Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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So does Wave really "own" the "space"?

a google news search of rainbow+microsoft today yields 67 hits.

WXP makes a deal to market in the hottest growth region on the rock (CHINA/KOREA/JAPAN) & it doesn't release a PR?

people who espouse the "done deal" theory might consider the massive end run that appears to be accelerating.

CEO/COO/CIOs will presumably see value in MSFT's solution. that 1st mover advantage joyfully bandied about here seems to have eroded substantially today.

the lack of analysis from the "regulars" today is disconcerting to say the least.

at least TechWeb was nice enough to give Wave a mention in the headline!

edit: thanks for the TA Larry - the FA seems a bit more opaque unfortunately.

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Recent Wave of Security Vulnerabilities Sharpens Interest At Expos

November 4, 2003 (2:43 p.m. EST)

By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

A growing plague of worms, viruses and various computing vulnerabilities has forced security issues to center stage for enterprise IT managers. At a pair of conferences this week, security vendors are taking advantage of the renewed focus to unveil new products and product updates.

At the annual Computer Security Institute (CSI) Conference and Exposition, which opened Monday in Washington, D.C., and runs through Wednesday, Computer Associates unveiled its eTrust Identity and Access Management Suite, a collection of six of CA's security modules including eTrust Admin, eTrust Audit, and eTrust Single Sign-on.

The first component, eTrust Admin, will ship later this month, said Computer Associates, at a price of $12 per user per year, with a management server license price of $2,800. The new version of eTrust Admin will feature a revamped user interface and tools for provisioning hardware and applications, and allow users to manage their own identity and access accounts to free up IT for more important chores.

Other modules will follow, said Computer Associates, with all the components integrated into a single, coherent interface.

High Tower Software, meanwhile, also put the CSI podium to good use Monday with its roll-out of its second-generation TowerView Security software, which has been ported to Windows. TowerView, which collects data and events from network security devices, then displays them to administrators in real-time for spotting potential problems, including behavior that may indicate an on-going attack, has been migrated to a pair of 1U rack-mounted appliances enterprises can deploy in the data center.

The TowerView 1000 and TowerView 2000, which will sell at prices starting at $48,000 and $90,000, respectively, are scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 2004. The 1000 model of the appliance will be suitable for managing about 30 network devices, said High Tower, while the more expensive 2000 will handle between 30 and 90 devices.

Also at the Washington, D.C. trade show, Kensington -- best known for its line of desktop accessories -- on Tuesday introduced a USB-based security device for laptops. Dubbed the PCKey USB Access Key, the memory stick-sized device plugs into a portable's USB port to provide both data encryption and two-factor authentication of that data. Once it's inserted and the user's password authenticated, the PCKey decrypts data from the system's hard drive as the data is requested by applications, then passes it back into the laptop's memory for use.

Across the Atlantic, security and encryption vendor RSA is holding its Conference 2003 in Amsterdam, and on Tuesday touted a new development kit that independent software vendors (ISVs) can use to build in Federal Information Processing Standards-validated cryptographic security into applications aimed at federal government customers.

The RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.4 kit is RSA's first SSL development toolset for developers writing in C, said RSA, and allows them to integrate standard public key encryption algorithms, message digest algorithms, and other FIPS-level security standards in their wares. RSA is pitching the kit as a way for developers to quickly produce FIPS-validated products without having to go through the federal validation process themselves.

Also in Amsterdam, Microsoft formally announced its Windows Rights Management Service (RMS) in a better-late-than-never move. Not able to roll out RMS in sync with the October launch of Microsoft Office 2003 -- on which it depends for locking documents and files -- Microsoft debuted the add-on to Windows 2003 on Tuesday.

RMS is the first-ever digital rights management software out of Redmond, and allows users of the Office 2003 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to set permissions and policies regarding the viewing, printing, and distribution of those applications' documents and messages.

Rainbow Technologies was the first vendor to announce it was working with Microsoft to build a hardware appliance that would integrate RMS in a ready-to-go platform. The appliance, which Microsoft is developing with Rainbow's assistance, will allow client PCs to be activated as part of the RMS environment from within the network perimeter.

Some companies didn't need the boost of a conference to strut their security stuff. San Jose, Calif.-based Secure Computing, for instance, introduced Sidewider G2 Firewall 6.1, a new line of firewall appliances on Tuesday. The appliances feature new management software, improved intrusion detection -- including automatic dropping of connections under assault from a denial-of-service (DoS) attack -- and advanced firewall-to-cluster tools that clones the firewall to any cluster configuration. Prices for the six new Sidewinder models range from $2,900 to $69,000, according to Secure.

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20031104S0013