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Technology Stocks : Identix (IDNX) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Felix who wrote (5087)	11/17/1997 7:13:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Stopped in at the Computer Security show tonight . . . And visited the IDX booth, and the SAC booth. NRID was there, too, but I didn't have a chance to talk to them. They were in the same low-traffic, low rent corner of the exhibition, with small "storefronts." IDX was showing its Touchlock and Touchlan II machines. They each confirmed that I wasn't enrolled. No real foot traffic when I was there so I was able to talk for a few minutes with Ms. Krahulic, the Marketing Manager. I'm not the best person for this job, but here is some info: IDX has increased in size from last year's 275 or so employees to almost 400. They are working on some new technology in the products displayed. They make sales according to customer requests, rather than putting out products on a mass marketing basis. They are waiting on two INS possibilities, which Ms. Krahulic wouldn't try to get specific on. I pitched my idea of a market possibility in remote reporting to government agencies, which it's clear she hadn't thought about and didn't really think was anything that was about to happen. They go to about one trade show a month. Next up, San Jose (regional) and then a Corrections show down in San Antonio. I wondered over to the SAC booth, where a big, enthusiastic salesman enrolled me after, oh, twenty five attempts. Two problems, neither one described as being with their technology: (1) my fingers sweat too much (probably because I was wearing outdoors clothing and doing undercover work) and (2) my fingerprints are worn down. He said that SAC had 15 employees working directly and maybe 50 all told, including consultants. Said they went public early this year but had been in operation since 1992. He described their technology in non-minutiae terms (mathematical model, not points of similarity, one to one) but said two things I don't believe -- it's not the same as the IDX technology, and SAC has full patent protection. After our rather long bonding session (due to repeated fingerscanning attempts) he was ready to make me a SAC reseller. I have the literature if anyone's interested in this job. NRID looked a little busy when I passed by, so I took some free candy and left. My wife met me there and as we passed by the Computer Associates exhibit that dominated the entrance, I remarked that they were important to all these computer peripheral companies. She asked why, if they were so important, they didn't have any free food? It was a quick trip in and out. That's about it. David