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GNU - Intel Outlines Strategy for Making the Internet Smarter, Safer,More Reliable and Useful- Sep 9, 2004 12:15 PM (BusinessWire)SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2004--Intel Corporation todaydescribed the significant changes that need to be made to theInternet's architecture to make it safer, more useful, reliable andaccessible.In a speech today at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Senior VicePresident and Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said that byadding an overlay network of computational services to the Internet --made up of computing and storage resources -- the industry could bringgreater intelligence into and across the network core. This wouldtransform the Internet from a data transmission pipe into a vastplatform for hosting a wide array of services available to the world'ssix billion inhabitants. Gelsinger referred to this approach as theability to provide planetary-scale services.- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=43590452
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