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OT is off topic. An on topic post doesn't need to say it, it's a given.
VC, this is definitely NOT OT. A must read.
This is a very strong endorsement and validation of TPMS.
Many thanks
Seems PC makers could use another source of income then from just sales of their hardware.
Chips Stacked Against a PC Comeback
By Michael Comeau Oct 08, 2010 10:20 am
Chip makers are struggling, and if chips aren't in demand, neither are PCs. Here, the drivers of industry weakness, and why a turnaround isn't likely.
On July 14, 2010, Intel (INTC) CEO Paul Otellini had this to say about the leading chip maker’s financial performance:
“In Q2, Intel posted its best quarterly results ever as the economics of the world continue to reflect renewed economic momentum.”
Though coming after the stock market’s April peak, that day perhaps marked the peak of optimism for the PC industry, which had just ended its third quarter of 20%-plus unit growth.
But just 44 days later on August 27, Intel lowered its third-quarter revenue guidance due to “weaker than expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets.” This came shortly after Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) reported tepid back-to-school sales trends.
On the September 23, Intel’s chief competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) joined the party, offering a weak third-quarter forecast “due to weaker than expected demand, particularly in the consumer notebook market in Western Europe and North America.”
Things got worse this week.
Three days ago, market-research firm IDC said that the popularization of tablet PCs like the Apple (AAPL) iPad could drag down hard-drive demand by 2-3% in 2010.
Yesterday, leading memory-makers Micron (MU) and Samsung joined the party, with both companies reporting lousy numbers stemming from weaker-than-expected memory pricing trends.
The conclusion here is pretty obvious: If the important guts of PCs aren't in demand, then PCs themselves are not in demand.
The chip makers are confirming the trend and indicating that a turnaround isn't imminent.
The industry’s weakness has four main drivers that aren't likely to reverse any time soon:
1. A lousy economy;
2. A corporate PC refresh cycle that has failed to materialize;
3. The success of the iPad, which is cannibalizing the low-end notebook and netbook market;
4. The shift in consumer attention and dollars to mobile devices like the iPhone and the Amazon (AMZN) Kindle.
Now, what’s really interesting is that weak memory pricing has an upside in the form of higher margins for the PC makers who buy that memory.
The problem is that PC makers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard make commodity boxes that don’t command pricing power, especially in a tough demand environment like today’s.
I wouldn't touch any PC-industry stocks with a 10-foot pole, because I can’t see this industry sustaining a rally; things are merely lousy instead of awful. I want to buy stocks like Intel and Dell when things get truly, truly bad -- not on the way there.
Apple, however, is an exception to the rule because of its strong positioning in mobile and its consistent pricing. For example: The entry-level Macbook costs $999, same as it has for years, and same as it likely will a year from now. Since Apple competes via branding, design, and highly differentiated software, it avoids the price battles of its Microsoft (MSFT) Windows-driven rivals.
In fact, lower pricing for memory actually heads straight to Apple’s bottom line, and could contribute to upside earnings surprises in the quarters ahead.
And as far as demand for Macs and Macbooks go, Apple appears to be avoiding the current PC-industry pitfalls. Many college students are shifting to Apple for their computing needs, and iPad sales are taking off in a way that nobody expected, giving the company a little extra cushion when it comes to making the numbers.
http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/semiconductors-chipmakers-chip-makers-pc-sales/10/8/2010/id/30460?camp=syndication&medium=portals&from=yahoo
Probably November 9th, just a guess. eom
10 day moving average at $2.30. EOM
TheStreet.com
Ten U.S. small-cap stocks that may keep soaring
Jake Lynch
Boston— TheStreet.com
Published Friday, Oct. 01, 2010 7:58AM EDT
Last updated Friday, Oct. 01, 2010 8:09AM EDT
Stocks that double or triple over one year are usually best sold. Except when analysts predict they'll keep rising.
Here are 10 obscure small-cap stocks that just might do that. They're ordered by their one-year gain, from big to biggest.
10. HeartWare (HTWR-Q66.30-2.46-3.58%) is a medical-device company focusing on products for advanced heart failure. HeartWare's second-quarter loss widened to $10 million (U.S), but the per share loss narrowed to 73 cents due to dilution. Revenue more than tripled to $9.8 million. The gross margin climbed from 55 per cent to 59 per cent.
