Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Samir Bouraoui

Sandro Secci

Vincent Giles

Patrick De Marcillac

In one example, a physical storage enclosure can include a storage area to enclose a device, a locking mechanism to prevent removal of the device from the storage area, a logical configuration system coupled to the device within the storage area, wherein the logical configuration system includes instructions to identify the device within the storage area and alter instructions associated with the device within the storage area, a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism, and a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system.

Storage enclosures

According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of authorizing a computing device to access a network, comprising receiving authentication data including a user identifier from the computing device, determining whether approval to verify the authentication data is given, and where it is so determined, authorizing the device to access the network upon verification of the authentication data.

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Villefontaine, France

Samir Bouraoui