August 30, 2011 -- Diebold Inc. has found a way to decouple the brains of the automated teller machine from the body. The North Canton, Ohio manufacturer has developed technology to centralize its ATMs' computing power, thereby improving security and cutting ATM-maintenance costs for clients. The "virtualization" technology uses the principles of cloud computing: instead of having individual hard drives, each ATM in a fleet is operated by a remote data center. Diebold unveiled the technology Monday at the VMworld 2011 conference in Las Vegas.
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