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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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DHS publishes RFI for mobile biometric capture device

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has posted a request for information (RFI) for a “mobile electronic biometric/biographic data collection device.” Specifically, says the RFI, the department is seeking information on “the current and near-term availability of a data collection device on a mobile electronic platform, capable of obtaining biometric and biographic information and communicating wirelessly through a virtual private network (VPN. The device(s) of interest should be tough, rugged, and durable enough to function reliably in the various outdoor environmental

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NFC smartphone support for Emirates ID soon

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During the Cards & Payments Middle East and Mobile Show in Dubai this week, the Emirates Identity Authority announced that Emirates ID cards will soon start working with mobile phones through NFC technology. Reported in Emirates247.com, according to Dr. Ali Al Khouri, Director General of the Emirates Identity Authority, the new NFC system is currently being developed broadly with various stakeholders. “We are currently working with the local telecom operators in the UAE and other technology firms to develop NFC enabled

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DERMALOG gets Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award

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Frost & Sullivan has presented its Customer Value Enhancement Award to Germany-based DERMALOG Identification Systems. Said to be Germany’s largest biometrics manufacturer, DERMALOG was selected for the performance of its new biometric border control system which the company says is particularly fast and efficient thanks to its high-end componentry. “We are very pleased and proud that Frost & Sullivan has recognizes the innovation and customer focus embodied by our biometric border control system,” DERMALOG’s managing director Günther Mull said. “All of

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