Hitachi hard-drive-less notebooks?
Hi everyone,
I thought this was sorta interesting, and it pertained to security:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...HITACHI-DC.XML
I kind of fail to see the security aspect they are showing off here. They say:
Quote:
The new terminal does not store any data, such as client information, in it, and all tasks are carried out by interacting with server computers or PCs at headquarters, protecting vital business information even when the computer is lost or stolen.
While I can see how losing or having the notebook stolen can be a security problem, it is just as equally (if not more) dangerous to transmit "vital business information" over the internet. I can't even begin to imagine what this could do in the hands of inept network administrators.
And quite frankly, at $2,476 a pop, this doesn't seem to be helping its case.
Of course, to be fair, the article does omit a lot of technical information, but nonetheless, I'm curious what the AO community thinks about this.
-ik