8 Ways to Secure Your Cloud Infrastructure
Clouding Around - A mini-blog series on the Cloud with Arif Mohamed Part 1: 8 Ways to Secure Your Cloud Infrastructure Cloud security remains a top concern for businesses. Fortunately, today’s data...
View ArticleSetup and Configuration Software 8.0 training
With the release of the Setup and Configuration Software version 8, we have introduced a lot of changes. First, there are a lot of technical changes to how SCS 8 works compared to the previous...
View ArticleIntel® 3rd Generation Core Processors and Windows 8: Better Together
Intel produced the latest “tick” (or die shrink) on our “tick-tock” release schedule with the Intel® 3rd Generation Core Processors. Code named “Ivy Bridge,” this next generation brought us to a...
View ArticleBlair Muller Guest Blog: Integrating SCCM 2012 with SCS 8.1
From Blair Muller's "Integrating SCCM 2012 with SCS 8.1" (to read the full blog, please click the link below): "I was recently on a project that required me to integrate SCS 8.1 with SCCM 2012. In case...
View ArticleInside IT: Deploying Microsoft Windows 8 in the Enterprise
Big changes are coming to the Intel workplace this year. We recently talked about the company’s Ultrabook rollout for employees that’s taking place in 2013, expected to bring thousands of new devices...
View ArticleIntel IT Shares Best Practices to Help Minimize Microsoft Windows* 8...
By end of June 2013, Windows 8 will be the standard OS for business Ultrabook™ devices and Intel® architecture–based tablets in use at Intel. We have estimated the overall costs for migrating from...
View ArticleAre you feeling SaaSy?
SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and all the other aaS’s seem to have exploded in the last couple of years. In my previous post, The CIO is Dead! Long Live the CIO, I briefly touched on the confluence of...
View ArticleDear Abby: Some Relationship Advice
Dear Abby, I need some advice. I have been dating my girl friend, let’s call her Betty for over 30 years now. Just when I thought we were progressing in our relationship along came Sam. Sam is young,...
View ArticleIt’s the Data, Stupid!
Like the original “The Economy, Stupid” sign that hung in the Clinton Presidential Campaign Headquarters, every CIO should have “It’s the data, stupid” hanging in their offices as a reminder to...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: Hard Hats, Muddy Boots and Technology
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Jason Burns dreamed of being a fighter pilot, to join the likes of Goose and...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in...
View ArticleWiFi 15.2 is required for Intel vPro Platforms with ME 8.1
Congratulations on those of you who are now deploying 3rd generation Intel® Core vPro Platforms in your IT environment! For those of you who have purchased systems with the latest Intel Manageability...
View ArticleThe CMO, the CIO’s New BFF
Tu dis dix et je dis dix Tu es prompt et je suis prompt Dix, dih, prompt, promp, Ignorons ces différences A tí te gusta la papa y a mí me gusta la patata A tí te gusta el tomate y a mí me gusta el...
View ArticleThere’s an App for that!
The Appification of IT The App. Another word we can thank Steve Jobs for bringing into our lexicon, along with i-anything. Before the launch of the iPhone in 2007 about the only time you would hear the...
View ArticleSometimes BYOD Feels Like BYOB
The Consumerization of IT In the beginning, life was simple. Blackberry ruled the roost. You put in a BES server, connected it with Exchange and your employees could receive email no matter where they...
View ArticleBecome a SuperCIO – Play CIO Superhero
I thought I would take a time out from my monthly series of posts “The CIO is Dead, Long Live the CIO” and instead of writing about “gamification”, we could all play a game. Let me set the stage: CIO...
View Article8 Things You Should Know About Windows 10
Microsoft unveiled its next Windows operating system, Windows 10, at the end of September 2014. The forthcoming operating system has features specifically designed for business, including an updated...
View ArticleFaster than a Speeding Bullet – The Incredible Pace of Change
Is it me, or this the pace of change accelerating as we speak? I can remember as a kid, the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas just seemed to drag on and on. Christmas would NEVER arrive! Today,...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value – A Seismic Shift Forward
Did you feel it? Did you feel the shifting of the earth? Did you hear it? Did you hear the rumble so loud you could feel it in your bones? What? You missed it? What were you doing on Saturday night...
View ArticleTo Get Where You Are Going…Amplify Your Value
To get where you are going...you have to know where you are! Sounds pretty obvious doesn’t it. To arrive at any destination, you have to leave where you are and move toward that destination. At the...
View ArticleArchitecture: Amplify Your Value by Thinking Beyond IT!
“Wait, wait, wait...before we talk about all these projects, shouldn’t we talk about our operating model? Are we really as diversified as we think?” I couldn’t believe my ears! I looked across the...
View ArticleTHAT Project is a REAL Cluster! Amplify Your Value: Avoid CF Projects!
SNAFU, FUBAR, CF...if you have been in IT longer than five minutes you have been involved in a project that has been described as a real cluster. (If you are confused, look it up in the Urban...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Draw Your Own Map!
The day was blistering hot! The air did not move. It was stifling hot. The crowd gathering in this Kansas field struggled to find shade, several people stood in the shadows of the tall grasses...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Reap the Rewards!
