Hi exP,
Equipment is just the envelope. The correspondence is the thing that is valuable.
In time, we'll be accessing all of our data, wherever it is stored, using multiple pieces of equipment.
The data will be stored in third party servers - in the cloud, on the corporate network, at the bank etc - and on our own devices. All over the place.
To get all of these things working together in ways that permit transparent access and that don't breach security protocols requires a framework that is sufficiently robust in every device to meet the minimum requirements necessary to protect, store and manage the underlying data.
In time, as each category of equipment meets the trust threshold in an open environment, the need for a managing framework detaches from the individual component (eg the secured drive or the trust chip), from the unique piece of equipment (the phone, the PC etc), from the individual service network (whether it be a mobile or a cable network) and attaches to the individual/group and their data set across all their devices in a converged network.
The first step is to get corporations to see that perimeter security isn't enough to protect their VPNs. The final step is the trust matrix. Wave's set themselves up in a place that links everything together.