Dell Inc. Installs Security Chip In Business PCs
Dell Inc. said it is supporting an industry effort to beef up corporate personal-computer security, by installing a dedicated chip that adds security and privacy-specific features to its computers.
Dell released three new Latitude PCs that are the first to add the security hardware, known as the Trusted Computing Module, and said the features would be included in future business PCs. TCM allows a computer to verify its identity and software capabilities in order to gain access to a network, in much the same way a password identifies an employee logging on to a corporate network.
Alex Gruzen, a Dell senior vice president, said that by adding the security hardware to its business machines, the company expects operating-system suppliers to develop future releases that assume the use of the hardware. Dell is currently using third-party software with the feature.
The company announced four new portable PCs and a new desktop PC in New York, to highlight what Mr. Gruzen said was the Round Rock, Texas, company's commitment to the PC market.
"At a time when many of our competitors are going through reorganizations, Dell continues to invest, continues to innovate and continues to grow [in the PC business]. This is a strong and growing business for us," he said.
The TCM hardware will be included with Dell's new Latitude D410, D610 and D810 computers, which are priced from about $1,400 and up. The company also introduced a new mobile engineering workstation, the Precision M20, which starts at $1,649.
Dell's support for the security push comes in the wake of similar endorsements by PC industry giants Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and International Business Machines Corp.
The technology has been promoted by an industry organization called the Trusted Computing Group.
戴尔公司个人电脑加装安全和隐私保护晶片
据知情人士透露，戴尔公司(Dell Inc., DELL)将于周二宣布支持一项提升台式及笔记本电脑安全性的计划。该计划通过在电脑中安装一种增加安全性能及隐私保护特性的协同晶片来实现目标。
根据戴尔公司将要透露的该计划，该公司将在其生产的所有个人电脑中加装被称为Trusted Computing Module的安全装置。此前，其他电脑巨头如高级微设备公司(Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD)、惠普公司(Hewlett-Packard Co., HPQ)、英特尔(Intel Corp., INTC)及国际商业机器公司(International Business Machines (IBM))等已经同意支持这一做法。
一家被称为Trusted Computing Group的行业组织一直在推广该技术。
该公司还将推出新的网络个人电脑。
