New Intel Cloud Optimizer Tool To Help Partners Tackle Cloud TCO The new cloud optimization tool is among a bevy of new tools and resources Intel is using to defend its dominant position in the cloud infrastructure market. ‘That’s going to really help our partners and our sellers have a capability to optimize performance and cost of that cloud instance,’ Intel sales exec Rose Schooler tells CRN in an interview about the company’s data center and cloud strategies. By Dylan Martin May 24, 2021, 03:42 PM EDT Intel plans to introduce a new tool that will help partners optimize the performance and total cost of ownership of their workloads on cloud instances powered by the company’s processors.