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Intel® vPro™ Technology
Notebook and desktop PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology enable IT to take advantage of hardware-assisted security and manageability capabilities that enhance their ability to maintain, manage, and protect their business PCs. And with the latest IT management consoles from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with native Intel vPro technology support, IT can now take advantage of enhanced features to manage notebooks over a wired or corporate wireless network- or even outside the corporate firewall through a wired LAN connection.
PCs with Intel vPro technology integrate robust hardware-based security and enhanced maintenance and management capabilities that work seamlessly with ISV consoles.¹ Because these capabilities are built into the hardware, Intel vPro technology provides IT with the industry's first solution for OS-absent manageability and down-the-wire security even when the PC is off, the OS is unresponsive, or software agents are disabled.²
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Security, multiplied
The hardware-based capabilities of Intel vPro technology improve network traffic filtering and isolate clients under attack. Automatic security agents' verification and immediate remote restoration enhance your preventive security efforts. And with reliable remote power-up functionality, you can deploy off-hours patches faster, speeding up patch saturation by up to 56%.³ Additionally, the hardware-assisted antivirus protection of Execute Disable Bit protects your PCs from certain viruses that use buffer overflow attacks.§
Protecting virtual environments against rootkit and other attacks, Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)Filetype/Size: PDF 83.1KB³ offers extra protection on PCs with Intel vPro technology and built in Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT).ξ Including an industry-standard TPM 1.2 which can be used by third-party software to store keys and other protected data, Intel TXT enables the PC to boot software into a truest state and also helps protect the integrity of the virtual machine.
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Maximizing manageability
PCs with Intel vPro technology can help IT professionals diagnose and repair both wired and wireless systems remotely, cut downtime, and reduce the average in-person IT support time. Intel vPro technology helps perform remote asset tracking and checks the presence of management agents virtually anytime. This functionality allows you to conduct hardware and software inventories up to 94% faster than manually per PC³.
Energy-efficient performance
As the multi-core engine in Intel vPro technology, 45nm hafnium-based Intel® Core™2 Duo processors can provide over 90% faster performance when multitasking and over 90% faster performance on compute-intensive apps.φ At the same time, their great energy efficiency enables smaller, quieter systems and delivers great battery life for mobile PCs.
Related case study
- Flying high with Intel® vPro™ technologyFiletype/Size: PDF 176KB
The South West Civil Aviation Administration of China evaluated and deployed Intel® vPro™ technology projecting significant decreases in manpower expenditure and future system maintenance downtime as a result.
¹ Contact your ISV for specific implementation schedules and support for both desktop and notebook PCs.
² Intel® vPro™ technology includes powerful Intel® Active Management Technology. 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. With regard to notebooks, Intel AMT may not be available or certain capabilities may be limited over a host OS-based VPN or when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating or powered off. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/.
³ Results shown are from the 2007 EDS Case Studies with Intel® vPro™ processor technology, by LeGrand and Salamasick, 3rd party audit commissioned by Intel, of various enterprise IT environments. The studies compare test environments of Intel vPro processor technology equipped PCs vs non-Intel vPro processor technology environments. Tested PCs were in multiple OS and power states to mirror a typical working environment. Actual results may vary. The study is available at http://www.intel.com/itcenter/products/core/core_vpro/index.htm and www.eds.com.
§ Enabling Execute Disable Bit functionality requires a PC with a processor with Execute Disable Bit capability and a supporting operating system. Check with your PC manufacturer on whether your system delivers Execute Disable Bit functionality.
ξ Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and, for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations and may require a BIOS update. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Please check with your application vendor.
φ (Desktop) Pre-production Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E8200 (6MB L2, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB) and Pre-Production Intel Core™2 Quad processor Q9450 (6MBx2 L2, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB) on Intel® DQ35JOE board, Intel® chipset Software Installation File 8. 30.1013, 2x1GB Dual Channel Micron* PC2-6400 DDR2 800 5-5-5-15. Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 530 (1MB L2, 3.00GHz, 800MHz FSB) on Intel® D945GCL board, Intel® GMA950 Express chipset, Intel chipset Software Installation File 8.1.1.1010, 2x1GB Dual Channel Micron PC2-6400 DDR2 667 5-5-5-15. Common to all platforms: Seagate* 320GB Barracuda 7200.10 NCQ Serial ATA 7200 RPM, Microsoft Windows Vista* Ultimate 32bit. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and / or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel® products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit www.intel.com/performance.
◊ 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.