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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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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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bioLock: an Interview with Thomas Neudenberger, COO of Realtime North America

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Leading the charge against fraud prevention inside SAP, Realtime North America’s bioLock system is the only biometric identity and access management software certified by SAP. The company started as a consulting firm in Germany in 1986, and was founded by former SAP managers.  The company’s flagship bioLock system makes use of fingerprint scanners to control access to files, securely facilitate and approved purchase orders and closely monitor and audit internal activities within the SAP environment. SAP (which stands for Systems, Applications

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IDEX gets fingerprint sensor patent license with Apple and AuthenTec

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In 2007, IDEX was granted a license to certain key patents owned by UPEK Inc and they were later assigned to AuthenTec, acquired by Apple last year. Now, Apple and AuthenTec have verified IDEX’s licensing agreement through a notice of so-called “recordal” of the license to key patents in the field of fingerprint sensing, putting IDEX in an influential position. The license agreement has now been recorded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office sanctioning that IDEA maintains its

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Caradigm, BIO-key International ink OEM agreement

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BIO-key International has executed an OEM agreement with Caradigm in regards to BIO-key’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) suite for healthcare organizations. A Microsoft and GE Healthcare company, Caradigm will offer BIO-key’s fingerprint biometric technology with its single sign-On solution, enabling hospitals and health systems to comply with fereal and state government regulations. Specifically, says the company, Caradigm IAM customers will be able to meet requirements associated with authenticating the identity of caregivers writing electronic prescriptions of controlled substances (EPCS), as the

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Fourth phase of Aadhaar UID program approved by Cabinet

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The Cabinet Committee on the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) has approved the fourth phase of the Aadhaar program, which aims to enroll another 400 million people. Reported in India Today, citing anonymous sources, this fourth phase includes components like the cost of enrolment through multiple registrars, updating services, cost of printing and delivery, construction for headquarters and data centers, as well as additional rent for regional offices of UIDAI. The fourth phase comes at a price tag of

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Colombia to use biometric voter registration for 2014 elections

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Colombia has secured financing to implement a biometric registry for the country’s upcoming 2014 elections. Reported in ColombiaReports.com, fraud has been an issue in the past and is what has led the country to biometric verification for voters. In 2011, many investigations were launched following reports of election fraud and in it was discovered that 4 million dead voters wrongfully existed in the registry. “We have agreed that on this matter there will be no more setbacks and … in

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Australian Government turns to 3M for new multi-modal identification system

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The Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has awarded a three-year contract to 3M to provide software and services for the department’s new Biometric Identification System. Specifically, the department will use 3M Cogent’s Automated Biometric Identification System (CABIS), which the company says provides fast, accurate fingerprint and facial recognition matching. “We are pleased the Department of Immigration and Citizenship selected 3M as their biometric system technology partner,” Gary Stapleton, managing director of 3M Australia and New Zealand said.

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Fingerprint Cards lands new production order for swipe sensor technology

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Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has announced yet another significant production order for its swipe sensor. This time, the Swedish company received an order of 275,000 units for its swipe sensor technology for the Japanese smartphone market. According to the company, this order is set to be delivered in mid-May 2013. This order comes just two weeks after the announcement of an initial volume of 100,000 units for Japanese smartphones scheduled for launch in this year’s second quarter. “The timing of this additional

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