Softex to Demonstrate Integrated Support and Management of Opal Self Encrypting Drives (SEDs) Offered by the Top Global Hard Drive Manufacturers

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Softex Inc, the established market leader in Enterprise Single Sign On (ESSO) and Data Protection Solutions, announces its SecureDrive product’s support of Opal Self Encrypting Drives (SEDs) offered by top global hard drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Micron and Samsung.

“Softex is excited to partner with the top hard drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Micron and Samsung to help customers take full advantage of the encryption features of TCG Opal Self Encrypting Drives (SEDs)”

Softex will demonstrate its Data Protection Solution, SecureDrive, that allows for easy set up and configuration of the TCG Opal Self Encrypting Drives from the top hard drive manufacturers. Demonstrations will take place at this week’s RSA Conference, booth # 750 in the Moscone Center, San Francisco.

Hard drive vendors are now building self encrypted drives (SEDs) to adhere to the Opal standard defined by the Trusted Computing Group. Opal hard drives eliminate data breaches as a result of stolen or lost PCs by ensuring that every byte of data on the hard drive is encrypted using the hard drive's internal electronics.

Softex's SecureDrive product allows for easy set up and configuration of the encryption and access rights and allows for multiple authentication mechanisms such as Windows password, fingerprint, etc. SecureDrive also allows administrators to remotely perform a secure erase of the data from the drive to simplify PC end-of-life processing.

"Softex is excited to partner with the top hard drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Toshiba, Hitachi, Micron and Samsung to help customers take full advantage of the encryption features of TCG Opal Self Encrypting Drives (SEDs),” said Vishal Jhaveri, Vice President, Marketing, Softex Incorporated.

For more information on the Softex SecureDrive solution, please visit http://www.softexinc.com/product.asp?product=securedrive. For sales enquiries, please email [e-mail] or call [phone] to speak to one of our sales representative.

About Softex

Austin, TX-based Softex Inc was founded in 1992. The company is a leading provider of computer security products and services. Softex serves many of the top tier OEM companies, such as Fujitsu, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Motion Computing, IBM, and Samsung as well as hardware vendors such as APC, Synaptics, Ratoc and more. Softex has expanded its international position with the 2006 opening of its Mumbai, India facility. For more information about Softex, visit www.softexinc.com.