| With support for Windows 10 ending later this year, businesses large and small are taking a hard look at their current PC fleets to ensure they continue receiving important security patches and system updates. According to IDC, more than half of IT decision-makers are currently navigating the transition to Windows 11. If your organization is undergoing its own PC refresh journey, you already know that Windows 11 compatibility is just one consideration in your purchasing decision. Along with delivering the security and manageability needed to maintain day-to-day operations, you need devices that can handle an increasing number of generative AI apps and tools built for business. It makes sense, then, that many IT decision-makers are considering AI PCs for their fleet upgrades. With the combined business benefits of Intel vPro® and the AI processing power of Intel® Core Ultra™ processors, Intel delivers the comprehensive business PC experience that can help make that journey a success. A recent Intel-sponsored report, "Future Ready: Incorporating AI PCs into Your Refresh Road Map," gathered insights from more than 500 IT decision-makers and line-of-business managers about the AI PC features and benefits that will help you maximize your investment. Boost productivity with local AI The rise of generative AI is undeniable, and IDC's report also revealed that 83% of ITDMs and LOB managers are already testing AI services within their organizations. This rapid adoption signals a fundamental shift in how work gets done across industries. The ability to run AI workloads locally is among those shifts, with 52% of survey respondents expecting their apps to leverage local AI in the next 6-12 months. "The challenge companies have with generative AI is that most of the compute is not on the local PC but on the servers within the data center. This latency impacts productivity, and security can also be impacted," one IT decision-maker told IDC. "But if I have AI on my laptop … I can do things offline without having to have access to the servers and stuff like that. So, I think in the future, that's something we are going to aggressively look at as we buy our next generation of laptops and desktops." Featuring a unique architecture that intelligently allocates workloads across the CPU, GPU and NPU, Intel® Core Ultra™ delivers the required AI processing power to run next-gen workloads locally. Intel is here to help make your refresh a success with the comprehensive business PC experience for today and tomorrow. Combining the business benefits of Intel vPro® with the AI processing power of Intel® Core Ultra™, these tools can help you mitigate technology costs, improve IT efficiencies and scale with your business — no matter how complex or dispersed your workforce is. Stay one step ahead of evolving cyberthreats While organizations face a new host of challenges and considerations in their PC refresh journeys, security remains a top concern. And many IT pros are looking to AI PCs to ensure workloads and sensitive data are protected. One IT decision-maker quoted in the report noted: "In healthcare, privacy and security are extremely important … if you can do the computing at the edge, that means less data is submitted in the cloud, so there is less vulnerability for any security risk." Along with increased security by running AI workloads locally, business PCs powered by Intel vPro and Intel Core Ultra processors include hardware-based, AI-powered security features for advanced threat detection that goes below the OS and proactively thwarts attacks before they begin. Foundational protections for AI models also help secure your data at all stages of execution or use. Mitigate costs through energy efficiency Because the NPU is a more power-efficient place to run persistent AI workloads, IT pros are also eager to move workloads from the cloud to the PC to lower overall power consumption and reduce operating expenses. "Cloud-based AI-intensive operations churn through a tremendous amount of energy, and I think that's going to become a very big consideration," a financial services IT decision-maker told IDC. "As people start to embrace these models, they have to start to think about the actual electric and cooling power that they're going to need." In addition to relying less on cloud services, Intel vPro can help lower energy costs through manageability features that can remotely power down entire fleets when they're not needed, and wake them during off hours. The comprehensive business PC experience for today and tomorrow Intel's vPro® and Intel® Core™ Ultra processors feature cutting-edge capabilities designed for enhanced security, manageability and user productivity. Our goal? To help your organization be ready for what's next. For a deeper dive on how to incorporate AI PCs into your refresh roadmap, click the link below to uncover even more insights from IDC's report. Discover how AI PCs can make your organization future ready. | 
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