Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[svenm]

Would someone please explain exactly what Dell means by "Control Vault"? An article at ecommerce stated: "A proprietary Control Vault feature hides a nonvolatile RAM volume on the hard drive as an offline subsystem. This helps IT track lost laptops and wipe the hard drive remotely. This security sub-processor centralizes and protects user credentials and security keys in a single, hardened security "vault" away from the system's main drive."

This sounds to me as if there is an implicit reference to the TPM as well as a separate, proprietary to Dell, subsystem. Does anyone know what that is and if/how it is related to Wave's tech? Since it is currently bullet point #1 in the daily ad Dell is running in the financial press I'm curious to know exactly what they are referring to.
TIA,
Svenm