posted by Suzy Ramirez on April 30, 2009
The "Digital Divide" as we understand it doesn't just exist in rural or third-world countries. The possibility to bridge this Divide can be realized in our own backyard, and WiMAX wireless Internet broadband here in Portland is helping us reach that potential. This past week, I attended the re-opening of the Moore Street Intel Computer Clubhouse in North Portland. At the event Intel donated six Acer Aspire One netbooks with the 4G technology to the clubhouse, complete with Clear WiMAX service provided by Clearwire.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the program, the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network was founded by the Boston Museum of Science and the MIT Media Laboratory to help young people explore and develop a variety of technological and creative endeavors. As I walked around the Clubhouse in Portland, I was amazed at what the kids were working on... everything from 3D modeling and rendering to game development software. And in most cases, they were teaching the adults how to use the programs.
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tagged: 4G, broadband, Clear, Clearwire, Computer Clubhouse, Digital Divide, Intel, Internet, MIT, WiMAX, wireless
posted by Nick Knupffer on April 17, 2009
You’ve no doubt heard that Intel’s new Xeon 5500 series processors can deliver a return on investment in as little as 8 months when you replace an older, single-core Xeon server. You may even have heard Pat Gelsinger refer to the new servers as becoming ‘cash machines’ after eight months. It’s certainly a bold statement, and we understand if you’re a skeptic. However Intel is now offering a tool that supports this statement and helps IT departments assess the value of replacing their aging x86 hardware with new Intel servers. The Intel® Xeon® processor-based Server Refresh Savings Estimator lets you enter data about your existing server environment and evaluate whether replacing older server technology with the latest generation of Xeon-based servers is worth the investment. Here’s how it works:
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tagged: awesome, calculator, intel, nehalem, roi, server, xeon
posted by Nick Knupffer on April 15, 2009
So, my first PR mentor taught me to start replies with the word ‘So’. This gives you valuable micro-seconds to compile a sophisticated and accurate reply to the daisy-cutter question just lobbed at you by the archetypal British reporter. Typically dressed in an old anorak, barely visible through a nicotine flavoured cloud and smelling of last night’s pub outing. However the British reporter has a mind like an attack sub, you don’t know it’s there until it lands a couple of nukes on your press release, is torpedoing your arguments, and its active pings are Mike Tysoning their way to the secret part of your brain marked ‘roadmaps’.
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tagged: compiler, ct, intel, larrabee, processor, programming, software
posted by John Skinner on April 07, 2009
As I mentioned in my blog last week, there are many ways for people to get involved in helping create a more sustainable future. My family and I had a great time “powering down” during worldwide Earth Hour last Saturday night. We turned off (and unplugged) the TV and cable box, turned off all the lights in our home, and played the game “charades” by candle light. We also talked about how important it is to conserve energy, every day, every hour - and how the sum of many small actions can make a big difference. Comment below if you want to share how you spent Earth Hour!
Intel has created an opportunity for IT professionals to get involved in creating a lower carbon future, by sharing their best ideas on how to conserve energy in Data Centers: the Data Center Efficiency Challenge. We announced this video contest earlier this week, coincident with the launch of the new Intel® Xeon® 5500 Processor Series. For more details, check out the contest’s Facebook page.
Are you a college student? Reminder, there are just 2 weeks left to enter the Power Down for The Planet video contest, hosted by Climate Savers.
Good luck to all you eco-minded college students and IT professionals, we look forward to seeing your great ideas on video!
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tagged: data center, data center efficiency challenge, energy efficiency, intel, power down for the planet, Xeon 5500
posted by Bryan Rhoads on April 07, 2009
We introduced Intel’s blog program 2 years ago this month. I’d like to use this Intel anniversary as an opportunity to reflect and look back at some of our social media efforts over the past decade.
Its not possible to go into every project and program in one blog post. Nor can I properly speak to all of the hard work from our various social media teams. So, I look to others to help fill in those gaps, but here’s a high-level overview of just some of the activities to date at Intel.
We created Blogs@Intel as a new business tool for our customers and employees to directly communicate and collaborate from keyboard to keyboard. We launched the blogs on April 10th 2007.
Yet in fact, our social media story started much earlier. 8 months prior, we launched our IT@Intel pilot blog. It was a big success, so we launched more blogs, including this one. Moreover, the Intel Software Network started our popular developer blogs and wikis for software collaboration back in May of 2006.
