My Key Takeaways from the 2010 Gartner Data Center Conference
More than 2,000 data center professionals attended the annual 2010 Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas. Some of the year’s most significant issues and trends discussed were: the ever-expanding...
View ArticleLearn How Intel IT is Virtualizing Mission Critical Applications and...
I am very pleased to announce two new compelling IT@Intel white papers that further demonstrate Intel IT industry leadership in cloud computing, virtualization, and data center network architecture....
View ArticleIT@Intel: Intel IT Xeon E7 Launch Resources
In support of the Intel Xeon E7 processor launch April 5th, Intel IT developed several pieces of content that capture our assessment of the new Xeon E7 processor. Intel IT’s key findings include: Our...
View ArticleCloud Computing Inside Intel IT
Cloud Computing is a key area of innovation for Intel and one of Intel IT's Top 3 Objectives. We are adopting cloud computing as part of our data center strategy to provide cost-effective, highly...
View ArticleQ: Which Silicon Vendor Benefited the Most from the Smart Phone and Tablet...
A: Intel Because ~ 600 phones require 1 server and ~ 122 tablets require 1 server Find out more by watching this this video about the new Intel Xeon E7 processor.
View ArticleIntel IT’s Data Center Server Storage Strategy
We optimized our overall server storage strategy around the key metrics of: reliability, availability, performance, and scalability. Achieving results in these areas increases efficiency and reduces...
View ArticleIntel IT’s Data Center Strategy
Intel IT manages 91 data centers that are home to about 75,000 servers that support and enable our core Silicon Design, Manufacturing, and Office/Enterprise/Services business functions. In 1998 we...
View ArticleMigrating Mission-Critical Environments to Intel Architecture
Prior to 1998, Intel used RISC systems in several of our mission-critical environments. As part of a multiyear strategy, Intel IT began migrating Intel’s most mission-critical computing environments...
View ArticleIT@Intel Executive Insights: Intel IT’s Cloud Computing Strategy
In this IT@Intel Executive Insights on Intel IT’s Cloud Computing Strategy, we share how cloud computing is affecting our overall data center strategy. Like many of our enterprise IT peers, Cloud...
View ArticleTop 3 Reasons why Core Performance Matters in Server Virtualization
Virtualization of our infrastructure is a vital part of our eight year data center strategy that is on track to create $650M of Business Value for Intel by 2014. Currently 53% of our Office and...
View ArticleIntel IT’s Top 5 Reasons for Implementing Cloud
Cloud computing is real inside Intel IT. In fact, it is one of our Top 3 Priorities this year (the other two are “consumerization” and security). At Intel, our private cloud...
View ArticleIntel IT’s Cloud Roadmap: Challenges and Solutions Ahead
Intel IT began our cloud roadmap implementation back in 2006 starting with our Grid computing environment in Silicon Design. Since then we expanded that early roll-out to our Office and Enterprise...
View ArticleIntel IT’s Cloud Roadmap: Challenges and Solutions Ahead
Intel IT began our cloud roadmap implementation back in 2006, which started with our Grid computing environment in Silicon Design. Since then, we expanded that early roll-out to our Office and...
View ArticleBelow the Surface: My observations from the Road Less Travelled at IDF
Its easy to understand why most of the media attention and news coming from IDF was surrounding Android smart phones and Win8 tablets and ultrabooks and even the potential for a new solar-powered...
View ArticleWhat Intel IT’s Private Cloud Infrastructure Really Looks Like
As I engage with my IT and non-IT peers alike, I'm often asked, "So, what does a private cloud really look like?" Well, here are 2 new 3D representations that illustrate the current and near-future...
View ArticleTaking on Cloud Security Head-On
Server virtualization is the first step to achieving the business benefits of cloud computing. Virtualization enables real business value such as server consolidation, higher compute capacity...
View ArticleTransforming Intel IT’s Data Centers
We recently formulated a new data center strategy to help us deliver improved IT services at lower cost. At the center of our strategy is a new decision making model called "Model of Record". This...
View ArticleIntel IT Data Storage Strategy and Solutions
Like many of our enterprise IT peers, we are being challenged with rapid growth in storage demand. In 2011 alone, we faced a 53% increase in storage capacity to 38.2 PB from 2010 and the continued...
View ArticleHow our Data Centers Evolved as We Enabled High Density Computing
The density of our data centers has increased since 2004 as we expanded our rate of virtualization, proactively refreshed our servers and storage with the latest generation of Xeon processors, and...
View ArticleUsing Converged Network Adapters for FCoE Network Unification
Many enterprises run two separate parallel networks in their data center. Ethernet-based LANs are used to connect servers and clients and the internet. Fiber channel based networks are used for...
View ArticleProactive Cloud Security: Techniques to Implement in the Unlikely Event of a...
Intel IT has delivered significant business value with our enterprise private cloud. We have saved USD $9M net of investment to date from efficiencies gained through our private cloud. Over 64% of...
View ArticleIntel IT’s Big Data Journey
Big Data is a relative term and means different things to different enterprises. Intel IT defines big data as “data sets that are unmanageable using traditional technologies” – this unmanageability...
View ArticleBig Data 2.0 – Intel’s Next Step in Advanced Analytics
Big Data is not new to Intel. We have been leveraging the data within our manufacturing facilities, for example, for many years to streamline our operations and boost production. So we have quite a bit...
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