RNCOS, a consulting firm, has announced it expects the financial sector to be a potential driver of biometric technology adoption in the global market. The reposts stated that biometrics will be used to fight fraud the the industry will see a compound annual growth rate of 18% for the global biometrics market through 2012. Other […]

Frost & Sullivan has recognized the PalmSecure palm-vein authentication device from biometrics developer Fujitsu with its 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Much of what Fujitsu officials believe contributed to the award is that the PalmSecure bridges the gap between price and security level that previously had been very common in […]

The Lockheed Martin-led Next Generation Identification (NGI) team is starting to fully develop and deploy a new system capability that transforms how law enforcement officials search an FBI wanted persons database. Development efforts began after a successful Critical Design Review for the system’s second phase, also known as Increment 2: Repository for Individuals of Special […]

The Biometrics Institute, a not-for-profit run for and by the biometrics industry, has launched its Annual Industry Survey looking for input on current business and future plans from key players in the biometrics industry in Australia and New Zealand. The not-for-profit hopes returning data will help them capture and report on trends in the industry […]

NEC Corporation, a technology development company, has announced the creation of the NEC Biometrics Excellence Center, a core engineering competency center, in Bangalore, India. The new center is intended to help drive the expansion of NEC’s multi-modal biometric solutions and security solutions business. The creation of the center is being touted as a first step […]

There are varying reports on whether immigration reform will be discussed in Congress in 2010, but if it is addressed one aspect that will likely be included is a biometric Social Security card for employment verification. Dubbed Biometric Enrollment, Locally-stored Information, and Electronic Verification of Employment, or BELIEVE, the card would be required to verify […]

Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has released a new report titled North American Biometrics Market that details technology development, competition and distribution trend analysis for different modes of biometrics such as fingerprint, face recognition, iris recognition, hand geometry, voice verification and signature verification. Each mode has revenue forecasted within the report as […]

M2SYS Technology announced an alliance with Fujitsu Frontech North America that aims to grow the adoption of PC-based palm vein biometric recognition systems. Under the partnership, M2SYS has added support for the Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric authentication system to its Bio-Plugin biometrics platform. Bio-Plugin enables software companies to integrate and deploy an enterprise-ready biometric recognition system […]

Japanese security and biometric technology developer Ayonix has introduced its new palm-vein scanner called PalmSecure. PalmSecure operates as a contactless biometric authentication device by utilizing near-infrared light to take a picture of the unique vein layout in an individual’s hand and subsequently authenticate their identity. The contactless, and consequent hygienic, aspect of it has Ayonix […]

In response to the growing role of biometrics with national security and military operations, the U.S. Department of Defense will create an agency designed to handle integration and synchronization of the new technologies into operations, according to an ExecutiveGov article. The agency, called Biometrics Identity Management Agency, will also be tasked with managing the the […]