"There are still a ton of enterprises where the computers say, “Do not turn this machine off at night” for just one reason: in case [the] IT [department] has to issue a patch.
It struck us at Intel as a crazy way to carry on, leaving hundreds of machines on at night just on the chance that there might be something coming through. With vPro, not only are they turned off at night, but they can be powered up remotely to have the software patched. All it takes is the IT administrator — who could be 3,000 miles away — taking up the vPro machines, issuing a patch, getting each one to confirm that it was successful and then powering down, all without lifting his bum off the seat."