Architecture: Amplify Your Value by Thinking Beyond IT!
“Wait, wait, wait...before we talk about all these projects, shouldn’t we talk about our operating model? Are we really as diversified as we think?” I couldn’t believe my ears! I looked across the...
View ArticleTHAT Project is a REAL Cluster! Amplify Your Value: Avoid CF Projects!
SNAFU, FUBAR, CF...if you have been in IT longer than five minutes you have been involved in a project that has been described as a real cluster. (If you are confused, look it up in the Urban...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Draw Your Own Map!
The day was blistering hot! The air did not move. It was stifling hot. The crowd gathering in this Kansas field struggled to find shade, several people stood in the shadows of the tall grasses...
View ArticleTransforming Front Porch Care with 2 in 1s
Skilled nursing and retirement communities are becoming fertile ground for technology innovation, as baby boomers retire and seek out nursing care. Front Porch, a nonprofit organization that supports a...
View Article2 Guys (or Gals) and a Dog
I was recently attending a holiday dinner party when someone asked what I did for a living......after about 30 seconds of explaining that I worked for Intel on virtualization technologies and...
View ArticleXenClient 2.1 Delivers Layering and Mobility with 2nd Generation Intel Core...
We at Intel are very excited about the recent release of Citrix XenClient 2.1. XenClient 2.1 introduces many new capabilities, two of which I wanted to take a moment to highlight. First, the new...
View ArticleOn the Health IT Horizon: The Rise of 2 in 1 Mobile Devices
I was expecting the arrival of 2 in 1 mobile devices to make more of a splash in the healthcare space. These slick devices, which combine a tablet and a laptop, started popping up in healthcare...
View ArticleIntel® 2 in 1s: Performance and Functionality for Small Businesses on the Move
Modern small business is a fast-moving, competitive ecosystem. With recent developments like 2 in 1s (laptop/tablet hybrids), small business owners are in a great spot to take stock of which...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Just Another Spoke in the Wheel
One of the most dramatic steps we took to becoming a Value-add revenue generating partner was to completely throw out our existing network. Wow! As I write that it sounds a little “harsh”. Let me...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: The Final Step
The Final Step on our journey to Amplify Our Value was also the most uneventful: we moved our entire production, test, and development environments to the cloud. What?!!? You moved your entire data...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: From Rock ‘n Roll to CIO
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Me? I was going to be a rock star! From the moment I first heard the Beatles...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: The Black Belt CIO
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! All Paul Chapman knew was that he wanted to work in an office. As child...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: Hard Hats, Muddy Boots and Technology
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Jason Burns dreamed of being a fighter pilot, to join the likes of Goose and...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: The Series Finale
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! So, how did we all end up there? Over the past year, I have asked a...
View ArticleThere’s an App for that!
The Appification of IT The App. Another word we can thank Steve Jobs for bringing into our lexicon, along with i-anything. Before the launch of the iPhone in 2007 about the only time you would hear the...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Take a Journey to the Cloud!
“Hello, my name is Jeff Ton and it has been one thousand, two hundred and seventy two days since I last opened Outlook.” February 6, 2012, an historic date in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yeah, there was...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: A Tale of Two Recoveries
Monday, January 6, 2014: Not since the blizzard of ‘78 had a day started in this way. After receiving close to 18” of snow on Sunday, temperatures plunged to windchills of 40 and 50 below. My phone...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in...
View ArticleTroubleshooting the Altiris Manageability Toolkit for vPro Technology – Part...
Troubleshooting issues with the Intel® AMT Provisioning process can be a daunting prospect. This series walks through the troubleshooting methods to pinpoint where problems originate and how to fix...
View ArticleHow did we fare on Enterprise 2.0 in 2011..
Chris wrote about the evolution of social computing at Intel in last few years, I would like to add to his post and share how we fared on Enterprise 2.0 in 2011. In 2011, we saw a jump of 64% in using...
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