Internally, grassroots employee blogging started as early as 2003 consisting mainly of self-maintained servers under desks. These internal employee blogs gained a tremendous following. Intel CEO Paul Otellini launched his employee blog in 2004. Other top execs and leaders followed throughout 2005 culminating in a fully IT-supported platform that same year.
Team-based wiki collaboration started in 2004, culminating in our enterprise-wide “Intelpedia” created by Josh Bancroft in November of 2005. Today, Intelpedia contains over 15K articles from Intel employees defining, collaborating and documenting their part of the vast Intel workplace. Intelpedia was founded in the spirit of open information sharing and community moderation of content, much like the very popular Wikipedia.
We created all of these social spaces to foster dialogue and make important contributions to a widening range of issues relevant to our customers, to our employees and to the future of technology.
Since then, we were the first to offer a corporate blog in the People’s Republic of China with Blogs@Intel China (ok, Dell may have beaten us by a few days in May ‘07, but I’ll need to exchange notes with Lionel about that). We soon followed with Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and English blogs on topics ranging from corporate social responsibility and research to jobs and customer support. Intel’s on-domain social media offering now totals over 35 blogs and vibrant communities.
Our social media guidelines are public in over 25 languages. And our strategy is simple:
Today, we’re scaling our participation even further. Since last December, Intel launched a global initiative and training program (Digital IQ) that is open to all employees to become active participants in all forms of social media. We built this framework to ensure employees are successful, to protect their own privacy online and to engage in ways that are consistent with our ethical and corporate standards.
We want employees to get involved online - engage, comment and participate in the areas where they’re most passionate. We encourage them to engage in conversations on competitive topics but in those cases where the topic is part of pending or existing legal or litigation matters, we ask that employees contact our legal department before proceeding, as there could be risk to the employee and to the company.
Within 12-weeks, over 700 Intel employees have “raised their hands” and volunteered to tell their story, lend their experience and share their knowledge directly on places like Twitter, Facebook, technology websites, BBSs in China and support forums throughout the planet. We’re reaching out by engaging in technology conversations in existing communities where our knowledge is welcome and when participation is appropriate.
And, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
As a part of the Intel Social Media Center of Excellence and on behalf of my colleagues, we appreciate your continued feedback and participation. My hope is that this participation empowers us all and that we continue to discuss technology that defines tomorrow.
In follow-up posts, I’ll be talking more specifically around some of our challenges, successes, and disappointments. What we’ve learned and the common struggles we share.
Until then, follow me on Twitter @bryanrhoads
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tagged: blog, Bryan Rhoads, Facebook, social media, social media guidelines, twitter
posted by Doug L. Davis on April 02, 2009
For more information please see the press kit for the Xeon 5500 series launch, which occurred on March 30, 2009.
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tagged: Communications Network, Embedded, Intel, Network, Xeon 5500
posted by Suzy Ramirez on April 02, 2009
Ultrawide-band vs. Bluetooth; Betamax vs. VHS; Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD. All are examples of classic format battles that have resulted in one winner dominating in their respective industries.
Recent coverage and a few sensational comments suggest that the next battle in the telecom industry features WiMAX vs. LTE duking it out for the 4G wireless broadband crown. The media love a conflict, that’s what sells papers… uh, I mean, drives click-throughs. So, with the world rapidly moving towards a data-intensive “on-the-go” Internet experience, the question being asked is: “Who will come away with the 4G crown?”
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tagged: 4G, broadband, devices, Intel, LTE, mobile, netbook, notebook, WiMAX, wireless
posted by Bill Calder on April 01, 2009
Look for new versions of the famous Intel Inside sticker to begin appearing on laptops and PCs starting today. Intel has done a complete re-design of its product badges as part of a broader effort to simplify its brands, strengthen the connection to the master brand, and highlight the company’s crown jewel: the microprocessor itself.
The new badges provide a clean and consistent link between Intel and the specific product, as seen here with the new Intel Core i7 processor badge. The shape of all the new badges has been modified from vertical to horizontal, with a corner reveal showing a section of silicon die to help communicate the technology inside. So watch for the new badges to start appearing on PC’s, in retail advertisements, online, and elsewhere. To see more of the new badges and learn about some of the latest processors, go here.
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tagged: intel, intel inside, marketing, processors
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