On August 26, 2007 Intel® announced the second generation of its new microprocessor platform: vPro™. The majority of reviews and media attention focused on the security features of the new platform.

However, there is another implication of the new platform that largely escaped market news. vPro is likely to affect desktop outsourcing in a major way: it gives a boost to the Remote Infrastructure Management Outsourcing (RIMO) model by better equipping suppliers and giving buyers incentives to outsource.