(COMTEX) B: Identix Announces Beta Launch of BioLogon For Windows Pocket
B: Identix Announces Beta Launch of BioLogon For Windows Pocket PC Operating
System Two Companies Sign Licensing Agreements to Evaluate BioLogon For Pocket
PC for Fingerprint Biometric Sign-on to PDAs
LOS GATOS, Calif., Dec 12, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Identix Incorporated
(Nasdaq: IDNX), the worldwide leader in providing biometric authentication,
security and identification solutions, announced today the beta launch of its
BioLogon(R) authentication software for the Windows Pocket PC operating system.
BioLogon for Pocket PC provides secure local biometric authentication for device
locking and unlocking. Additionally, BioLogon for Pocket PC includes
compatibility with Identix' itrust(TM) client software, providing secure wired
or wireless access to networks via the itrust suite of authentication,
authorization and administration applications on handheld PDAs.
Boulder, CO-based Digital CCTV, a leading provider of custom closed circuit
video systems and a major financial services consulting company have each signed
licensing agreements to evaluate the beta version of BioLogon for the Windows
Pocket PC. Both companies plan to test BioLogon for Pocket PC with Identix'
BioTouch PCMCIA Cards in limited internal evaluation programs to secure PDAs via
biometric authentication, as well as to provide strong wireless authentication
to networking environments.
Digital CCTV President John Williams commented, "We currently work with a number
of governmental entities in the US, Latin America and abroad that plan to deploy
robust and fully-loaded PDA devices to their various members and
representatives. Due to the large amount of sensitive data contained on these
devices, it is extremely important for us to ensure that only authorized users
are accessing these PDAs. We believe that Identix' fingerprint biometric
authentication for Windows Pocket PC provides the ultimate in authentication
security, in a convenient and user-friendly application."
"As the use of mobile devices becomes more pervasive, so does the need to secure
them," said Grant Evans, EVP Global Strategy. "Due to the large amount of
sensitive data contained on many PDAs, it is extremely important for companies
to ensure that only authorized users are accessing these devices, as well as to
ensure that only authorized individuals are accessing the company network via
PDA. We believe that adding our biometric solutions to the Windows Pocket PC OS
has the potential to further support the growth of handhelds as true enterprise
solutions, particularly for the financial and healthcare industries."
About Identix
Identix Incorporated, www.identix.com is a leader in designing, developing,
manufacturing and marketing products for the capture and/or comparison of
fingerprints for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement, physical access and
other applications. Identix designs and develops proprietary, cost-effective,
security products and solutions for personal identification and verification.
Through itrust(TM), Identix offers an array of Internet and wireless Web secure
transaction processing services, and provide a wide range of applications to
markets that include corporate enterprise security, Intranet, extranet and
Internet, wireless Web access and security, E-commerce, government and law
enforcement agencies.
The statements in this release that relate to future plans, events or
performance are forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current
expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic
conditions. Such statements are made in reliance on the safe harbor provisions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. The Company cautions investors that any forward looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks and
uncertainties associated with: development of the marketplace for biometrics
solutions; demand for the Company's products and services; the ability of the
Company's alliances to succeed and in particular, the ability of the Company to
complete product development, successfully manufacture its products in volume
and broadly disseminate the Company's products; increasing levels of competition
in the space for wired and wireless web security services; the perceived need
for secure communications and commerce in such markets; and other risks as
identified in the Company's SEC filings. The Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events.
For further information, please contact: investors, Damon Wright, Director of
Investor Relations and Public Relations of Identix Incorporated,
+1-408-335-1400, dwright@identix.com; or media, Caprice Fimbres of Blanc & Otus,
+1-415-856-5133, cfimbres@blancandotus.com, for Identix Incorporated.
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CONTACT: investors, Damon Wright, Director of Investor Relations and
Public Relations of Identix Incorporated, +1-408-335-1400,
dwright@identix.com; or media, Caprice Fimbres of Blanc & Otu
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