Intel® vPro™ Technology

Power Efficiency and Sustainable Information Technology

Case Studies

In the following section we present two real-world examples of how client PCs enabled with Intel® vPro™ technology have successfully been implemented in the enterprise and how this technology has helped IT organizations manage and save power.

Case Study 1: Intel IT Training Room Environment
The IT training room environment within Intel consists of approximately 1000 desktop PCs in 41 rooms at 30 sites. Prior to the deployment of PCs with Intel vPro technology, the PCs were powered up 24 hours a day to enable after-hours remote maintenance. Remote maintenance consists of asset management, hardware diagnosis, software diagnosis, and patching.

With the deployment of desktop PCs enabled with Intel vPro technology, systems are now powered off when not in use, but they can be woken up remotely for maintenance and can be ready when students arrive for a class. Intel estimates that by shutting down the systems when not in use, their projected savings will be 35 to 45 percent of IT training room PC energy consumption.

In 2006, Intel started a pilot program: it deployed 24 desktop PCs enabled with Intel vPro technology to one room. Based on the success of the pilot, Intel deployed 300 more of these PCs in 7 sites during 2007, replacing older equipment. The deployment of desktop PCs enabled with Intel vPro technology continues in 2009, with plans to deploy about 600 more in the training room environment.

Partially based on the success of our deployment of computers enabled with Intel vPro technology in IT training rooms, we have begun widespread Intel ME activation of desktop and notebook PCs enabled with Intel vPro technology throughout the enterprise.

Case Study 2: National Law School of India
The focus of this study was to observe the reactions, behaviors, and attitudes toward the Intel vPro technology solutions for power management. The research included semi-structured interviews across two cities in India. As one of the emerging markets with a strong economic growth and increasing adoption of IT solutions, India offers a great opportunity to understand the current experience of small and medium businesses in a managed, service-provider space. The Law School building was managed by two IT administrators maintaining 200 PCs. The Law School wanted to move the PC lab to the library, and the library was not in the same building. The reason for the move was that the library was open until midnight whereas the Law School building was closed earlier in the evening. By moving the lab, IT administrators thought they would reduce the amount of electricity they would have to use in the Law Building by having to keep it open until midnight so that students could use the PC lab for longer hours.

The downside to the plan was that the IT administrators would then have to physically walk to the library to manage the PCs. So after trying different solutions such as streaming, the IT administrators chose Intel vPro technology so they could remotely control the PCs by using the Intel vPro technology management tool LANDesk*. This allowed them to shut systems down remotely and to wake them up in time for the students in the morning.

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