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Enterprise PC Image Deployment: Stability and IT Reliability

Ensure stability, availability, and IT reliability for future growth.1 2 3

Features for a Stable PC Platform:

  • Devices on Intel vPro® Enterprise are covered by the Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (Intel® SIPP), designed to ensure long-term IT reliability and compatibility for business-class systems.

  • The Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) puts IT in the driver’s seat by minimizing platform component and driver updates for at least 15 months or until the next generational release.

  • Intel vPro® Enterprise gives IT control over PC life cycle management, providing IT and end users with the stability and reliability of a true business-class device.

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A reliable PC platform offers stability and availability that can scale for future growth. Learn how your business can achieve a cost-effective PC imaging and PC life cycle management strategy.

More-Efficient PC Imaging on a Stable Platform

PC image deployment can be challenging because of frequent driver updates and incompatibilities that require retesting and validation. IT teams can overcome these challenges with a PC platform that assures stability based on extensively tested and verified components with limited updates over a period of time. A stable, validated platform makes it effortless to manage life cycle complexities, reduce incident count, and experience flexible transitions to new technologies, helping ensure the continuity of business operations.

Challenges in PC Management and Imaging

Managing a business PC fleet has become more complex, due to the sheer volume of software updates and driver incompatibilities involved in today’s IT environment. This can cause challenges with PC imaging in particular.

PC imaging, or system imaging, helps IT teams rapidly set up and configure multiple PC form factors for users. An image requires extensive system testing and validation to ensure driver compatibility and that applications work properly. Qualification like this can be lengthy and involved, requiring a lot of planning ahead of a PC rollout.

Frequent driver and software updates mean retesting to validate updated configurations. IT teams also must schedule and deploy a new rollout, which can be disruptive to employees. With stability out of the box, Intel vPro® Enterprise gives IT control over the PC management life cycle and delivers the latest platform technologies in one integrated and validated solution.

Benefits of a Stable Platform

Having a reliable platform designed to scale for future growth helps businesses avoid the network or software compatibility problems that may arise when deploying less stable computing infrastructure. Stable platforms also give users peace of mind, knowing they can expect their PCs to perform well for years, with minimal downtime or disruption.

Stability and PC Life Cycle Management with Intel vPro® Enterprise

Devices built on Intel vPro® Enterprise provide IT with a reliable solution that offers greater flexibility over PC lifecycle management. It delivers the latest PC platform technologies in one integrated and validated solution, providing IT and end users with the stability and reliability of a true business-class device. Devices are assured by one of the most rigorous validation processes in the industry with thousands of tests and feedback loops that certify that devices are built for business.

Explore the Intel vPro® platform

Extensive Testing and Validation

Intel architects work closely with device manufacturers to rigorously test a comprehensive list of business-class Intel® components, including processors, graphics, chipsets, and networking. This results in improved quality, reliability, and compatibility, reducing the burden on IT.

Robust Support for Windows* Updates

Intel validates multiple versions of Windows* on any given generation of the platform, allowing businesses to perform OS migration on their own schedule and take advantage of extended support from Microsoft for any given OS release.

PC Life Cycle Management

Windows PCs build on Intel vPro® feature Intel® Active Management Technology with IT system deployment tools that enable IT administrators to update systems remotely, remotely wipe systems to install a new image, and gain visibility into the preboot environment of a system to see the code below the operating system.

Ideal for Hybrid Environments

The Intel vPro® platform is designed to support stable, secure endpoints for a hybrid application environment so that IT teams can deploy on-premise and cloud-based applications, in whatever combination makes the most sense for their business.

Availability for One Year

Intel works with device manufacturers to offer global SKUs for at least 12 months and extended product support.

Minimize Changes

As part of the Intel® Stable IT Platform Program (Intel® SIPP), Intel vPro® Enterprise puts IT in the driver’s seat by minimizing component platform updates, aiming for 15 months of hardware consistency or until the next generational release.

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Product and Performance Information

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Cost reduction scenarios described are intended as examples of how a given Intel®-based product, in the specified circumstances and configurations, may affect future costs and provide cost savings. Circumstances will vary. Intel does not guarantee any costs or cost reduction.

2Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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All versions of the Intel vPro® platform require an eligible Intel processor, a supported operating system, Intel® LAN and/or WLAN silicon, firmware enhancements, and other hardware and software necessary to deliver the manageability use cases, security features, system performance, and stability that define the platform. See intel.com/performance-vpro for details.