Doma, I agree that SKS's emphasis on the importance of the CSP lies in its (the CSP's) relationship to Wave's TC Server Services Infrastructure. From the Wave product info on the their CSP: " * Achieve immediate disaster recovery and platform replacement capability through compatibility with Wave's TCG-based products."
If attestation was part of the application a developer was creating, it appears that the CSP may limit (or at least somehow direct the developer) him/her to the use of Wave's trusted server infrastructure. Doesn't this agree with a statement SKS made at the 2Q04 CC in which he differentiated between platform interoperability and server exclusivity:
Sevinsky: So, I’m going to give you a little easier question, for the second question. It relates to giving away the CSP. Aside from the theoretical advantages of interoperability and how well positioned you are, can you give us tangible examples of how that can generate revenue for you?
SKS: Yeah, my tools for backup and recovery are a set of interfaces that are part of my CSP that are proprietary to Wave. So anyone who uses Wave’s CSP can therefore benefit from backup and recovery. But if you want to benefit from backup and recovery, you’ve got to show up on my doorstep and buy my backup and recovery tools, as an example.
Eisler: So just because this CSP is cross platform or multi vendor doesn’t mean that it’s multi vendor on the server side.
SKS: That’s correct.
Eisler: Okay. Very good. Thank you.
Of course, you already know this!
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