Intel Corporation today released details of the Intel Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) specification, a forthcoming platform-level technology inside Intel processors, chipsets and networking cards that will give IT managers more control and manageability over their networked computers while reducing costly on-site technical assistant visits and asset tracking

i am doing a technical search about it as part of a small uni project, but i got really really intrested about it... and i wanna know all about the details

here is the news link i first visited..
http://www.presentationmaster.com/ar...e.jsp?id=31052

this is a link on the intel website.. that contains some detail and on the right good links to good long articles or PDFs..

http://www.intel.com/technology/manage/iamt/

so... since i study bizness computer... not computer engeneering i have some questions:

cross-platform: do they mean that it can work cell phones..pc ... server... and whatever OS..

even hard disk is down... well considering that 50% of hardware failure are from HDD... if a zone or sector is bad.. how will they do it...

and this one also Out-of-Band communication ...
how will the exchange of info will happen ( i am good in networking.. u can explain it in all the terms u want ) ...and what about security...

i will be really thanksful if u help me understand one of the above.... gimme a link to a detailed technical paper... or just help

pleaze, don't wanna discuss the impact of the new tech and its security concerns.. that will come later....
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