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About Adam Vrankulj

Adam Vrankulj is an editor for BiometricUpdate.com. His background consists of online news writing, editing and content marketing. Adam has written for CBCNews.ca, BlogTO and was the editor and curator for the nextMEDIA and CIX Source publications. He has a degree in journalism and is passionate about science, technology and social innovation. Contact Adam, or follow him at @adamvrankulj

Science Media Partners and IBIA announce new conference and exhibition

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Science Media Partners and the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) have announced a new conference and exhibition, focused on all aspects of personal identity and opportunities for its management. The new conference, called connect:ID is set to take place March 17-19, 2014 at the Ronal Reagan Conference Center in Washington, DC. According to the organizers, this new conference will “unite solutions adopters and stakeholders from the four corners of the globe, and will explore the development and fusion of

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Cross Match introduces the newest member of the SEEK family

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Cross Match Technologies has announced the launch of the new SEEK Avenger mobile handheld unit, aimed at immigration, customs, border control, law enforcement and security communities. Officially launched at the Security Document World exhibition, the new device incorporates Cross Match’s MOBS software, as well as secure credential reader and communication options. “With thousands of handheld units in the field and excellent customer relationships, the company’s engineers and product managers gained critical feedback,” John Hinmon, head of Marketing at Cross Match said. “The

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Lockheed Martin expert to address Congressional subcommittee on biometric technology

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Lockheed Martin’s John Mears represent the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) and will provide an industry perspective during a joint hearing on the current and future applications of biometric technologies, in front of the Congressional Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittees on Research and on Technology. The hearing, set to take place this morning at 10 a.m. ET will be broadcast live online from Washington, DC. Mears is a Lockheed Martin senior fellow and chief technologist, IS&GS-Civil information technology and

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SpeechPro and Voxeo Corporation ink partnership

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SpeechPro and Voxeo Corporation have announced a partnership to deliver SpeechPro’s VoiceKey Intelligent Voice Authentication solution to customers using Voxeo Interactive Voice Response services. VoiceKey is a speaker recognition platform which uses a fusion of text-dependent and independent voice biometrics deliverables with a flexible application platform. “It’s time we call a truce to the war between stronger and more complicated authentication methods and the consumer demand for a better customer experience,” Alexey Khitrov, President of SpeechPro USA said. “The partnership between SpeechPro

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M2SYS announces May #biometricchat with Maxine Most from Acuity Market Intelligence

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M2SYS Technologies has announced its next #biometricchat, set to take place next week, on May 23, at 11 a.m. EST, featuring guest Maxine Most from Acuity Market Intelligence. This month’s chat promises to feature on a broad range of issues, including education on biometric technology, vendor mistakes when bringing products to market, recent M&A activity, additional markets for biometrics, private vs. public sector revenue growth and global hot spots for continued industry growth. According to the M2SYS blog post on the

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Warwick Warp gets STQC accreditation

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Warwick Warp’s fingerprint feature extractor has now been certified by the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate in India. According to the company, this fresh certification was obtained in cooperation with Anaxee Technologies, Warwick Warp’s strategic partner in India. As we’ve reported, STQC certification is a requirement for biometric authentication in India’s Unique Identity Authority’s Aadhaar project and Warwick’s feature extractor will be used with a fingerprint scanner for authentication within the program. “I was delighted when I heard we

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Fingerprint Cards announces substantial new order for swipe sensors

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Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has announced that it has received another new order – this time for 455,000 units of its swipe sensor technology, for use in the Asian smartphone market. The order, to be delivered in early June 2013, comes less than two weeks after the company announced an additional volume of 275,000 units for Japanese smartphones, scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2013. “The timing of this additional mass production order is somewhat earlier than previously expected

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Cross Match names Eric Vermillion Senior VP, Worldwide Sales

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Cross Match Technologies has announced that Eric Vermillion has joined the company as senior vice president, worldwide sales. “We are pleased to have Eric as part of the strategic team,” David Buckley, CEO of Cross Match said. “He brings a strong history of growing and developing sales organizations, and has an extensive knowledge of software and technology solutions – all of which are a solid fit with our strategic development initiatives. Eric’s focus on customer satisfaction and simplifying the sales process

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Tyfone unveils new smart card solution

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Tyfone has officially unveiled its Connected Smart Card – a combination of hardware, software and hosted services – aimed at financial government, healthcare and other enterprise communities. According to the company, this new solution combines centralized data with local, device validation to strengthen and simplify the centralized storing of passwords, as well as biometric data. “Criminals have always robbed banks because ‘that’s where the money is,’ but today’s cybercriminals prefer the centralized databases that store individuals’ passwords because with passwords they

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Global biometrics market revenue to reach $20 billion by 2018: report

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Revenue for the global biometrics market is anticipated to reach $20 billion by 2018, according to a new report published by TechSci Research. According to the report “Global Biometric Systems Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2018,” increasing security requirements for public security, border control management, national identity, e-passports, internet & network access and financial transactions are acting as growth driver for the industry. Presently, fingerprint recognition technology dominates the market. The report also finds that vein recognition technology is gaining acceptance

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