Replies to post #150069 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[RootOfTrust]

StevenDice, I assume by FDE you mean Seagate FDE drives?

I agree the Seagate FDE looks like a high-demand enterprise product and actually that it's adoption w/ Wave software will be a catalyst for TPM implementation, but I want to make sure you know that this first version of the Seagate drive (FDE.2) does not involve the TPM, which is actually very good for Wave because now we can go out into the market and sell ERAS support for the drive without being dependent on the enterprise activating their TPMs. ERAS does also manage TPMs which is causing Wave's FDE customers to look more closely at using their TPMs as well.

Some folks may still not be clear that Wave's support of FDE is not TPM-dependent...very pivotal point, given the slowness we have seen in enterprise TPM activation.