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RE: Thumbnail Review of Wave Systems
In Brief: Wave Systems has patents and technology (10 yrs. in making) to secure
e-commerce and "meter" all microtransactions on the web or intranets for companies/houses.
They will accomplish this with what they term the EMBASSY System (EMBedded Application
Security SYstem). The EMBASSY system is a hardware and software based PLATFORM. It
can be placed in PCs, handhelds, Set-top-boxes (STBs), PalmPilots, cell phones, modems, etc.
The fact that it is a platform allows other software security systems to run within (or
compatable) to it. This makes it a perfect system to run in all things digital,
making proprietary software talk with other companies' software security. EMBASSY is the
'base', if you will, for all security. They have one other thing, however, that NO ONE has.
that is the ability to "policy and collect" cash for all transactions made. This is the
meter.
A summary of what Wave Systems Corp. (www.wave.com) is involved in:
Security - VPNs, Printing, video, email, business to business transactions,
firewalls, etc.
Ecommerce - rental/purchase of movies, data, art, porn, gambling, books, magazines,
articles, etc.
Broadcasting - Movies, datastreams, news, etc.
Home VPNs - Home teleconferencing, communication, home automation, voice recognition,
etc.
music SDMI specs shout Embassy
METER No explanation necessary (I think)
How is Wave going to do this? With partners to get the chips out!
box makers - HP, Compaq, IBM, SUN, NEC, PCFree
home networks - Actiontec (modems)
hardware - Haup (videoboards), SMSC, ITE
security - Alladin (dongle, HASP), RSA, Verisign
chips - Atmel, N*ABle
E-Community/content sevice - TheGlobe, GlobalWave, WaveDirect, MyPublish
charity - MyDonate, CharityWave
ISP - ITG, AOL? (Rumor of several buyers of ITG)
broadcasting - Sarnoff, nxtwave, novitera, WavePhore, AOL?/Hughes?, etc.?
misc - peripheral fingerprint tech. - Pollex, NEC
set top box (STB) - Sigma, IGST
USB Devices - KiSS Nordic, Alladin?
contentmakers - Let's just say "a shitload" (games, music, entertain.)
Business Applications:
General-purpose security
Secure Network Access and Single System Logon
Authenticated Remote Dial-In for Mobile Users
Data Encryption of Corporate Information
Virtual Private Workgroups
Secure Boot
User Applications:
Content Metering and Alternative Purchasing Models
Broadcast Applications
Security of Personal Information and Privacy Options
Personal Banking and Smart Card Applications
Network Service Provisioning
Advertising and Merchandising
Who is Wave aligned with for the EMBASSY System for Trusted PCs?
Here are some partners from the HP site (link below):
Wave Systems: Content metering, transaction manager, and OS
Hewlett-Packard: VerSecure encryption management
Sun Microsystems: Java Card application framework and APIs
RSA: Encryption algorithm and protocol libraries
SMSC: Trusted client tech. embedded in Super I/O, peripheral and systems chip-sets.
VeriSign: Digital certificates
Aladdin Knowledge Systems: Software execution protection
ITE: Trusted client hardware on chips for PC motherboards
Each one of these companies is developing a separate PART of the WHOLE. These companies are
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS REAL! These companies want to succeed and WILL succeed. Wave
is a part of it. Wave has THE METER and the OS for it to happen. This is why Wave, a small
little campany in MA, has been chosen. Only Wave has the technology to meter payments.
Wave is also a founding member of the International Security, Trust, and Privacy Alliance
(ISTPA):
Formed recently, founding members include:
AMD, Bank of America, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Compaq Computer, CygnaCom Solutions, Cylink,
IBM Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, NCR Corp., KPMG, Racal, TrustE
and Wave Systems.
Wave Systems Corp. is in very good company.
What's the conclusion? Straight from HP's website:
"Conclusion:
Trusted client systems are the missing link of today?s e-commerce and transactional security
solutions. By focusing the transaction on the desktop, trusted clients like the EMBASSY
E-Commerce System add intrinsic value to the PC, which can now assume an important role in
the digital economy.
The EMBASSY E-Commerce System will allow vendors to take advantage of a powerful new
differentiation for mobile, commercial, and consumer PC platforms. Consumers will benefit
from added security and privacy of the trusted-client systems. Moreover, with metering
capabilities built in to the EMBASSY E-Commerce System, end users and software developers
can take advantage of new types of purchasing models for virtually any form of digital
content.
As an enabling technology, trusted clients will be adopted on an increasingly larger scale.
VerSecure technology will facilitate a single solution, which is exportable worldwide,
creating a global installed base for the delivery of secured services and metering of
digital content. Building on the strengths of today?s best security and e-commerce products,
trusted clients will push trust and security beyond the firewall."
This is all verifiable at this site:
hpconnect.com
And these...
www.wavesys.com
charity.wavesys.com
www.wavehome.com
www.great-stuff.com
www.wavecommerce.com
www.trustedclient.com
www.mypublish.com/mypublish/
Waiting to see when www.versecure.net comes on line....
Surfsup
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