IT Best Practices: Episode 26 – There was a time when Intel Corporation didn’t run on an Intel platform. Until the early 90s, Intel ran on a proprietary RISC-based platform for its silicon design and manufacturing environments. At the time, it was the only choice that could meet Intel’s need for performance and stability. But […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 25 – Intel is a large operation, with ninety thousand employees and an equal number of servers. Like a lot of organizations, Intel has been virtualizing servers over time to increase utilization and efficiency, and to reduce cost. But a certain percentage of the servers in Intel’s Office and Enterprise environment […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 24 – Employee theft is not a new problem. It does, however, have new dimensions to it in this era of data sophistication. And insider incidents have taken on new prominence in the public consciousness as the result of some high-profile incidents like the WikiLeaks case. In this podcast we look […]

IT Business Value: Episode 23 – Kim Stevenson was named CIO of Intel in February 2012, replacing Diane Bryant, who is now General Manager of the company’s Data Center and Connected Systems Group. Stevenson’s been with the company for about two and a half years, most recently as VP of the Intel’s Infrastructure Services. [...]

IT Best Practices: Episode 22 – We are awash in data today. That presents a challenge for the IT organization. But if real meaning can be extracted from all that data – structured and unstructured, human-generated and machine-generated – it could be a great opportunity. Big Data is when you have more data with more […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 21 – Blue screens have been around for about as long as there have been PCs. They’re a major challenge for an organization, and they can significantly reduce productivity.. In spite of that, not enough has been done in the past to find a systematic way to address the problem. In […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 20 – There’s a trend in the enterprise that challenges IT: how can we secure productivity gains by allowing employees to use smart phones for work, without compromising security or creating a huge management problem? Now think of the challenges of allowing employee smart phones in an environment like the fabrication […]

IT Best Practices: Episode 19 – The podcast is the second of a two-part conversation with former Intel Chief Information Officer Diane Bryant, looking at Intel’s leadership role in the transformation of IT. Bryant recently was named General Manager of the Data Center and Connected Systems Group at Intel. Her successor as CIO [...]

IT Best Practices: Episode 18 – Intel recently released its annual performance report, so it’s a good time to check in with the company Chief Information Officer. This podcast is the first of a two-part discussion with Intel Vice-President and CIO Diane Bryant. The IT industry is undergoing a transformation, and Intel is [...]

IT Best Practices: Episode 17 – We have an incredible array of devices that give us powerful compute ability and mobility. We’re more connected, more agile, and more productive than ever. The IT@Intel people have been grappling with how to accommodate the workforce’s need for mobility. David Byrne is a Handheld Technology Specialist at Intel. […]