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Cognitec Systems and Daon announce partnership
in face recognition applications
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Washington, DC/Dresden, Germany, June 21, 2004 - Cognitec
Systems, leading vendor of face recognition technology, today announced
details of a partnership with Daon, a leading provider of biometric
identity management software.
The partnership covers the integration of Cognitec's face recognition
software into Daon's multi-modal identity management platform designed
for mission-critical government and commercial solutions. Daon has
developed applications using Cognitec's face recognition capability,
including physical access and border control solutions. Daon supports
one to many identification, from small to extremely large populations,
and integrates with multiple IT systems and applications and multiple
authentication mechanisms including face, finger and iris biometrics,
smartcards, tokens and RFIDs.
"We are very pleased to announce this promising partnership
with Daon," comments Alfredo Herrera, Managing Director of
Cognitec Systems. "Daon is widely recognised as the leading provider
of biometric identity management software, and we see this co-operation
as another opportunity to enhance both companies' market offering.
The partnership is part of Cognitec's strategy to provide its world-leading
face recognition technology to partners providing best-of-breed
biometric platforms and applications."
"Daon is delighted to strengthen our partnership with Cognitec,"
says Conor White, CTO, Daon. "Cognitec have established themselves
as a leading provider of facial recognition technology worldwide.
Based on our internal DaonLabs research and independent 3rd party
assessment, as well as, marketplace validation through strategic
wins, Cognitec technology has been proven to perform extremely well.
Both the Daon and Cognitec technologies have a good strategic fit
and offer us the ability to provide customers with a highly secure,
reliable and scalable solution in mission critical environments."
About Cognitec
Cognitec Systems, with headquarters in Dresden, Germany, and offices
in Herndon, VA and Miami, FL, develops and markets the well-established
and world-leading FaceVACS® face recognition software. Cognitec's
software experts have been developing face recognition technology
since 1995. In various independent evaluation tests including the
Face Recognition Vendor Test 2002, FaceVACS® has proven to be the
leading technology available on the market. www.cognitec.com.
About Daon
Daon delivers a population-centric identity management®
platform focused on meeting the requirements of governments and
commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers and
system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the
highest level of security, performance, scalability, reliability
and privacy. Daon's multi-modal biometric platform, supports one-to-many
identification, integrates seamlessly with IT platforms and applications,
manages the identity life-cycle of diverse populations and delivers
a clear return-on-investment. Privately held, Daon's offices
are located in Washington, London and Dublin. For further information
please visit www.daon.com.
