Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[goin fishn]

Seagate pricing info


From the Reseller Advocate Article, courtesy of Cliffdweller at Atomic Bob's

http://www.reselleradvocate.com/public/ram/issues/ram58/ram58_safety_coverstory02.html

Again, from page two (bolds mine)



Of all the potential advantages we've seen for whitebooks over tier-one portables, the FDE drive is among the most compelling. The fallout from the May theft of a Veteran's Adminstration laptop containing private data on over 26 million veterans continues. In June, the President issued a directive requiring that all sensitive data on mobile government devices must be encrypted. The California Security Breach Notification Act (Senate Bill No.1386) states that encrypted data loss is not required to be reported as a security breach to customers, and in the last two years 24 states have enacted similar laws relating to data encryption. So any company responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of stored data would be negligent if not downright stupid not to implement encryption, if only to mitigate the potential embarrassment and customer loss entailed with being required to admit security incidents.

"The message we're trying to get out to resellers is that there are lots of people who have to comply with these state or government regulations," says Seagate's Clark. "Banks, health offices, schools—all these institutions have to comply. Everyone's going mobile. They need encryption. They can do it through software, which may be painful, or they can do it the really easy way. And a software encryption package is going to cost anywhere from $99 to $250. Getting one of our drives with FDE may be like only $20 more than a non-FDE drive. That's how little it is."

So, the twenty extra dollars for a FDE drive will be divided up between Wave's cut, Seagate's cut, and who else? Are there other players providing extra parts/software that the extra twenty dollar pie will have to be shared with?