Mytec To Resell SAFLINK Software
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999--(TSE:MYT. - news)
Software Allows Mytec Biometric Devices to Attach To
Windows NT-based Systems
Mytec Technologies Inc. (MYT:TSE), a leader in providing trusted fingerprint-based biometric solutions to organizations requiring high levels of security for network and physical access, announced today that it has agreed to become an authorized reseller of software products from SAFLINK Corporation (NASDAQ:ESAF - news).
Mytec and SAFLINK also announced that they have completed the successful integration and qualification of Mytec's Touchstone Pro biometric network access product with SAFLINK's SAF/nt for NT networks. The non-exclusive reseller agreement allows Mytec to offer its customers a complete solution for network and physical access security based on the combination of SAFLINK's comprehensive software applications and Mytec's advanced biometric technology and products.
``This means that customers can now deploy our Touchstone Pro solution without writing new code to hook up to systems based on Windows NT,' said Dennis Hollingshead, President and Chief Executive Officer for Mytec. ``SAFLINK has clearly become the leader in providing middleware for the biometrics industry.'
``We are very pleased that Mytec has chosen to offer their Touchstone Pro network access security product with SAFLINK's software applications,' said Walter Hamilton, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, SAFLINK Corporation. ``The SAF/Mytec combination is a powerful authentication solution for businesses that require high levels of network and physical access security.'
About SAFLINK
SAFLINK Corporation, formerly the National Registry Inc. (NASDAQ: NRID - news), is based in Tampa, Florida and brings the Power of Biometric Identification(tm) to enterprise networks and the Internet. The Company provides cost-effective multi-biometric software solutions to verify individual identity, to protect business and personal information, and to replace passwords and PINs in order to safeguard and simplify access to electronic systems and enable new online services for customers. The Company's Secure Authentication Facility (SAF(tm)) suite of multi-biometric network security products delivers enterprise-level secure access control to a range of software platforms and network applications, including Microsoft(r) Windows NT(r) and Internet Information Server(r), Novell Netware(tm), and Computer Associates' Unicenter(r) TNG(tm) and its Single Sign-On(tm) option. Further information is available through the Company's web site (http://www.saflink.com).
About Mytec Technologies
Mytec Technologies Inc. (MYT:TSE), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, is a leading provider of fingerprint-based biometric solutions to organizations requiring a high level of security for network and physical access. Mytec provides strong authentication through the use of a unique, robust finger pattern recognition algorithm, operating in a trusted device. Individual privacy is maintained because only a non-reversible biometric template is stored, not the fingerprint itself.
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Counterforce, Mytec also provides alarm monitoring services to more than 680 independent Alarm Company partners who sell, install and service security alarm systems. For more information on Mytec Technologies Inc., please contact them at (416) 467-6000, via e-mail at sales@mytec.com or visit them online at mytec.com.
Mytec, the Mytec logo, Touchstone Pro and Counterforce are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mytec Technologies Inc. SAFLINK and SAF/nt are trademarks of SAFLINK Corporation. All other brands and products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Contact:
Jennifer McNaughton
Mytec Technologies Inc., 416/467-3330
jmcn@mytec.com
or
Brenda Lawless
Mytec Technologies Inc., 416/467-3301
blaw@mytec.com
or
Walter G. Hamilton
SAFLINK Corporation, 813/636-0099
whamilton@saflink.com |
