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Daon releases key enhancements to market leading Biometric Identity Management Engine

Washington DC, June 8th, 2004 - Daon, a leading provider of biometric identity management software, today announced the latest release of their flagship product, DaonEngine, that is optimized for the demanding enterprise solutions required in applications such as Border Security and Civil ID.

DaonEngine version 1.5, is a major milestone release, which builds on Daon's enterprise class, standards based infrastructure to provide an industry best of class biometric identity management capability. DaonEngine is a highly secure, biometric credentialing platform designed to run in mission critical environments.

With its latest release, Daon introduces unique capabilities including:

  • Multi-modal identification (1 to many) across finger, face and iris. Daon has integrated industry recognized technology leaders including; Cross Match Technologies, Cognitec, Cogent Systems and Iridian Technologies to provide these capabilities.


  • A comprehensive Service Oriented Solution Framework through a multi-platform Software Development Kit (SDK). Daon's extensive SDK is available for Java, .NET, native C/C++ and XML environments across a variety of platforms including Microsoft Windows™ and Unix. The SDK enables organizations such as System Integrators to rapidly develop or integrate applications in a heterogeneous environment.


  • Person-Centric Identity Management - DaonEngine v1.5 provides a rich, person-centric identity management™ platform allowing a single point of consolidation for biometric and biographic information. Through dynamic data adapters, DaonEngine can be quickly configured to store a variety of person-centric data including elements from passports, ID cards, RFID tokens, smart cards and more.


  • Policy based infrastructure - Daon provides a policy based infrastructure that enables a flexible and responsive solution to the customer's changing needs. With Daon, the policies in place for biometric enrollment and authentication can be changed in real-time to suit the environment.


  • DaonEngine 1.5 also introduces Daon's new LiveScan product. With DaonLiveScan, organizations can deploy forensic quality live scan machines and enroll the captured data in the DaonEngine. DaonLiveScan, a value added solution based on Cross Match Technologies' award winning ID 500™ 10-fingerprint live scan system, allows the secure storage of the captured data and the dynamic generation of biometric templates for a variety of target platforms.


  • DaonEngine 1.5 provides out of the box integration with many industry leading business systems including Microsoft Windows™, various physical access control systems and single sign-on.


  • DaonEngine also provides off-the shelf integration with many border management solution components - including Siebel System's homeland security offering.
In a recent evaluation of DaonEngine, the International Biometric Group (IBG) stated, "In terms of scalability and throughput, DaonEngine should be more than capable of addressing the requirements of highly challenging government and commercial enterprise applications worldwide including border management, civil identification, and large-scale authorization and verification systems... DaonEngine performance should be of significant interest to organizations responsible for the management of these systems and to systems integrators interested in large-scale deployment predicated on biometric functionality."

Commenting on the release, Tom Grissen, Daon's Chief Executive Officer stated, "DaonEngine 1.5 is a major milestone for us and brings together many key functions we have developed specifically targeted at Border Management and Civil ID systems. Daon provides a distributed, yet integrated service oriented platform designed for mission critical environments. This latest release of our product builds upon the highly secure and scalable framework of our earlier releases".

Jerry Ruddle, Vice President Global Sales and Marketing, Iridian Technologies commented, "We are delighted Daon has chosen Iridian's market leading iris identification technology for their Biometric Identity Management platform. Through a tight integration between our companies' products we are able to provide highly scalable, mission critical identification solutions to many markets."

"Daon is widely recognized as the leading provider of biometric identity management software, and we are delighted Daon has integrated our world-leading face recognition technology to provide a best-of-breed offering focussed on key market opportunities " said Alfredo Herrera, Managing Director of Cognitec Systems.

Paul Kayatta, Cross Match Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing further commented, "Through the DaonLiveScan product, Daon offers the market a standards based, tightly integrated solution which provides continuity of the enrollment process - from the initial enrollment right through to the authentication in various operating environments. We are delighted to have the opportunity to integrate our market leading fingerprint biometric systems with Daon's technology".


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 DC, London and Dublin. For further information please visit www.daon.com.


About Cross Match Technologies

Since its founding in 1996, Cross Match Technologies, Inc. has been at the forefront of applying forensic quality fingerprint imaging technology towards the development of cost-effective biometric security solutions for law enforcement, federal, aviation, commercial and international organizations. Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and offering the broadest product lines in the industry, Cross Match is recognized for setting new standards in fingerprint imaging components through its more than 150 existing or pending patents and related intellectual properties. Additional information on Cross Match is available at www.crossmatch.com.


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. For more information, visit www.cognitec.com.


About Iridian

Iridian Technologies, Inc. of Moorestown, NJ commercializes software for iris recognition - renowned as one of the most accurate biometric identifiers. The holder of U.S. and international patents behind iris recognition technologies, Iridian offers unparalleled security for public-use applications such as simplified passenger travel, border control, national IDs, restricted access and information access solutions. Iridian's software leverages algorithms originally developed by Dr. John Daugman of Cambridge University. Iridian's Proof Positive(TM) hardware and software certification program assures that certified iris cameras and software solutions meet critical standards for performance, interoperability, safety, security, scalability, usability and reliability. For more information, visit www.iridiantech.com.

Contacts

In the US, please contact:
Ms. Mara Radis
Email: mara@nowcomms.com
Office: 301-963-4771
Cell: 301-512-5134

In Europe, please contact:
Mr. Ken Ross
Email: kenross@nowcommunications.co.uk
Office: +44 (0)20 8566 1645
Mobile: + 44 7971 668673



     


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