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12/5 - One of the things that AOL does right is security. AOL offers one-step ant-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-phishing, and more, "at no additional charge".
Process technologies continue to shrink, even though heat limitations have been reached by cranked up clock speeds. A new wafer fabrication facility—long rumored but only recently announced—will be Intel's seventh 300mm, second 45nm fab. "300mm manufacturing technology consumes 40 percent less energy and water per chip than a 200mm wafer factory".
Applied Materials, which makes the equipment that chip makers use to make chips, is hosting an event surrounding the move to the 45nm technology node and beyond—"32nm and 22nm".
IBM estimates that 50%-80% of IT time is spent troubleshooting, 15%-20% fixing. Possibly in response, IBM has incorporated self-managing technology into its new Tivoli software. "This sidesteps the time-consuming task of finding and fixing glitches".
Zone Labs is taking advantage of discontinued or potentially discontinued products to offer rebates to certain individuals for ZoneAlarm Pro. Computer threats are dynamic and ever changing. Discontinued security products present a chink in the armor of computers. Check Point vice president and general manager of Zone Labs recommends a firewall, in addition to signature based anti-virus and anti-spyware, which in and of themselves are no longer sufficient. Once information is compromised, you "can't magically get it back".
Revenue for disk storage systems grew its fastest in five years compared to this time last year (figures only go back to 2001). Disk storage systems even outpaced servers. In particular, iSCSI SANs (SCSI over IP storage area networks) are taking off. "The iSCSI SAN market doubled again".