to select the top 20 to 30 most relevant responses to each customer query, out of the millions of responses that a typical Internet query can generate, and then present only the most useful information to the inquirer.  This case study documents how Yahoo! uses Intel® dual-socket, quad-core technology to deliver better, faster searches.

Normally an Intel data center tour requires an NDA due to all of the technlogy that Intel has deployed.  In this video, however, you can tour an Intel greenfield data center with a unique 2-story construction and hot/cold aisles.

In this video podcast, Diane Bryant, discusses the role of IT in the enterprise today. Diane sees three main functions for Intel’s IT organization, beginning with the company’s strategy for driving business growth and how Intel IT serves as an in-house end user for Intel’s product development process.

In Intel IT tests, a laptop PC based on Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology running a virtualized client environment performed up to 125 percent faster than a three-year-old native-mode system due for refresh. Results suggest that new platforms that include faster processors with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) can eliminate concerns about client virtualization performance.

In this proof of concept study, Intel IT examined the viability of abstracting the client operating system from the hardware platform using virtualization. The findings of the study show that client virtualization and the “managed desktop workspace” enable enterprises to simplify the way they provision new desktops and notebooks to their employees, creating opportunities for cost savings and reduced cycle time. However, challenges were identified in the areas of security, performance, and user experience.