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Posts from Ajay Mungara (Intel) 
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I am the Manageability Developer Community Manager in the Software Solutions Group at Intel. I joined Intel in 1998. I have held various technical architecture, management and leadership positions across Intel's business. I like to make sense of complex technology and make it easy to solve real business problems. I believe that technology is only cool if it helps in fulfilling a compelling user need. My expertise is in bringing together talented teams to build successful business solutions. I have earned an engineering degree in computer science and an M.S degree in Management in science and technology. I love to blog mainly because it provides me with an avenue to challenge the status quo and engage in unique conversations. |
Manageability Developer Tool Kit is now AVAILABLE!!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 25, 2008 at 5:57 am
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I am very happy to announce that the Intel AMT DTK is back online on the manageability developer community!! I would like to first thank all the community members for relentlessly pushing us to make "Manageability Developer Tool Kit" formally known as Intel AMT DTK available for download. All your comments however critical they were, actually [...]
Category: Manageability
DTK update and we cannot silence your voice!!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 29, 2008 at 11:50 am
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First of all, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delay in making the Developer Took Kit (DTK) available on the community. Intel Management is finally waking up to the reality that the demand for this tool is really driven by the community. This is happening only because of your valuable comments on the [...]
Category: Customer Support, Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Social Media & Virtual Worlds
Please help us better understand your needs and receive a $75 gift card.
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 1, 2008 at 11:35 am
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About two years ago, ISN (Intel Software Network) made a strategic shift to become more transparent and shift control to you (user). At that time it was a BIG change for Intel (& I argue that it still is). Imagine Intel engineers having their own blogs!! Imagine letting you have direct conversations on our community!! Imagine letting you [...]
Category: Academia, Atom, Customer Support, Financial Software Industry, Gaming, Graphics, Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Mobility, Multicore, Open Source, Social Media & Virtual Worlds, Software Engineering, Virtualization, What If Software, XML Software
Please welcome 'Maria Camila' to the manageability blogs!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 30, 2008 at 8:49 am
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Please welcome Maria Camila Gomez to the manageability blogs. She works for Aranda Software Corporation an Independent Software Vendor. In her blog, she plans to share Aranda’s experience in integrating Intel AMT into its product suite. In her first blog post, Maria writes "I won't lie… at the beginning I was [...]
Category: Manageability
Opportunity to showcase your manageability applications
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 13, 2008 at 4:10 pm
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Josh Hilliker, Community Manager for Intel vPro Expert Center, is giving all the Manageability Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) a unique opportunity to showcase your applications to your prospective customers. Intel vPro Expert Center is a community where IT end user community hang out. I really hope that all of you take advantage of this [...]
Category: Intel SW Partner Program, Manageability
Sneak preview: Future directions of Intel vPro Technology
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 11, 2008 at 4:58 am
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About a year ago, I blogged about onStar Service for PCs and geek squads will soon become a thing of the past. I am very happy to inform you that the technology that can make some of these concepts a reality is coming soon. Although, I should point out that all the features I discuss [...]
Category: Manageability
Intel AMT DTK is currently NOT available
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 2, 2008 at 9:30 am
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You may probably have already noticed that the Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit (DTK) is marked "This download has been temporarily deactivated. Please check back at a later time". I wanted all of you to know that this is due to some technical and some non-technical issues that we are working out Internally. We will [...]
Category: Manageability
Video: How to compile & test Intel AMT SDK sample code?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 28, 2008 at 12:52 pm
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In this video, Ajith Illendula, Application Engineer supporting Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT), demonstrates how to compile and test Intel AMT SDK (Software Development Kit) Sample Code. Ajith shows you how to setup and configure the Visual Studio environment, gives a tour of the APIs in the Intel AMT SDK and [...]
Category: Manageability
Demo of IDE-Redirect feature of Intel AMT
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 20, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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Ajith Illendula, Application Engineer supporting Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT), demonstrated the IDE-Redirect feature of Intel AMT. IDE-Redirect allows an Intel AMT enabled system to boot from an OS image, floppy, CD or a DVD device. In this video Ajith talks about how to remotely boot a system and redirect the local IDE [...]