HeartWare's stock sells for a book value multiple of 8 and a sales multiple of 25, substantial premiums to industry averages. Of analysts covering HeartWare, six rate it "buy" and four rate it "hold." A median target of $74.50 suggests a looming return of 7 per cent.
9. Key Tronic (KTCC-Q5.990.040.67%) sells electronic-manufacturing services to technology companies. Fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose sevenfold to $2.3 million, or 22 cents a share, as revenue increased 36 per cent to $62 million. The operating margin rose from 0.7 per cent to 4.9 per cent. Key Tronic's stock sells for a trailing earnings multiple of 7.1, a book value multiple of 1 and a sales multiple of 0.3 -- 66 per cent, 78 per cent and 90 per cent discounts to computer and peripheral peer averages. Of the stock's 15 largest holders, eight increased stakes in the latest quarter, five held steady and two lessened holdings.
8. Wave Systems (WAVX-Q2.250.010.45%) provides client and server software for hardware-based digital security. Its second-quarter loss widened to $970,000 from $340,000 a year earlier. But the per share loss remained steady at 1 cent. Revenue climbed 34 per cent to $6.5 million. The operating margin fell further into negative territory. Wave Systems shares trade at a forward earnings multiple of 11 and a sales multiple of 8.2 -- 59 per cent and 51 per cent discounts to software industry averages. MDB Capital values the stock at $6, suggesting it will more than double in 12 months.
7. Industrial Services of America (IDSA-Q15.400.020.13%) engages in scrap-metal recycling and waste-management services. Second-quarter profit more than doubled to $2.4 million, or 36 cents a share, as revenue more than doubled to $93 million. The operating margin inched up from 4.4 per cent to 4.5 per cent. The company's stock sells for a trailing earnings multiple of 13, a forward earnings multiple of 8.2 and a sales multiple of 0.4 -- 52 per cent, 59 per cent and 80 per cent discounts to commercial service peer averages. Taglich Brothers values the stock at $27, implying 76 per cent of potential upside.
6. Akorn (AKRX-Q3.96-0.08-1.97%) markets diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals. Its second-quarter loss widened 36 per cent to $9.4 million, or 10 cents a share, as revenue expanded 24 per cent to $20 million. The operating margin turned positive. Akorn's stock trades at a forward earnings multiple of 22, a book value multiple of 6.4 and a sales multiple of 4.7, massive premiums to pharmaceutical industry averages. Two analysts rate Akorn's stock "buy" and one ranks it "sell." A median target of $5.25 suggests a return of 31 per cent. Craig-Hallum Capital predicts a gain of 38 per cent to $5.50.
5. Joe's Jeans (JOEZ-Q2.10-0.01-0.47%) designs high-end denim and apparel. Second-quarter profit tumbled 60 per cent to $530,000, or 1 cent per share, as revenue surged 51 per cent to $26 million. The operating margin dropped from 9.6 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Joe's Jeans shares sell for a trailing earnings multiple of 5.3, a book value multiple of 2 and a sales multiple of 1.3 -- 77 per cent, 49 per cent and 31 per cent discounts to peer averages. They're expensive based on forward earnings and cash flow. Two researchers rank the stock "buy" and one ranks it "hold." Roth Capital projects a rise of 66 per cent to $3.50.
4. Amtech Systems (ASYS-Q18.030.070.39%) sells wafer-manufacturing equipment to solar and semiconductor companies. It swung to a fiscal third-quarter profit of $3.9 million, or 42 cents a share, from a loss of $240,000, or 3 cents, a year earlier. Revenue more than tripled. The operating margin turned positive. Amtech's stock trades at a book value multiple of 2.3 and a sales multiple of 1.9 -- 59 per cent and 43 per cent discounts to semiconductor industry averages. It's expensive based on cash flow. All four analysts covering Amtech rate it "buy."
