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The article highlights the history of the systems crashes of the old national air traffic control system of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It cites several incidents wherein the National Airspace Data Interchange Network (NADIN) crashed as well as the effects of those system failures on passengers and on the national security. It notes that most localized air traffic control systems used in 2008 were designed in the 1960s and 1970s and installed throughout the past years. FAA spokesperson Paul Takemoto stated that the new replacement of NADIN system is not expected to go online until the end of 2008.

The article reports that VMworld user conference has highlighted the technology's growing reach on September 10 in San Francisco. According to the author, VMware President and CEO Diane Greene called a continued push of virtualization technology that is revolutionizing the IT world. He added that virtualization is driving a complete infrastructure refresh. Moreover, chairman and CEO of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Hector Ruiz has stated that virtualization is the type of technology that comes along only once or twice a generation. Furthermore, virtualization is seen as a server technology designed to help businesses consolidate data center hardware and the concept is branching out into storage, applications and operating systems.

The article reports on the updates concerning the two-year old case of Intel Corp. against rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in the U.S. AMD alleged that Intel engaged in anti-competitive practices to maintain monopolistic position in the market due to the failure of its internal electronic mail (e-mail) archiving system. Judge Joseph Farnan gave Intel 30 days to recover the lost about 1,000 lost e-mails when it was to keep as well as file a detailed report on how will it be recovered. Intel admitted that it has difficulty in controlling its corporate e-mails in which the lost e-mails are relevant to AMD's lawsuit.