Category: Manageability
Open Port Radio - Blog Talk Radio Show
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 6, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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Yesterday, I was invited as a guest speaker to the Open Port Radio- Blog Talk radio show to chat about Manageability Developer Community. I really enjoyed the interaction with the hosts Josh Hilliker, Russ Pam and Jeff Torello from the the Intel vPro Expert Center. Intel vPro Expert Center is a community focused on [...]
Category: Manageability
What programming language do you use in developing for Intel AMT?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 5, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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To be real honest, I actually don't like when somebody asks questions like this "what programming languages do you use?" or worst "What programming language is right for me?". What annoys me the most is when this question does not come with any background information. It is like asking someone what is your preferred mode [...]
Category: Manageability
Introducing Ajith Illendula
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 18, 2008 at 3:29 pm
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Video of Ajith Illendula, application engineer working on Intel AMT, talking about what he works on. The video was shot in Ajith’s office located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. He supports and enables developers writing Intel AMT enabled applications in the Manageability Developer Community Forum. The purpose of this video is to introduce the "Human [...]
Category: Manageability
Meet Gael Holmes and her "Devil Ducks"
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 5, 2008 at 3:47 pm
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Video of Gael Holmes, application engineer working on Intel AMT, talking about what she does for Intel. The video was shot in Gael’s office located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The first thing noticeable in her office is all the "Devil Ducks" occupying a lot of shelf space. Watch the video to find out what [...]
Category: Manageability
Don’t drink and use the Mac!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 4, 2008 at 11:06 am
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I accidentally spilled some water on my macbook pro. As a result, some of the keys are not working. Needless to say – I am so disappointed with what happened. Here are some Options that I am looking into: Take it all apart and clean it with compressed air – I really don't have the heart to [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0
Are you a Wizard developer? Or Do you know of one?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 29, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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Part of the thrill of being a developer, at least it was to me, is being labeled a real "tech wizard" or a "tech geek" of some sort. The label brings in a sense of pride, a feel of invincibility, and most importantly something to brag about. I have personally seen business people and [...]
Category: Gaming, Graphics, Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Mobility, Multicore, Open Source, Software Engineering, Virtualization
Use "Duster Spray Can" to hack the disk encryption keys
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 28, 2008 at 11:37 am
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Computer Scientists at Princeton University have shown some very easy and creative methods to hack cryptographic key material with physical access to an encrypted machine. Watch the video embedded below to find out how existing technology is really vulnerable against Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys. All you need is a Duster spray can, if [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability
It is time to crush, smash and bomb your opponents: Join the action at the Intel Xeon Robo Brawl.
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 27, 2008 at 11:30 am
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Build your own robot and then boost it with enough protection, speed and arsenal to fight in the battle ring. Oh man … it is ruthless out there – kill or get killed. In spite of my best efforts, which lasted about 30 mins, my robot "smtbot" managed to rank only at 1293. Please note [...]
Category: Manageability, Virtualization
Register to attend a free Intel AMT Webinar
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 22, 2008 at 9:10 am
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Developing innovative manageability apps with Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) Thanks to your overwhelming response to the past Webinars on Intel AMT; we are bringing to you another free Webinar. Michelle Chuaprasert (Senior Engineering Manager) and Ylian Saint-Hilaire (Senior Architect) are going to be talking about how to take advantage of Intel AMT to build [...]
Category: Events, Manageability
Fate of the SSO: Episode 3 is here
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on December 11, 2007 at 2:55 pm
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Watch the final episode of the video series where a admired IT administrator teams up with a brilliant developer for a remote management solution. Where IT and Dev team up to battle the EVIL in order to deploy the right solution. If you have not already watched the first two episodes of "inside the super [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Virtualization
Traditional Software Licensing Model is "virtually" dead!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on December 4, 2007 at 1:01 pm
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With more and more companies adopting Virtualization and with almost all computers (laptops & desktops) now powered by multi-core processors it is very hard to differentiate between physical and virtual machines. I really think the software licensing traditionally based on a processor or a computer is completely dead. Today the "physical" computer can be potentially [...]
