AI
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 1:21:16 PM
How would the Hitachi/Wave PR cause one to infer anything about HP? To begin with, the PR clearly references "enterprises" not PC OEMs.
Apparently some enterprises upgrade/buy their HDDs directly from an HDD reseller. I suspect most buy their drives as part of their PC OEM order specs and thus deal directly with the PC OEM vs. procuring their HDDs separately, although the customer can go to a Hitachi reseller and get the HDDs they want.
Anyways, the PR only states that Hitachi Opal SEDs are available June and that Wave software (available through Wave channels) works with them. This has nothing to do with a PC OEM like HP bundling Trusted Drive Manager with their SEDs, standard the way Dell does. What would cause anyone to think these Hitachi TravelStar SEDs are even the ones HP will offer? Actually HP has offered SEDs on certain current notebook models for several months now and they couldn't be these Hitachi SEDs since they just came out.
Personally I think it's obvious an HP TDM bundling deal IS coming, because Wave keeps stating publicly they expect HP bundling to begin. Obviously an HP bundling arrangement will start with SEDs since that is where most of the current demand is (vs. TPMs). Maybe when these new HP notebooks w/ SED option come out this month, there will be an indication the SED option comes bundled w/ TDM.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hitachi-gst-and-wave-offer-enterprises-comprehensive-solution-for-advanced-data-protection-2010-06-08?siteid=nbkh
Apparently some enterprises upgrade/buy their HDDs directly from an HDD reseller. I suspect most buy their drives as part of their PC OEM order specs and thus deal directly with the PC OEM vs. procuring their HDDs separately, although the customer can go to a Hitachi reseller and get the HDDs they want.
Anyways, the PR only states that Hitachi Opal SEDs are available June and that Wave software (available through Wave channels) works with them. This has nothing to do with a PC OEM like HP bundling Trusted Drive Manager with their SEDs, standard the way Dell does. What would cause anyone to think these Hitachi TravelStar SEDs are even the ones HP will offer? Actually HP has offered SEDs on certain current notebook models for several months now and they couldn't be these Hitachi SEDs since they just came out.
Personally I think it's obvious an HP TDM bundling deal IS coming, because Wave keeps stating publicly they expect HP bundling to begin. Obviously an HP bundling arrangement will start with SEDs since that is where most of the current demand is (vs. TPMs). Maybe when these new HP notebooks w/ SED option come out this month, there will be an indication the SED option comes bundled w/ TDM.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hitachi-gst-and-wave-offer-enterprises-comprehensive-solution-for-advanced-data-protection-2010-06-08?siteid=nbkh
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