Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Genz2 / here's what sks said on seeking alpha

SKS told us that delays in FDE's was related to a glitch that required a software rewrite on possibly two sides, pc and FDE. That rewrite took time and could have been the reason that Dell delayed the deployment.

My question was:

Concerning FDE's, these where highly anticipated and the announcement of availability to OEMs delayed by a quarter by Seagate. I am concerned about the paucity of PC OEM announcements now that the FDE's are available. I recall that in the last CC you said that you could not comment on the product offerings of your PC OEM customers. With that caveat, is there anything you can say that will clear some of the uncertainty surrounding the apparent slow uptake by the major PC OEMS of FDE's?

His answer was:

It was originally thought back last fal that a drive would not have to have any information about the PC on which it ran. ie the software is not customized to the bios. This turned out not to be true and customization is required to enable Standby mode on your laptop. This had the effect of a small amount of sand in the transmission. In the short term it created delay. In the medium term it gives wave a huge advantage because we are prepared to understand bios configurations and to support testing on multiple platforms from multiple vendors. We currently are supporting all of the major OEMs with tdm Most of tier 2 and most of tier 3. Keeps all the hands and feet busy. I think the other software vendors are not as well prepared to do this and may never do it.
the first ASI and tarox machines support on and off and hibernate but not sleep.