Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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SP3/NAP/NAC

So, maybe on April 28th we will find out more about - "We are the guys who turn on those TPMs for aruba. We worked with them to verify the solution. This is the kind of announcement that continues to drive TPM turn on."

Earlier this week, Microsoft also announced it will release the Windows XP SP3 on April 29.

Microsoft is not adding significant Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP through SP3. However, SP3 does include Network Access Protection (NAP) to help organizations to work with the new features of the Windows Server 2008 operating system

Windows XP SP3 with NAP coming soon
XP SP3 to be useful for customers looking to deploy NAC without involving separate clients
03/06/2008

Coming soon: Windows XP Service Pack 3 featuring, network access protection, which is Microsoft's answer to NAC.
It’s been a long time coming. Microsoft initially issued the NAP client for XP last year, then reissued it a few months later with some upgrades, then promised the final version with SP3, which seemed delayed and delayed and delayed.
With its arrival, users of XP - apparently very loyal and in some cases unwilling to switch to Vista - who adopt Windows Server 2008 will be able to deploy NAP using the NAP endpoint-reporting software. The upside is that it eliminates some of the client-deployment issues that discourages many who are considering this form of NAC.

Had the NAP upgrade to XP come out earlier, XP users could have deployed NAC that is in compliance with informal standards that make it possible to blend NAP elements with NAC elements to produce endpoint checking. Server 2008 would not have been a necessary element in such a deployment.
Even so, whenever Microsoft does release XP SP3 it will still be possible to implement a multivendor NAC deployment that doesn’t rely on Server 2008 as the policy server.
SP3 adds many other improvements that customers have been clamoring for, so it attracts much more than NAP-only interest.

Overall, SP3 will extend the life of XP for a significant number of customers and as part of that may prove useful to that segment looking to deploy NAC without having to distribute a separate client for it.
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/vpn/2008/0303nac2.html?fsrc=rss-windows

The TCG @ Interop Las Vegas 2008
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Sponsors NAC Day
When: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Lagoon L, Mandalay Bay Convention Center

NAC Day Agenda:
• 9:00 - 9:45 What is NAC?
• 10:00 - 11:00 Deploying NAC
• 11:15 - 12:15 NAC Enforcement Options
• 12:15 - 1:15 LUNCH
• 1:15 - 2:15 Sponsor Panel
• 2:30 - 3:10 Standards‐based NAC
• 3:25 - 4:15 Hard Questions about NAC
• 4:15 - 5:30 NAC Day Sponsor Reception
Come to NAC Day and Learn:
• What NAC is, and the underlying technologies that make it happen
• NAC enforcement options, and when to use various options
• NAC architecture and solution choice strategies
• Implementation issues
• Solid strategies for adding NAC, and pitfalls to avoid
Speakers: Steve Hanna, Juniper Networks and Trusted Network Connect (TNC) Co-chair
Denzil Wessels - Technical Marketing Manage - Juniper Networks
Chester Wisniewski - Global Product Specialist, Global Sales Engineering - Sophos
Manlio Vecchiet - Group Product Manager, Windows Server Division - Microsoft
Brendan O'Connell - Senior Manager, Product Management - Cisco
Instructor: Joel Snyder - Senior Partner - Opus One

Visit TCG and its Members in Booth # 421 and in InteropLabs to see Multi-vendor Hands on Demonstrations!

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Avenda Systems
Enterasys Networks
Identity Engines
Infoblox
Juniper Networks
Lumeta Corporation
McAfee
Microsoft
nSolutions, Inc.
ProCurve Networking by HP
Q1 Labs
Symantec
Trapeze Networks
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