3. Libbey (LBY-A13.430.261.97%) designs and sells tableware products. Second-quarter net income more than tripled to $9.6 million and earnings per share more than doubled to 47 cents. Revenue increased 3.7 per cent. The operating margin rose from 6.1 per cent to 13 per cent. Libbey's stock sells for a trailing earnings multiple of 4.6, a forward earnings multiple of 9.2, a sales multiple of 0.3 and a cash flow multiple of 4.2 -- 93 per cent, 70 per cent, 64 per cent and 39 per cent discounts to peer averages. Two analysts rate the stock "buy" and one ranks it "hold." Jefferies forecasts an advance of 52 per cent to $20.
2. WHX Corp. (WXCO-Q9.491.1313.50%) owns precious metals, tubing and engineered-materials businesses. WHX swung to a second-quarter profit of $6.3 million, or 55 cents a share, from a year-earlier loss of $4.1 million, or 28 cents. Revenue grew 32 per cent to $181 million. The operating margin rose from 5.1 per cent to 9 per cent. WHX's stock trades at a sales multiple of 0.2 and a cash flow multiple of 2.4 -- 98 per cent and 87 per cent discounts to materials industry averages. No sell-side analysts follow WHX, which has a market value of $99 million. WHX has grown sales 4.8 per cent annually, on average, since 2007.
1. Miller Petroleum (MILL-Q5.570.183.34%) explores for oil and gas in the U.S. Miller swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit of $680,000, or 2 cents a share, from a loss of $70,000, or break-even, a year earlier. Revenue surged ninefold to $5.2 million. The operating margin remained negative. Miller's stock sells for a trailing earnings multiple of 0.6 and a book value multiple of 0.6 -- 96 per cent and 85 per cent discounts to oil and gas peer averages. Three analysts rate the stock "buy" and one rates it "hold." A median target of $9.50 implies 76 per cent of upside.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/10-us-small-cap-stocks-that-may-keep-soaring/article1737121/
May be OT, but if the tablets need security........
Dell to Launch 7-Inch Tablet in Weeks Ahead
By ROSS KELLY
SYDNEY—Dell Inc. will launch its seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10-inch tablet within 6-12 months, Dell Greater China President Amit Midha said Wednesday.
Texas-based Dell has joined a host of computer makers rushing to offer tablets, which are generally smaller than laptops but larger than mobile phones, following the launch of Apple Inc.'s iPad about five months ago. The iPad has a 9.7-inch screen.
Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell briefly flashed a seven-inch device at an Oracle Corp. conference in the U.S. a week ago but didn't provide a release date.
"It was showed off at Oracle World by Michael last week and we'll be launching very, very soon—within the next few weeks," Mr. Midha said in an interview.
He said Dell will launch "a whole slew" of new products in the next 6-12 months, including additional three-inch, four-inch and 10-inch devices.
"In fact, very much in the near future we'll be launching the seven-inch tablet as well as the additional three-inch product," he said.
Mr. Midha confirmed that the seven-inch tablet will run Google Inc.'s Android smartphone operating system, but added that some of the new products will also run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, without naming specific products.
Dell is still considering whether to use Google's Chrome operating system on its products, he added.
The world's third biggest maker of computers began selling a five-inch tablet in the U.S. this year and will start selling them in Australia on Friday for 649 Australian dollars (US$628) each through Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. subsidiary Optus. Mr. Midha said Dell intends to sell the five-inch product in China "later this year."
Last year, Dell announced that it had struck a deal with China Mobile Ltd. to distribute its smartphones in China. Mr. Midha indicated that Dell isn't considering partnering with any other Chinese telecommunications companies. "I think we'll continue to cooperate with [China Mobile]. There is nothing new to speak about," he said.
Dell said last week that it expects its annual revenue to surpass US$60 billion in the current year.
Mr. Midha said China will overtake the U.S. as the company's biggest PC market by 2012, reiterating that Dell expects the PC market in China to grow by 18%-20%, with Dell increasing its market share.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575520940696477422.html?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs
How about if they got 2-4 more five million dollar contracts? The upgrades is where the other streams will come from, no?
Player I respect your knowledge and wisdom. On a scale of a 100 what would you say Wave's chances, at this moment in time, of being a very successful investment?
John, your posts are right on, all of them, over the past few months.
Thanks
CM, thanks for all your follow through from the NSA Trusted Computing conference.
What most do not realize is that we need others to do what Wave is doing. Competition is GOOD. Without it, there would be no market.
Thanks again
Let's keep it real then. Why did PwC drop infineon for Wave?