Category: Multicore, Virtualization
"Rock Your World" Contest
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on December 3, 2007 at 11:51 am
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Intel vPro Expert Center is running a contest called "Rock Your World" Contest. The idea is to post a video around "What is your biggest IT challenge or What Intel vPro technology Use Case will change your world". Three winners will be selected. Each winner will receive one Intel Centrino Pro based notebook. Based on my [...]
Category: Manageability
Inside the Super Secret Organization (SSO)
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on November 13, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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Watch this video series where a admired IT administrator teams up with a brilliant developer for a remote management solution. Where IT and Dev team up to battle the EVIL in order to deploy the right solution. There is action, drama, suspense .. and lots of fun. What else were you expecting "Romance"? Give it [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability
Learn how to take advantage of 15% rebate on development systems
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on November 7, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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I sat down with Andrea LeGare from Intel Software Partner Program to discuss some of the benefits the program offers to Independent Software Vendors. I really think the 15% rebate on qualifying development systems is really a cool deal and wanted to make sure all of you are aware of this benefit and would like [...]
Category: Manageability
Help us learn a little more about you!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on November 6, 2007 at 11:30 am
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Please take a moment to respond to a short survey and be sure to select a Thank-You Gift with our compliments. Your options for the "Thank-you" gifts are 4-in-1 Laser Pointer, Computer Sleeve, Golf Umbrella, Jewel-tone Tumbler, and Mesh Cap. We all know that there is nothing called a "free lunch" and there must be [...]
Category: Gaming, Graphics, Intel SW Partner Program, Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Mobility, Multicore
Five things I like to see in Intel AMT SDK
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 22, 2007 at 1:13 pm
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Here is a list of five things where Intel AMT SDK could do better. This list is part from my own observations & part from some feedback received in our Manageability Discussion Forums. Intel AMT SDK should support more programming languages especially the samples. You should be able to [...]
Category: Manageability
Planning to develop some Intel AMT training videos. Need your input.
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 19, 2007 at 11:08 am
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In our continued effort to make it really easy for developers to take advantage of specific Intel AMT capabilities on the manageability developer community, we are planning to shoot a series of AMT training videos in our Intel AMT support lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gael Holmes, Ajith Illendulla & Sree Syamalakumari will [...]
Category: Manageability
Intel AMT tutorial series by Robteix
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 18, 2007 at 7:33 am
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I came across this excellent Intel AMT tutorial series by Robteix. I especially liked the way Introduction to Intel AMT development was illustrated with the description of all the key interfaces. I think Robteix summarized the Intel AMT development so well with this one statement "The trick of Intel AMT is not in the code, but [...]
Category: Manageability
Sample chapters from the book Applied Virtualization Technology
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 11, 2007 at 10:24 am
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As promised in my previous blog post "Applied Virtualization Technology" I have two sample chapters available for you. An Introduction to Virtualization that covers the virtualization basics, including the definition of some commonly used virtualization terminology and some history of virtualization. If you really want to take advantage of virtualization as a software [...]
Category: Virtualization
Contest is not doing well. I wonder why?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 4, 2007 at 11:16 am
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We are currently running a contest called "its your voice on the Intel AMT developer tools" and I should admit that that this contest is not working nearly as well I had anticipated. I had great hopes and expectations for this contest where I thought we will be able to gather real feedback (good [...]
Category: Manageability
Did you miss our Live Webinar?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on October 2, 2007 at 8:35 am
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Did you miss our Live Webinar in association with Dr Dobbs Journal? Developing innovative manageability apps with Intel® Active Management Technology.You can watch the recorded event here. Thanks to all of you who could attend and thanks to all the great questions you asked during the webinar. Unfortunately we could not answer all of your questions [...]