Amplify Your Value and you can Reap the Rewards...that’s kind of the theme of this entire series...how you can amplify the value of your IT department and how your company can reap the rewards. But...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: A Tale of Two Recoveries
Monday, January 6, 2014: Not since the blizzard of ‘78 had a day started in this way. After receiving close to 18” of snow on Sunday, temperatures plunged to windchills of 40 and 50 below. My phone...
View ArticleTransitioning Platforms: Why CIOs Should Be Looking at Windows* 8
As expected, HIMSS13 is abuzz with new offerings. Mobility, of course, is a central focus, and while devices and apps should garner a good deal of any healthcare CIO’s attention, don’t overlook the...
View ArticleTurning a Geek into a Butterfly…a Social Butterfly, That Is!
Social Media is part of the Third Platform* (Cloud, Mobile and Big Data being the other parts). Like the other confluences of change rushing toward the CIO, Social Media has the potential to disrupt...
View ArticleIT’s Year in Review
New Year’s Day 2015 As I sat watching the Rose Bowl (not that I am a big follower of college football, I’m more of a pro football/college basketball kind of fan), but it is an annual tradition to watch...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Just Another Spoke in the Wheel
One of the most dramatic steps we took to becoming a Value-add revenue generating partner was to completely throw out our existing network. Wow! As I write that it sounds a little “harsh”. Let me...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: The Final Step
The Final Step on our journey to Amplify Our Value was also the most uneventful: we moved our entire production, test, and development environments to the cloud. What?!!? You moved your entire data...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: From Rock ‘n Roll to CIO
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Me? I was going to be a rock star! From the moment I first heard the Beatles...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: It All Started with (an) Operation!
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! For Will Lassalle his dream of being a surgeon started with a game...a game of...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: The Black Belt CIO
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! All Paul Chapman knew was that he wanted to work in an office. As child...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: The Series Finale
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! So, how did we all end up there? Over the past year, I have asked a...
View ArticleGame Over! Gamification and the CIO
Congratulations to the winner of the CIO Superhero Game! The first to complete the challenge and become “Super CIO” was Brad Ton of Reindeer Auto Relocation. He was presented with an AWESOME Trophy to...
View ArticleAmplify Your Value: Take a Journey to the Cloud!
“Hello, my name is Jeff Ton and it has been one thousand, two hundred and seventy two days since I last opened Outlook.” February 6, 2012, an historic date in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yeah, there was...
View ArticleParty Like It’s 2016 and Amplify Your Value!
Party like it’s 2016!! OK, sitting here on April 1st, 2015 that doesn't sound very prophetic, perhaps a tad premature, but certainly not prophetic. But, think about celebrating New Year’s Eve 2015,...
View ArticleUsing Intel vPro and upgrading from Intel SCS 7.1 to 8?
If you have been using Intel SCS 7.1, the upgrade path to version 8 in non-database mode is really simple. Shown below is an Intel SCS 7.1 instance with 2 profiles present. After downloading Intel SCS...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: From Mining Gold to Developing People
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! For Tracy Kemp, CIO of Allegion, the Path to CIO started in the Big Sky...
View ArticleNEW! The latest version of Intel® SCS (8.1) is now available!
A new version of Intel® SCS is now available! Version 8.1 (download) is an update to version 8.0. New installations of SCS do not require 8.0 to be installed first, as 8.1 is a full package....
View ArticleMicrosoft* Windows 8*: How to enable Client Hyper-V*on your Intel vPro platform
Client Hyper-V* with Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT): Client Hyper-V* virtualizes your Windows 8* installation. It allows you to add one or more child virtual machines, running other...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: Connecting the Dots
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO,” said no child...ever! Fire fighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Engineering was the only path that made sense to Intel Security...
View ArticleIBM WebSphere* Application Server 8.5.5 Turns Streamlining up to 11
You may have already heard, but support for IBM WebSphere* Application Server (WAS) 6.1 is ending on September 30, 2013, so there’s never been a better time to upgrade to WAS 8.5.5. If you’re asking...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: From Paris to the Sierra Nevadas
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! CIO of Brain Balance Achievement Centers, Stephane Bourles’ Path to...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: The Building Blocks of a CIO
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Isaac Sacolick wanted to build...bridges, buildings, trains. His love for...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: Riding the Wave to the Public Sector
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! As a child Aleta Jeffress, CIO for the City of Aurora, Colorado,...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: We will always have Paris
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO,” said no child ever. Fireman, policeman, doctor, just about anything but CIO. As a young girl growing up in Michigan, Ginny Davis loved animals. Growing up, she...
View ArticleNew and Improved! LANDesk 8.8 Quick Start Guide
Using LANDesk 8.8 for your vPro deployment? This quick start guide was updated to add new details and increase usability.
View ArticleIntel® vPro™ Platform’s remote manageability capabilities with Microsoft*...
Introduction Systems based on the Intel® vPro™ Platform include Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT), which provides the capability for IT departments to manage client systems even when the...
View ArticleThe Path to CIO: Play That Funky Music Tech Boy
“When I grow up, I want to be a CIO”, said no child...ever! Firefighter, police officer, doctor, just about anything...but not CIO! Steve Ginsberg’s Path to CIO included stops in Hollywood, the...
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