Intel Corporation launches vPro technology

Hyderabad, Apr 25 : Intel, a leader in silicon innovation, has come up with the new Intel vPro technology, a revolutionary shift in desktop PC security along with energy-saving computing performance.

Presenting the technology before the media here, Intel Technology Managing Director (sales and marketing-South Asia) Amar Babu said that the Intel vPro brand is also the latest addition to Intel's brand portfolio, and its first targeting business and IT customers.

Like Intel Centrino mobile technology and Intel Viiv technology, Intel vPro technology will bring together world-class technology throughout the processor, chipsets, networking and software.

Intel vPro technology represents significant advances in desktop PCs and will quite simply offer business security and manageability.

At the centre of the first Intel vPro-based PCs will be an Intel Core Microarchitecture dual-core processor. This next-generation, 64-bit microarchitecture bestows significant gains in performance and reductions in power-consumption improving responsiveness and productivity, he explained.

Mr Amar said that Intel vPro technology also includes the second-generation of Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) and Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT). He said Intel VT will be integrated into the dual-core processor while the next-generation Intel AMT will be integrated into the new platform chipset. These hardware innovations, when combined with industry-enabled software solutions, represent the superior manageability and strengthened security behind the Intel vPro brand.

Mr Amar said the Intel vPro technology will usher in this new era for business computing starting in the second half of the year and will be identified by a new logo on PCs from major system manufacturers and channel resellers worldwide.

He said support for Intel vPro technology is also evident from new applications and solutions that will be available over the next year from software vendors around the world, including Abode, Altiris, Avocent, Check Point, Cisco, Computer Associates, Hitachi JP1, HP Open View, LANDesk, Lenovo, Lockdown Networks, Microsoft, Novell, Panorama SW, SAP, Skype, StarSoftComm, SyAM Software, Symantec and Zenith.

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