Intel Centrino Pro reduces IT headaches

Intel is offering something new for IT mangers. The relatively new vPro desktop PC management technologies will begin to make their way into notebooks as Centrino Pro.

The vPro platform brand was the third in a series that began with Centrino and Viiv. The brands denote a collection of technologies including a processor, chipset, networking chips and software that are designed for specific areas, such as the digital home with Viiv — which has failed miserably.

One of the most promoted features of vPro is Intel’s Active Management Technology, which allows IT managers to send patches or software updates to PCs that are connected to a network, but turned off. That’s no problem when a notebook is in its docking station, but notebooks on wireless networks will have trouble maintaining VPN (virtual private network) connections with the power off.

The Centrino Pro notebooks will start arriving later in the second quarter as part of Intel’s Santa Rosa update.

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