Category: Manageability
IT best practices seminar - New York
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on September 18, 2007 at 12:48 pm
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I plan to attend the IT best practices seminar on Thursday, Sept 20th, in New York City. I see that there are quite a few sessions related to Virtualization. I am especially looking forward to the presentation - "The Rise of Virtualization in the Datacenter". I am really hoping that this session goes a step [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Virtualization
Dr. Dobb's NetSeminar: Developing innovative manageability apps with Intel AMT
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on September 14, 2007 at 1:57 pm
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Jerome Esteban (Senior Application Engineer) and Ylian Saint-Hilaire (Senior Architect) are going to be talking about how to take advantage of Intel AMT to build manageability applications with built-in manageability and security. Intel AMT is a component of Intel vPro Processor Technology and Intel Centrino Processor Technology. The goal of the NetSeminar is to discuss [...]
Category: Manageability
Applied Virtualization Technology
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on September 14, 2007 at 7:31 am
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I came across this book "Applied Virtualization Technology" - Usage models for IT professionals and Software Developers. by Sean Campbell and Michael Jeronimo. I managed to get a copy of this book from Intel Press and I have just started to read this book. I got interested in this book because it appears to [...]
Category: Manageability, Virtualization
Which Application benefits the most from Intel AMT?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on September 4, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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As we all know that there are many different software application segments that can actually take advantage of Intel AMT capabilities of built-in manageability and security. Some of the application segments that can benefit from Intel AMT include help desk software, system management, security applications, compliance and audit, etc. In order to understand which segments are [...]
Category: Manageability
"Voice of the Community" Contest
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 28, 2007 at 1:19 pm
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We have released new versions of Intel AMT SDK and Intel AMT DTK , so that you can build new features into your manageability applications designed to run on the second generation Intel vPro Processor Technology. Give us your feedback on the Intel AMT development tools in the "Voice of the Community" contest and [...]
Category: Manageability
Second generation Intel vPro Processor Technology Launched
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 27, 2007 at 11:21 am
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By now, you must have all heard that Intel has rolled out the next generation of Intel vPro Processor Technology. So, what does this mean for all the Manageability Software Developers? A new version of the Intel AMT SDK 3.0 is available for download along with a new version of Intel AMT SCS and Intel AMT [...]
Category: Manageability
IT Administrator's Top 3 manageability challenges: A reality check
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 24, 2007 at 9:07 am
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When we ask an IT administrator what their top manageability challenges they face everyday, they always respond with "Users" or "something in between the computer and the chair"... and then go on to tell us their other manageability challenges that can actually be solved. From our research, here is a list of the top [...]
Category: Manageability
Are you aware of any possible abuse of Intel AMT?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 17, 2007 at 9:51 am
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First of all I was really pleased to see a Wikipedia page on Intel AMT. I want to encourage the Manageability developer community members to make sure you update this page with more information and monitor the page for any abuse. And most importantly here is a direct quote from a comment from Mrsteveman1 [...]
Category: Manageability
IT does not know how to sell virtualization
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 15, 2007 at 7:19 am
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In my experience, I think IT really does not know how to sell the benefits of Virtualization to software developers. Software Developers, Testers & Project Managers always demand dedicated servers for their projects and even push to have dedicated servers for development, testing, support, production, etc. Why do you think that is? If there [...]
Category: Virtualization
Game Cheaters Beware!!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 8, 2007 at 9:52 am
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We all know that cheating is a BIG problem in Multi-Player games. Cheaters like Hackers are really persistent and find ingenious ways around the anti-cheating systems. The anti-cheating systems are getting better .... Intel showed off a anti-cheating technology at Research@Intel day. The idea is to detect common cheats like "aimbots" and "wall hacks", and [...]