So, you are saying interoperability doesn't mean anything?
Many companies buy computers from many different companies so interoperability is meaningless?
Doma, I did not see anything about TPMs in these selected notebooks. Are they there, and do they have the software to work the TPMs, and if so, is it interoperable?
PwC builds new authentication system
By: Ellen Messmer On: 16 Sep 2010 For: Network World (U.S.) Creator
PricewaterhouseCoopers has swaped out employees' older software-based private-key certificates for hardware-based storage of new certificates using the Trusted Platform Module
PwC builds new authentication system
Auditing and business-services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today said it's built its next-generation authentication system by swapping out employees' older software-based private-key certificates for hardware-based storage of new certificates using the Trusted Platform Module (TPM).
TPM is a small chip embedded in laptops, says Boudewijn Kiljan, solution architect for global information technology, infrastructure portfolio, at PwC, which is migrating 150,000 users to TPM-based storage of private keys. The vast majority of computers on the market ship with TPM inside, and by adding TPM-based software from Wave Systems, it was fairly easy for PwC, which already had a public-key infrastructure (PKI) in place, to switch to hardware-based storage of private keys, the foundation for employee desktop authentication.
The main reason to make this switch was concern that there are attack programs that can steal software-based private keys right off the employee's desktop, says Kiljan, who discussed the company's TPM project at the NSA Trusted Computing Conference and Exposition in Orlando.
In contrast, "private keys protected by TPM are not exportable," Kiljan said. The Microsoft-based software-only method that PwC had been using to store private keys does appear to be far more vulnerable to an attacker intent on stealing private keys, he noted.
TPM, developed as a specification by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), is an open standard so there's less worry about vendor lock-in than if a more proprietary method were selected, Kiljan pointed out. One thing to note about TPM is that it's a restricted technology in the countries of China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, he noted.
But while making the conversion to TPM has been fairly easy by adding TPM-supporting software from Wave Systems, there were a number of processes that the IT department at PwC had to follow to make it all work.
These included issuing new certificates for TPM, installing TPM drivers, and a process called enabling and clearing the TPM in the BIOS.
Technically, the TPM specification doesn't yet have a specification that details a way to do this other than manually. But several vendors, including Wave Systems, now have toolkits to do this remotely and build management around it. That's what PwC used to activate TPM via administrator-controlled passwords.
PwC has already migrated about 35,000 employees to TPM, and expects to have all 150,000 over to TPM over the course of about a year or so. TPM works transparent to the user. Kiljan says estimates are that TPM is less than half the cost of going with a smartcard-based PKI device and a third of going with a USB PCI device.
Lan Wong, HP's firmware architect in the personal systems group, also spoke at the NSA Trusted Computing Conference on the topic of TPM and key protection and device authentication.
TPM "uses the system BIOS as the root of trust to enable remote authentication," she said. HP, as a founding member of the Trusted Computing Group, has been shipping TPM in HP desktops and notebooks since 2003. But she acknowledges that customers have either ignored TPM too often or not always found it easy to use. She also alluded to the lack of a standard for remote deployment of TPM activations.
The TPM control interface require specialized knowledge, she said, and TPM activation and enablement isn't as simple as it could probably be. But HP's implementation comes with scripts the IT administrators can use to activate TPM deployments in their enterprise.
She also noted it's possible to use TPM to enhance file and folder encryption by tying encryption to TPM. Wong hinted that HP will soon have announcements related to what is being called the "trusted public cloud," but she declined to be into detail.
Trusted Computing Group eyes cloud-security framework.
In acquiring ArcSight, HP signals intent to be the security leader as NSA accreditations lag behind IT security innovations.
http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/pwc-builds-new-authentication-system/141517-pg2
Harry, thanks for the kind words. This is a great board, where a lot of information is shared. Would hate to see this end.
We should all try harder.
Please post where this was posted: perhaps with revenue announcements of consequence
Funny, I thought they just sold software to PwC for 150,000 seats. That will add over a million dollars to the bank account.
More important than the dollars from PwC, what does that say to the other major audit/account firms around the world?
PwC just threw a pebble into the water. Do you know what happens to the water when the pebble hits? That's what is in store for the world.
