Many states have now either repealed or limited theapplicationof their RAP statutes, with theeffect that trusts created subject to the law of those jurisdictions may continue in perpetuity.
Tests in sterile environments have successfully reduced the number of servers by up to 90 percent without having any negative effect on application performance.
In effect, giant IBM hopes this loosely allied swarm will overwhelm application offerings from the likes of Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), Oracle and SAP (nyse: SAP - news - people ).
Rather than the deterrent effect expected from IW (much as the Japanese planners ofthe surprise attack against Pearl Harbor had hoped), a reckless applicationof information operations could provoke massive retaliation.