Category: Gaming, Manageability
How to identify if your software project is doomed?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on August 1, 2007 at 8:47 am
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I happen to across this awesome list "101 ways to know your software project is doomed". I initially read this post as daily humor, but unfortunately I have personally experienced at least a couple of these items (~10) during my 12+ years working in the software field. I am sure as a developer you must have [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0
Remote management can actually improve security. Really.
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 27, 2007 at 8:42 am
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IT administrators love remote management, but their biggest concern is typically security. Seriously--- if you need 100% security then don't connect your computer to the network or better still don't use it. Usually using words "security" and "remote" in the same sentence means some kind of a red flag right .. Not really.. Listen to [...]
Category: Manageability
ROCK baby ROCK - Set the IT managers free
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 23, 2007 at 8:11 am
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You will be impressed by this two "hilarious" videos -- learn about Intel Centino pro / Intel vPro and how IT management gets easier with security and remote manageability.This is definitely a more engaging and educational way of communicating the hardware/software features of Intel technology. Watch these Intel Video Ads Directed by Christopher Guest http://youtube.com/watch?v=12Icxthmpis http://youtube.com/watch?v=TgT2LyA2WFc Both Songs Have [...]
Category: Manageability
July Status Report - Manageability Community
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 18, 2007 at 12:55 pm
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Every month we are expected to write a monthly status report which includes highlights of the past month and plans for the next month. I thought I will experiment writing this month's status report as a blog post visible publicly. I think this will help everybody to know what happened the past month in the community [...]
Category: Manageability
Thanks Arvind for taking the Big Leap
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on July 12, 2007 at 2:38 pm
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I am extremely happy to welcome Arvind Kumar to the manageability software blogosphere. Arvind is a principle engineer (really big deal at Intel) and the chief manageability architect at Intel. This is really a step forward and a big leap for the manageability community. It is often not easy to convince senior leaders in the [...]
Category: Manageability
Sci-Fi movie "Minority Report" UI is for real
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 28, 2007 at 9:41 am
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I get introduced to some great cool ideas every time I speak to Jim Corrigan from Manage Operations. Jim has a great vision around how to integrate all kinds of different technologies to improve manageability. Jim talked to me about this User Interface controlled through a hand gesture technology from Oblong Technologies. Do you [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability
We moved 3000 miles to the east
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 27, 2007 at 7:55 am
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I normally talk about the Manageability Developer Community and all the work we are doing in this space, but today I wanted to talk about a big personal change in my life. My wife and I just moved from Portland, Oregon to South Orange, New Jersey -- yes, we moved nearly 3000 miles. Especially after living [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0, Manageability, Uncategorized
Remote Management: Is it really a smart business decision?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 19, 2007 at 12:54 pm
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Large application vendors & IT organizations are quickly realizing the cost benefits of remote support and are often mandating customers to give them remote access if they want cheaper support. There are definitely benefits in resolving the issue remotely as opposed to sending a service rep or doing it over phone as illustrated in this [...]
Category: Manageability
It's a lot of power to give over to someone!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 18, 2007 at 6:12 pm
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The story "New Intel chips let managers turn on powered-off PCs for repairs" published in NC Times talks about Manageability Technology in the consumer space and emphasizes on one particular challenge with the consumer space "Privacy". Privacy is a concern even in the corporate world, but it is more acceptable. But the success of manageability [...]
Category: Manageability
Making PCs more secure with Virtualization
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on June 5, 2007 at 10:35 am
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With the PC vulnerabilities on the increase somehow it always appears that the computer viruses and identity thieves are one step ahead of the game. But, I was really happy to see that Symantec is moving closer to offering its security appliance and this is real progress in making our PCs more secure. This is the [...]
Category: Manageability
Manageability extended to Business Notebooks
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 22, 2007 at 3:33 pm
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Intel has now extended the manageability capabilities that were limited to vPro desktops to corporate notebook computers with the release of Intel Centrino Pro. Now both Centrino Pro and vPro consist of Intel AMT features. With Intel AMT you can perform several types of management functions like: discover your computer assets, repair systems regardless of the [...]
Category: Manageability
And the grand prize winner is..
