An update of the Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox is now available for Intel SSD users. New features include a System Configuration Tuner to help users configure their system for optimal SSD performance, power efficiency and endurance. The toolbox is a free, downloadable utility that helps manage the health of your Intel SSD. Download it at: www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox. Check out the full multimedia press kit at www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/ssd/.

Do you use technology to build relationships? Intel Social Scientist Kathi Kitner does, and apparently so do women all over the world. In the latest guest post from Intel Scoop’s  series of articles on stress and technology, Kathi discusses how she and other women use technology to “tend and befriend” – a phrase used to describe women’s tendency to “tend” (care for others) and “befriend” (connect with others) – when stress levels increase. Read the Kathi’s post at scoop.intel.com/2010/09/technology-and-relationships.php.

For the 12th year in a row, Intel was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), the distinguished global indexes that track the economic, environmental and social performance of leading companies. Gordon Moore instilled a legacy of sustainability and consciousness at Intel that continues today so the company takes great pride in its inclusion in the DJSI. Learn more on why Intel cares so much about this designation.

Intel is offering assistance to Cisco ACE XML Gateway customers following the end-of-life product announcement last month. Intel introduced a no-risk migration plan to Intel® SOA Expressway including preferential pricing and a complimentary migration assessment. Intel SOA Expressway is a network appliance xml gateway that firewalls, authenticates, authorizes and governs REST and web service interactions as users consume or deploy applications across a dynamic security perimeter. Available in multiple forms, including a hardened SOA appliance with optional FIPS 140-3 hardware security module, Intel SOA Expressway is self-load balancing and multicore-optimized for fast wire speed performance.  For more information, visit dynamicperimeter.com.