Sharing an experience and looking to validate some of the challenges vPro demonstration might present in markets outside of North America - especially if the original demonstration environment was created in North America.
Earlier this year, Lenovo made a small change on their T400 and related platforms. The Ctrl-P option disappeared when attempting to access the MEBx (Management Engine BIOS Extension screens for Intel Active Management Technology). If you browse through the Lenovo BIOS update posting at http://
In working with Altiris 7 (Symantec Management Platform) - I upgraded to SP2 which was released in recent weeks. This included the hotfix (SP2 HF1) released within the past week.
Sharing a great experience and learning from a customer engagement this past week. The customer thought they had only a few Intel vPro systems in their environment, and we were collaborating on getting the vPro provisioning process running.
This blog entry is primarily for those who are looking to acquiring a VeriSign certificate for vPro remote configuration. If you've already acquired and are using the certificate, VeriSign will likely be calling you with an update.
Perhaps a better question is - How can the current Intel vPro Technology combined with existing management\security solutions help protect client systems?