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 17, 2007 at 4:26 pm
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Eric Fong, is our grand prize winner of a Desktop PC Based On Intel® vPro™ Technology for his manageability idea 'Smart Background Backup for Web OS Readiness' We asked you to tell us an innovative use of Intel AMT and you responded with 80+ ideas. The goal of the contest was for people to learn the [...]
Category: Manageability
You voted and they won
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 15, 2007 at 1:38 pm
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We asked you to tell us some creative & innovative ways to use Intel AMT and I was blown away by your awe-inspiring response. Thank You for your ideas and votes!! With the help of your votes & comments we announced the first set of winners and now I am happy to announce the second & [...]
Category: Manageability
I am not drinking the corporate Kool Aid
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 14, 2007 at 8:57 am
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In this blog post "How are Intel's Business Bloggers Chosen?", Teresa seems to suggest that either I had to go through some kind of a screening process for blogging or maybe just been drinking the corporate Kool Aid -- the answer to both is a "Big No". I remember that back in 1998-99 I had to [...]
Category: Intel® Software Network 2.0
Geek Squads will soon become a thing of the past
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 14, 2007 at 7:45 am
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Tom Foremski for Silicon Valley Watcher wrote in the article "Intel's New Anti-Malware Technologies Could Spawn New Consumer Services" on what he thought had the biggest potential with Intel Active Management Technology. He writes that ... Intel AMT "could become a platform to deliver repair and maintenance services to millions of consumers! It's potentially a [...]
Category: Manageability
Manageability Slashdot Discussion
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 8, 2007 at 1:33 pm
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Manageability and Intel AMT are the focused topics being discussed for the next two weeks on the Slashdot Community. The good news about this discussion is that your questions & comments will be responded by Intel Experts on AMT & Manageability (Mike, Jeff, Chris and Gidi). If you have any questions (technical, strategic, or simply [...]
Category: Manageability
Software & Hardware Asset Management. Why is it so hard?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 4, 2007 at 11:42 am
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Before taking up this role as a Manageability community manager, I worked as an Enterprise Architect supporting all applications for the Sales and Marketing group here at Intel. I was once asked by the senior management to give a rough estimate for "What does it take to End-Of-Life or Upgrade Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 tools/applications [...]
Category: Manageability
Examine some Intel AMT use cases (animated flash demo)
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 3, 2007 at 3:52 pm
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When I first started to understand and learn more about Intel AMT and how it all works- I got access to a power-point presentation with some very cool animations of Intel AMT Use Cases that I really thought was helpful. We converted parts of that presentation to a useful flash animated demo that demonstrates how [...]
Category: Manageability
Intel AMT does not run in a Virtual Partition
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on May 2, 2007 at 1:45 pm
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The article Command and Conquer (Remote PC management with Intel's vPro) on tom's hardware says that "vPro requires a certain version of the 965 chipset, the Q965 and Intel's AMT (Active Management Technology). Lastly, the vPro Website also refers to the Core 2 Duo processor as a part of vPro, although our test system by [...]
Category: Manageability
Instructions to disable the Intel AMT privacy notification popup
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 26, 2007 at 8:17 pm
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Lori Welch left a comment on one of my blog posts - "I am curious why every time I login to the pc, I get a box that pops up notifying me of the AMT. I find this particularly annoying for end users, and is there no way to disable the notice?" First, let us understand [...]
Category: Manageability
Announcing the first 3 winners of the Manageability Idea Contest!!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 26, 2007 at 9:32 am
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I would like to thank the Manageability Developer Community members (especially those who voted for the ideas) for helping us decide the first 3 winners for the Contest for a Manageability Idea! We decided the first 3 winners for the idea contest purely based on the top voting tabulation at 12 am PST, 20th April 2007. [...]
Category: Manageability
Video demo of Intel AMT
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 20, 2007 at 3:05 pm
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Watch a video demonstration of Intel AMT with David Hallway David Hallway, an Intel Tech Marketing Engineer working on Intel vPro technology, demonstrates how to manage a PC with Intel vPro technology using a standard web browser when a machine is switched OFF or ON. You can also see some advanced features of AMT using Microsoft SMS [...]
