Replies to post #177458 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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Doma / SED manufacturers have,

for instance Samsung, Fujitsu and Toshiba, on top of Seagate.
But if you are focused only on PC OEM's, then "only" Dell has adopted the whole system and more.

"April 16, 2009—Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., have collaborated to give professionals on the go the ultimate in hard drive security. Along with blazing speed, ultra-fast boot-up and silent operation, Samsung’s new self-encrypting SSDs automatically encrypt information as it’s saved to the drive, an industry first for SSDs.

Full disk encryption (FDE) has already been adopted as a standard feature available in many commercial laptop and desktop systems with hard disk drives. Samsung self-encrypting drives – 256-, 128- and 64-gigabyte SSDs – provide FDE bundled with Wave’s EMBASSY® management software and are now available through at least one major OEM.
Wave Assembles Leading Self-Encrypting Drive Vendors to Demonstrate
Integrated Management Solution at RSA Conference '09

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Fujitsu, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba Demonstrating at Wave Booth;
Partners Dell, HID Among Those Leading Pre-Conference Workshops


LEE, MA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/09/09 -- Wave
Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX) announced today that it will be
demonstrating its comprehensive solution for managing a wide range of
embedded hardware security for PCs, including the new self-encrypting
hard drives from leading drive vendors, at the Wave booth (#1039)
during the RSA Conference, April 20-24. Wave offers robust,
cross-platform management for all Opal-compliant and commercially
available self-encrypting hard drives.


Self-encrypting hard drives have garnered headlines recently with the
publication of the Trusted Computing Group's Opal storage
specification -- a "blueprint" for ensuring design integrity and
interoperability. Many analysts have praised self-encrypting hard
drives with pre-boot authentication as an effective means of
protecting against data breach, as information stored on a hard drivecannot be accessed without providing proper authentication
credentials. The costs of data breach can be substantial, including
the loss of trade secrets, marketing plans and competitive
information, plus the costs, damage to reputation and potential
liability inherent in notifying customers whose personal information
may have been exposed from the breach.


"Wave has been diligently working with the leading hard drive vendors
in the development of authentication and management solutions for
self-encrypting drives, which boast faster performance and stronger
security than software solutions with standard hard drives," said
Steven Sprague, president and CEO of Wave Systems. "Security is
improved because encryption is 'always on' and because encryption
keys and access credentials are generated and stored within the drive
itself."