One company I know of got hit hard by 'I love you'. 1000 people were told, "go home, don't come back for 3 days while we re-install windows on everyone's computers."
They were down for 3 full days.
3 days * 9 hours/day * 1000 people = 27000 hours.
More than half a million dollars lost just in salaries. That's just ONE company.
Of course these things are not new. But in a unattended system where you don't want ANY moving parts such as theme park rides, non-volatile ram drives are very important to have.
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One company I know of got hit hard by 'I love you'. 1000 people were told, "go home, don't come back for 3 days while we re-install windows on everyone's computers."
They were down for 3 full days.
3 days * 9 hours/day * 1000 people = 27000 hours.
More than half a million dollars lost just in salaries. That's just ONE company.
Of course these things are not new. But in a unattended system where you don't want ANY moving parts such as theme park rides, non-volatile ram drives are very important to have.