Category: Manageability
OnStar services for GM cars, and for PCs
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 19, 2007 at 4:12 pm
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Imagine how frustrating it would be to get struck by the side of a remote highway with blackened smoke coming out of your car engine and how you really wished you had some warning signs that this was coming. Maybe your engine missed a couple of oil changes, and your engine knew all along that [...]
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Open Source Linux Software Driver for ME interface
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 16, 2007 at 9:30 am
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Linux software Drivers for the Management Engine (ME) Interface (it used to be called Host Embedded Controller Interface (HECI)) is now available. You can read more about this announcement in Anas Nasif's blog. Anas works in the Intel Open Source Technology Center and he is one of the key guys behind making the ME driver [...]
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Trends with the Manageability Idea contest
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 13, 2007 at 9:52 am
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I really would like to thank all the manageability idea contest participants. We can draw some insights into where the trends are around manageability based on these ideas. I see that the ideas submitted so far seem to gravitate around the manageability of devices, ideas to efficiently manage the infrastructure with minimum desk side [...]
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(Re)search .aka. (Google)search on Manageability Standards
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on April 5, 2007 at 4:14 pm
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Here is a list of different standards related to Manageability. We need to really understand what they really are? If & how they are related? Are they still valid? And most importantly Should you care? But for me the first step was to list all of them. I am sure there are more out there that [...]
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Manageability Standards: Should you really care?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 30, 2007 at 8:46 am
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I finally started on a long pending home project --> clean my Garage (home to all the junk in my house). I was amazed to find so many different travel chargers, car chargers and data sync cables for various cell phones, blue tooth headsets, MP3 players, GPS, etc. I realized that I have been buying [...]
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Stretch your imagination
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 27, 2007 at 9:35 pm
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Over the years I have helped many people (my parents, in-laws, aunt, sister, friends, etc.) buy PCs. They really believe that I am an expert -- my only credentials being -- I work for Intel Corp. I tried telling them that I work for Intel, but I am not really an expert with everything that [...]
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DMTF's DASHing initiative
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 23, 2007 at 9:59 am
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The Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) announced Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) initiative that will deliver a set of specifications intended to enable better interoperability, OOB remote manageability and security for mobile clients and desktops. DASH will take full advantage of WS-MAN specification. DASH will include standard protocols and architecture semantics [...]
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WS-MAN ... WS-WOMAN??
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 22, 2007 at 10:02 am
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When I heard about WS-MAN .. I thought why not WS-WOMAN .. well let us stick with the name WS-MAN as it is a industry standard and learn more about it :) I talked about what Intel is doing to enhance the PC networking capabilities. The next generation of Intel vPro technology , codenamed "Weybridge" will [...]
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Preview of what is coming in the latest vPro platform
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 16, 2007 at 2:34 pm
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Intel today outlined details around on what is coming in the Next Generation vPro platform, code named "Weybridge". You are going to see some enhanced security and manageability capabilities in the new Intel Platform. Much awaited and talked about Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), formerly code name LAGrand technology finds its way into the new vPro [...]
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Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit sample source code is available!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 13, 2007 at 8:17 am
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I am very pleased to announce that we have made the Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit (DTK) souce code available for download. Simply download the code, and feel free to use it to jump start your development. A BIG THANKS to Ylian for making this happen. What is in the sample source package? The Intel AMT DTK sample [...]
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Learn how Altiris solutions unleash the power of Intel AMT
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 5, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind finds out how to Manage PCs remotely even when the system is powered off. This video demonstrates some of the capabilities of Altiris solutions on HP desktops (software manageability solution built using the Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) Software Development kit). Altiris solutions allow IT organizations to discover systems regardless [...]
