Security in Mind - Devon IT'sSafebook
There's nothing unusual about a laptop weighing 4 pounds with a 12.1 inch screen and 6 hours of battery life, but what is remarkable is the fact that Devon IT's Safebook has no hard drive. Indeed, no data or applications are stored on the machine, instead the Safebook accesses the company's servers remotely. It is practically immune to spyware and virus threats, and if the PC is ever stolen no information can be lost.
Securityconscious IT departments may fall in love the SafeBook. This thinlaptop is like disappearing ink. Data can be accessed andapplications can be tapped by the people in your organization whoare meant to do the accessing and the tapping, but if theSafeBook gets into the wrong hands, that confidential datavanishes without so much as a byte getting stolen orlost.
TheSafeBook works because it has no hard drive and no proprietaryprograms saved on a hard drive. It is run, for all intents andpurposes, remotely byservers back at the office, which the SafeBook accesses throughwireless, Ethernet, or broadband.
Of course, laptops can't be run by server alone, so the SafeBook comes with a VIAC7-M 1.5G processor, as well as a socket for a memory module, forRAM from 128 to 1024 MB.
Its operating system is the Windows XPe, and it is free fromrisk of viruses, spyware, and hijacks. So it basically runs likea regular Windows-based system, but without risk of Windowssecurity plagues.
So you can hand if off to your outdoor sales force or yourmidlevel managers, and send them off running to the airportwithout fear, IT geeks. And run they can. SafeBooks only measure1.1 inches high by 9.7 inches wide and 11.1 inches deep. And theyonly weigh about 4 pounds.
Sure for 4 pounds, you only can expect a 12.1 inch display, butthere's a D-sub connector for an external monitor (as well asjacks for an external speaker and microphone). But for 4 poundsand so little to sap the power, you can also expect up to 6 hoursof battery life from this notebook.Budget and security conscious IT geeks, you can now relax.Currently these machines are available for $799 each. Moreinformation at Safebook.net
