From Rafael
First he recommeded that Bruce go to RSA, which he did not do.
decisions every day. So, I'd agree with your observation about marketing - and also if the tech is demonstrated at an established security conference, such as RSA in San Francisco, which I recommended.
Secondly he did say VP was not a cure all.
I'd summarize it by saying that Validian isn't a magic bullet for everything that can go wrong in a solid data protection architecture, but what it does, it does exceptionally well, and more importantly "how it does it" is really different than conventional implementations I've worked with over the years.