I think that statement is true. You all expect INSTANT success. You all expect the stock price to jump $10.00 in ten minutes. Success doesn't happen that way.
I believe at some point there will be a big move, and then there will be profit taking, and everyone will cry again.
A stock moves forward and them back fills, moves forward and then back fills. Nothing moves straight up or straight down.
We did not move from $.28 to $4.75 in a straight line, and we will not move from $2.42 to $12.00 in a straight line either.
Time for many to understand the fundamentals of how a stock moves.
You may not like that a stock goes to $2.91 and then retreats to $2.40, but that's the way the market works.
We closed at $2.25 last Friday. In terms of what a stock does, this has been a good week, without any announcements from Wave with dollar figures in it.
That is why I said it was crazy. The Jan $2.50 calls traded 20 contracts today at $ .65.
The last trade for the April $2.50 calls traded at $.60 (not today). The bid and ask on the Aprils are $.70 by $.90.
So, for a nickle more you might of been able to buy the Aprils, which gives you another 90 days. Crazy.
And both are in the money now.
You know what's crazy? The Jan $2.50 calls traded for a price higher than the April $2.50 calls today.
Volume has stopped and so has the profit taking. Which way do we go the rest of the day?
Don't they have to have new computers for them to do this?
PwC, which is migrating 150,000 users to TPM-based storage of private keys.
They don't have TPMs on their old computers do they?
So, if they have to buy new computers, it does now seem that much of a reach for them to buy computers with SEDs?
Doma, you just stated WHY PwC, and all other firms, will upgrade with encrypted hard drives and ERAS. There is my 50%.
Hi alea,
That is exactly right. That is why I see a better than 50% chance that PwC upgrades and then everyone else will follow if they do.
The Audit trail will keep it real.
Mig: Big picture is AUDIT trail. If one major accounting firm upgrades, then they all will.
Would you go to an accounting firm that can prove your lost or stolen laptop was not compromised, or would you go to a firm and that can not prove that, when million of ids or secret data is at risk?
Doma WHEN PwC upgrades, are you a buyer again?
Watch the volume. I'm sure the shorts are watching. (or participating)
Keeping it real. The stock closed at $2.25 last Friday. Look where we are now. Now that's keeping it real.
The 3rd party report on PwC and Wave Systems, is real.
Others are now reporting deals between Wave and other companies. Wave is on the radar screens of many.
Once we reach $5.00 per share, thing will get very interesting among institutions.
I believe there is a better than 50% chance that PwC upgrade.
We have now broken through the 200 day moving average. That is real.
The Street may not know about Wave, but the following gorillas sure do.
Seagate, Microsoft, Intel, PwC, a major big three automotive company, Acer, Dell, & HP. These are just the tip of the iceberg of gorillas that know and partner with Wave Systems. Not bad company.
That is correct. The auto deal was 100,000 seats and that was an upgrade. I believe awk's post is only taking about TPMs at the moment.
With that said however, I believe that if they upgrade 150,000 seats, that would be over a 10 million dollar contract. And if PwC comes on board, every other audit/accounting firm will come on board.
It could mean a contract of over 10 million if they upgrade all 150,000 seats.
Also, there has never been a public announcement of PwC and Wave. Maybe we see that soon.
Happy!!??. If we see PwC upgrade between now and the end of the year, my $10.00 in 2010 is a 80/20 bet, in my opinion.
Awk, you are on a roll.
If PwC upgrades those 150,000 units, every other major accounting firm that does audits, will do the same thing.
This post is the post of the year. (So far)
Thanks
Tomorrow morning would be a great time to have a major new account announced before the market opens. If that were to happen, the shorts could really be on the run.
Here's hoping.
With all the publicity Wave is getting with partners and customers, the street is going to have to ask themselves at some point who is Wave Systems? They are the leader in their space and have the highest margins in their space. Who is this company and what is their future?
Getting close to the 50 day MA @ $2.68 and the 200 day MA @ $2.84.
Good technicals at the moment.
Wave mention in Small business computing.com
Seagate Laptop Drives Geared for Top Secret Data
Storage player Seagate on Tuesday said it has reached a major milestone in keeping credit cards -- not to mention government secrets -- safe from prying eyes.