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Death of an almighty IT god
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on March 2, 2007 at 12:29 pm
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There was a time when corporate users completely depended on their IT department to provide them with productivity tools and applications, but the game has totally changed with the increase in the Internet usage. More and more corporate users are downloading tools/applications, sharing files, using instant messaging, accessing information on their wireless devices, etc. The [...]
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SCS 1.2: The queue build-up problem with the delayer thread has been fixed
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 26, 2007 at 11:53 am
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SCS 1.2 Patch 002 has been released. The patch corrects a new issue found in Intel AMT SCS Release 1.2. When the SCS receives a "Hello" message from an Intel AMT device it places an entry on the queue of the Delayer thread. The Delayer thread is activated after a wait of one minute. The [...]
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Debunking a Myth: Intel AMT is not for Small Businesses
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 22, 2007 at 3:33 pm
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Is your business growing? Could you serve customers better or work with your suppliers and sub-contractors more efficiently by keeping your PCs running? Do you ever worry about viruses, hacker attacks or other mishaps that could damage your data and bring your business to a halt? Are you looking for opportunities to outsource IT to [...]
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Manage or Perish!!
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 13, 2007 at 10:50 am
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Past headlines on microprocessors or computer capabilities were dominated by speed, performance, functionality, and power consumption. But, the real success of computers will rest ultimately on whether a computer meets users' expectations on dependability and reliability. Our society completely depends on infrastructure like highways, drinking water, education, electricity, etc. and any disruption to these fundamental human [...]
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Wake On LAN and the Magic Packet
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 5, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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You hear a lot about Wake On LAN(WOL) in relation to remote Manageability. Let me try to explain what this is really all about. "Wake on LAN" as the name suggests is a network standard that allows you to remotely (over a network connection) power up your computer when it is completely powered off -- well, [...]
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DTK release19 and a patch release for SCS 1.2 are now available for download
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on February 2, 2007 at 3:57 pm
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Download the latest Intel Developer Tool Kit (DTK) release 19 on the manageability developer community. In this new version of the Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit v0.19, we made the Intel AMT SOL./IDE-R terminal available as a standalone application and as a Microsoft .NET component. Developers can now add SOL/IDE-R feature into any application very quickly [...]
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Watch the DTK Tutorial Videos to learn more about Intel AMT capabilities
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 29, 2007 at 6:10 pm
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Tutorial videos that introduces the various Intel AMT capabilities using Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit (DTK) are now available for viewing. I personally learnt a lot by watching these videos and I am sure you will too. In this blog post I am listing out all the different videos available along with a brief description [...]
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Intel AMT developer tool kit (DTK) is now available for download
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 25, 2007 at 12:14 am
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Intel AMT Developer Tool Kit (DTK) is now available for download on the manageability developer community. The purpose of this tool is to assist Developers, Designers, and Testers to quickly understand and learn the benefits of Intel AMT. The package includes a console and a agent primarily designed to help developers learn all about AMT [...]
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Let us talk about HECI and LMS
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 24, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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Host Embedded Controller Interface (HECI ) driver is a software interface that is used to communicate to the AMT subsystem (Management Engine) to access AMT capabilities. Communication between the local host operating system (OS) and the ME is accomplished by means of the HECI driver. HECI is bi-directional, as either the host OS or Intel [...]
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Manageability Developer Community is now also available in Russian & Chinese
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 23, 2007 at 5:49 pm
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The Manageability Developer Community Home page, Category Pages, Download Pages and some content (mainly the technical overview docs, user guides, FAQs, etc.) are translated into Chinese and Russian. Chinese Website: http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/apac/zho/329905.htm Russian Website: http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/emea/rus/330488.htm
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What the heck is 3PDS?
By Ajay Mungara (Intel) (94 posts) on January 15, 2007 at 10:44 pm
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3PDS stands for third-party data store. Think of 3PDS as a persistent, nonvolatile memory space available for your manageability application to access even when the OS is unresponsive or management agents are missing. You can write/store data specific to your application. For example, you could store software version numbers, update history, pointers to database information, [...]