Replies to post #173297 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[toro1]

X's - that no one has stolen Wave's thunder yet continues to amaze me. The opportunity is huge.

Perhaps the upgrade market has been waiting for Vpro, Dell's new E series and the bigger, faster hard drives which are all just now coming on line.

Given continued access to funding this should get interesting soon.

Best,
toro

[wavedreamer]

That did it for me!! More cash going in big time!! Go baby go!!

[Whitewash]

Is there any doubt?? Nice find CS. Jeff

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Thanks, cslewis. I transcribed it in order to get a clearer picture of who these people are and what they’re saying.

The Scott-Page industry analyst’s (last fellow) comment seems the most interesting, as he clearly recognizes the need for hardware security. Also interesting is Glendinning from Intel, who may be implying they’ll be doing more.

The first two people are merely saying they’re surprised Intel is adding security to hardware, and the third says he’s surprised but it makes sense.

I can’t say that I find Steven’s comment very encouraging. Essentially he seems to be lamenting the ongoing difficulty of getting IT people interested in hardware security.



Title: Is Intel a Security Company?

Fadi Nasser
Director of Marketing
VirtualLogix
Intel is not traditionally known as a security chip provider. Yet if you look at the latest offerings from Intel, especially with the vPro and the security features on that chip, it’s certainly evident that Intel is moving in that direction.

Sheila Drosky
Director of Product Management
CREDANT Technologies
When you think of Intel you think of hardware and you think of speed and you think of very trustworthy solutions, but I don’t think you traditionally think of security.

Brett Twiggs
Manager of Strategic Alliances
LANDESK, an Avocent company
I’ve never really thought of Intel as a security company, but it does make sense where they can incorporate some things down into the chipset in a hardware level which makes it to where people can’t turn them off, find ways around them, and circumvent different devices that are put into the O/S or into software, and so it makes it that much more secure. So it makes sense.

Duncan Glendinning
Principal Engineer/Architect
Intel Corporation
Our platform model is maturing even further. So now design for security is a key ingredient in our systems and our products. And clearly Anti-Theft Technology for data protection, for platform protection, are two key examples of what we’re trying to do in this space.

Steven Sprague
CEO
Wave Systems
It’s a natural evolution for security to be a very core component for Intel. Now the challenge is for the global IT infrastructure to use it.

Peter Kastner
Industry Analyst
Chief Research Officer
Scott-Page
The only solution to the bad guy software is in hardware. And that’s why Intel, primarily to date through the vPro technology, is becoming a key ingredient to solving the security problems.

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Short Intel Video on TXT.

Here’s another interesting Intel video. This is on Trusted Execution Technology. It’ in the Embedded video channel.

http://video.intel.com/?fr_story=1651d8f4c2b7621f82e7256f90f076d76dbf087b&rf=bm

I found it by going to cslewis’ link and clicking on the “+” icon in the lower right corner.

The speaker identifies himself only as Peter, a platform architect with the Embedded & Communications Group. He’s diagramed the basic TXT logic flow, which includes the TPM.

Also, about halfway through he says, “Although Trusted Execution Technology is appearing first in the corporate desktop environment, it also has a lot of applicability in the embedded space. For example, we’re working closely with the National Security Agency and they are validating Trusted Execution Technology hardware and software for their High Assurance Platform program.”