The company's new Momentus laptop drive has earned the coveted Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification. That puts Seagate in front of the pack in bidding for U.S. government agencies and regulated industries such as health care, defense and financial services.
But the certification -- which makes Seagate's Momentus the first hard drive with native encryption to earn the FIPS certification -- is also a powerful validation of the security technology that Seagate has long been baking into its Self-Encrypting Drives, or SEDs. The technology takes raw data sent to the drive by the laptop, and independent of the operating system and software, encrypts the data on the fly.
That makes the Momentus SED, which comes in capacities of up to 500 GB, not just a must-have for government and highly regulated industries. Instead, it makes a case for the drive as being locked down for all manner of critical data -- such as key business data that could prove costly if lost.
Seagate's got other reasons to crow about its Momentus SED, too. On Tuesday, Seagate also said it had begun providing system builders with evaluation drives compliant with the Opal specification created by the Trusted Computing Group, an international security standards body .
Among other requirements, that standard includes features that finely tune how security works on drives like Seagate's Momentus SED.
"Opal ... introduces 'banding' where different bands can be controlled individually, enabling both multi-boot environments and multiple users accessing the same drive with different levels of permissions across different data sets," Monty Forehand, director of the security engineering department at Seagate, told InternetNews.com.
At the very least, the FIPS certification by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) clears the way for deployments of Momentus SEDs by all U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, many state and local governments, and regulated industries such as health care, finance and defense that are required to use FIPS-certified gear. Utility, education and transportation entities also have adopted the standard to lock down confidential information, while foreign governments in addition to Canada also recognize FIPS-validated products.
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But the advantages are clear not just for those select industries: With Momentus SED, laptop data is accessible only to the people who are authorized to access it. Leave a laptop in a cab, and the lucky new owner might have a new notebook PC, but any data and even the operating system will be off limits. When the laptop's finder tries to boot, , the laptop cannot access its hard drive without authorization, making even a simple Windows startup impossible.
Meanwhile, authorized users can get at their data with ease, since an access key can be anything from a simple password to a sophisticated security token carried on a key ring.
"NIST approval gives our system builder and end-user customers the peace of mind that Momentus Self-Encrypting Drives deliver the full power of government-grade security," Dave Mosley, executive vice president of sales, marketing and product line management at Seagate, said.
Keeping Your Password Safe
There are already many encryption solutions, but most rely on software. While the data may have the same AES 128-bit or the stronger AES 256-bit encryption as hardware encryption solutions, many software approaches may be prone to vulnerabilities.
For example, in such cases, the password is often stored in PC memory and can be compromised in a variety of ways. A little-known technique of physically freezing the memory chips below zero degrees can be used to take a snapshot of data in memory, enabling a hacker to read the password even minutes after power has been disconnected -- and even after the chips have been removed.
To keep the password safe from attackers -- and out of the computer’s memory -- SED drives have a pre-boot sequence in which a mini operating system -- on the drive itself -- unlocks the data even before the computer's full OS boots. According to Seagate, the passwords cannot be hacked even with full physical access to the computer or to the drive itself. If a client loses a password, then an administration password can potentially allow access to the various security bands and the data recovered, however.
In addition to its support for Opal -- by which Seagate also aims to help foster an ecosystem for self-encrypting drives and increasing their adoption -- the company is also collaborating with software vendors such as Secude, Wave Systems, CryptoMill, and WinMagic. The strategy there is to leverage the strengths of the SED approach to create full-featured hardware encryption solutions, while software vendors work to provide capabilities that include central management of the security and encryption keeping data safe and accessible on Seagate Secure drives.
Hardware-based encrypted drives also provide the ability to easily prepare drives for de-commissioning by simply changing the encryption key used to encrypt the drive’s contents, thereby rendering the data stored on the disk drive unreadable and unrecoverable. This can save the environment as well as the bottom line: Instead of destroying drives and potentially releasing dangerous chemicals, drives can be retasked or sold safely without the possibility of data getting out.
Gene Hirschel is a contributor to InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/article.php/3903581
Anyone can make an offer one can not refuse.
Offer us $100.00 a share. Think you will have any takers? LOL
I guess you really don't understand what Wave is doing and who they are doing it with.
That's O.K. I am very comfortable with where Wave is at (#1 in their field) and who they are cavorting with.
Take care