Intel® Centrino® Duo Pro Processor Technology Quote Sheet
Altiris*
Steve Morton, Altiris, vice president of product management and marketing, said, "Mobile computing can improve employee productivity but also increases management complexity. Altiris and Intel are working closely to develop new ways to manage both the untethered and the wired device. Altiris support of Intel Centrino Pro processor technology creates an optimally-managed, mobile computing platform that helps reduce the cost and complexity of technology ownership while improving security."
CA Inc.*
"In a mobile and wired workplace, employee productivity and overall business performance depend on the health of the users system," said Alan Nugent, CA Executive Vice President and CTO. "Working together, Intel and CA are ensuring that this health can be optimally maintained through the use of Intel Centrino Pro processor technology for laptops and Intel vPro processor technology for desktops, allowing IT staff to focus on other critical responsibilities."
Credant Technologies*
"By leveraging Intel Centrino Pro processor technology, we believe that data at rest is no longer data at risk," said Bob Heard, Founder & CEO of CREDANT Technologies. "The key hardware-based features offered by the platform will allow us to offer a data security solution with enhanced centralized security management, enforcement and reporting. This means that organizations can dramatically reduce the risk of a data breach, and meet compliance requirements for data at rest."
Hitachi*
"Hitachi, Ltd. welcomes Intel's announcement of Intel Centrino Pro processor technology, a new technology provided by Intel for business," said Takao Nakamura, executive general manager, software division of Hitachi. "Hitachi started selling their JP1 integrated systems management software version supporting Intel vPro processor technology last December. The combination of JP1 and PCs equipped with Intel vPro processor technology enhances both software and hardware aspects of our customers' IT compliance. JP1's future support of Intel Centrino Pro Processor technology, announced today, will enable integrated management of desktop and notebook PCs, further enhancing their IT compliance."
HP*
"Intel and HP are committed to providing solutions that will enable IT to provide faster software updates, reduce the need for desk-side visits and significantly improve the overall level of client platform security by actively protecting PCs from rapidly-spreading malware, while ensuring that critical management agents are always up and running," said Deborah Traub, vice president, management software, Software, HP. "As such, Intel and HP Software are partnering to deliver powerful PC configuration management solutions through its HP Out of Band Management Console, which leverages the new remote management and diagnostics capabilities built into notebooks with the Intel Centrino Pro processor technology."
LANDesk*
"LANDesk is looking forward to the mobile opportunities offered by the technology in Intel Centrino Pro processor technology and the expansion of Intel vPro processor technology," stated Steve Daly, LANDesk general manager. "Working with Intel, LANDesk will be able to offer enhanced security and systems management capabilities to IT organizations to access, diagnose and repair notebooks through a wireless connection or an Ethernet cable--regardless of the state of the operating system. Now notebooks, desktops and servers can effectively be managed in-band and out-of-band using the single LANDesk console."
Microsoft*
"Intel has been one of the best in terms of understanding and building manageability into their platforms with Intel Active Management Technology, and now Intel Centrino Pro mobile processor technology extends this management capability to mobile PCs," said Kirill Tatarinov, Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Management and Services Division. "With Intel Centrino Pro processor mobile technology support in SMS* 2003 and other System Center* products such as System Center Operations Manager, this combination will help enterprises realize the promise of dynamically managing their infrastructure."
Trend Micro*
"Initial feedback from OfficeScan customers testing our Intel vPro processor technology-compatible solution has been overwhelmingly positive," said Punit Minocha, associate vice president, business development, Trend Micro. "IT Administrators are encouraged that Trend Micro is leveraging Intel's vPro processor technology to identify and filter network traffic for threats before they reach the operating system, update PCs regardless of their power state and even to deliver a level of manageability and security transparent to the user."
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