Designed fore the mainstream business market, the Intel vPro technology aims to deliver a package of hardware and software created to introduce energy efficient performance to the desktop. Intel Corporation described in a press release that the integration of Intel Core 2 Duo Processors into desktop machines resulted in average cost savings of 40% during the trial period.

"Very simply, vPro is a change of course in the way businesses and IT managers view and use PCs," said Robert Crooke, vice president and general manager of Intel's Business Client Group. "We are packing in features that address what plagues businesses most -- security threats, cost of ownership, resource allocation, asset management and uptime -- into a single platform that is powered by the greatest multi-core processor in the world."

The Intel vPro technology promises enhance management and security via the integration of Intel Active Management Technology, Intel Virtualization Technology, the new Intel Q965 Express chipset and the Intel 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection.