Inside IT

IT Best Practices: Episode 97 – Big data and advanced analytics have become increasingly important to Intel. More and more people and business groups rely on Intel’s big data capabilities to maximize productivity. A recent step in the evolution of big data at the company was the move last year from the Intel Distribution for […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 96 – We’ve all been there – waiting in a conference room as a presenter fumbles with cables, trying to get a laptop connected to a monitor or projector. Or someone is trying to join a meeting remotely, but they can’t even see a presentation, let alone drive one. With a […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 95 – The Intel IT Annual Performance Report is out. It outlines the technological innovations that are driving growth at Intel, and creating extraordinary opportunities for IT leaders. The report’s release makes this a good time to check in with Kim Stevenson, Intel’s Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, about [...]

IT Best Practices: Episode 94 – The start of a new year is a great time to take stock. With that in mind, here’s a wide-ranging conversation with Intel Corporate Vice President and CIO Kim Stevenson. In this podcast you’ll hear her address Intel IT’s focus on security, analytics, business trends in the coming year, [...]

IT Best Practices: Episode 93 – Previously in this podcast series we discussed Intel IT’s Software Defined Infrastructure strategy. SDI consists of three major components – Software Defined Computer, Software Defined Network, and the topic of this podcast, Software Defined Storage, or SDS. The strategic goal of SDS is to move from an expensive proprietary […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 92 – Intel has a Bring Your Own Device program for employees that has been very popular – so popular, in fact, that by the end of 2011 there were 6000 employees bringing their Android devices to work. But Intel IT faced limitations on the types of solutions they could provide […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 91 – Our podcast series has chronicled the evolution of the compute, storage, and network resources that comprise the data center. This evolution has presented challenges and opportunities to the IT department. Software Defined Infrastructure, or SDI, is the next step in the data center transformation – so says Intel’s Shesha […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 90 – It seems as if wearables have appeared almost overnight. It’s a new area for people to use technology to enhance their lives, particularly around personal health and fitness. And it’s a new area for IT to support and manage. At Intel, David Byrne is one person paying close attention […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 89 – The enterprise has more options than ever when it comes to cloud computing. Intel corporation is four years into its transition to a private-public-hybrid cloud hosting model. Intel IT’s role in this transition is critical. In this podcast we hear from Kevin Bleckmann, Cloud Broker for Intel IT. He […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 88 – The democratization of big data is taking place in the enterprise. The business value of advanced analytics is clear, and the technology is giving access to such analytics to a broader population of users. This creates opportunities and challenges for IT. In this podcast we hear from David Schaefer, […]