The research firm MarketsandMarkets has released a new study of the biometrics marketplace that projects a heavy growth rate over the next four years. Advances in Biometric Technologies and Market Analysis breaks down the various modes of biometrics such as fingerprint, iris and facial and by regions such as North America, Asia and Europe. Specifically, […]

By Phil Scarfo, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, Lumidigm The past few years have been particularly difficult and challenging for the financial services industry, both here and abroad. And yet, despite the turmoil, certain markets are actively investing in biometrics authentication programs and continuing to grow. Our own experience during 2010 supports this […]

Neurotechnology has announced the release of a new software development kit (SDK) called MegaMatcher 4.0 that combines the latest versions of many companies other single mode biometric solutions to create a multimodal one. MegaMatcher utilizes the latest versions of Neurotechnology’s fingerprint software, Verifinger; iris recognition software, VeriEye, facial recognition software, VeriLook and palmprint identity verification […]

CEM Systems has announced that it will exhibit its new security solutions at IFSEC West Africa. CEM’s display will feature the company’s new sPass DESfire smart card reader and encrypted two-door controller, as well as advanced CEM IP card readers, such as the S3020 portable wireless reader and the S610f fingerprint reader. The S610f is […]

The Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) at West Virginia University is an industry and university research cooperative that receives funding through affiliates for researching biometrics and identification technologies, says Bojan Cukic, director at the center. The center has been in existence for nine years and affiliates include 14 different government agencies and some of […]

DigitalPersona has announced it will be providing its U.are.U line of fingerprint scanners to merchandising and store-execution software developer Tomax for integration into one of its software solutions. The Tomax offering slated to get U.are.U readers integrated into it is the Web-based Retail.net Point of Sale and Workforce Optimization offering. The addition of biometric login […]

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio is among those that have been awarded new fingerprint-based biometric devices as a means of better identifying persons of interest who officers are otherwise unable to identify, according to a Marietta Times article. The new devices were received as a mobile device and desktop model called Rapid ID […]

A fingerprint scanner that can be embedded into a smart card, USB stick or just about anywhere else, that’s what IDEX has in mind. Ralph Bernstein, CEO and CTO at IDEX, talks about the company’s fingerprint swipe scanner that can be embedded into just about anything. “It has flexibility and thickness that can be integrated […]

Angus County in Scotland, UK, where the county council education chief Peter Nield has come out in support of fingerprint biometrics to be used as a form of identity management in schools, is finding growing concern over use of such technology, according to an article from The Courier. In addition to parental worries over leaked […]

ImageWare Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract to perform an expansion of an existing border management system it initially installed for an unnamed country. The contract, which is valued at $37 million, is expected to start January 2011 and last for roughly a year and a half. The border management system […]