Hitachi has purchased majority ownership in the software company M-Tech which gives Hitachi a deeper foothold in the marketing of identity management solutions. As part of the purchase, M-Tech is changing its name to Hitachi ID Systems Inc. Geoff Kohl, Editor of SecurityInfoWatch.com, reports that the software from M-Tech, which is designed for network security and self-service process for management of user passwords and access rights, ties in with existing Hitachi expertise in the area of finger vein biometrics. The company plans to leverage its channels to expand M-Tech’s market, and will tie in with Hitachi solutions for biometrics, RFID and smart card systems. M-Tech’s core products for identity management include the P-Synch password management software and ID-Synch user provisioning software. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/thirdfactor-4.gif)
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Hitachi ID Systems has worked to address the trends in the identity and access management market as reported in the February 2010 report “Market Trends: Identity and Access Management Market, Worldwide 2007-2013” from Gartner. The top trends were identified as: vendor consolidation, passwords acting as primary authentication, strong interest in cloud computing and software-as-a-service, internal controls as the key driver for ID management projects, and the fact that many of these projects continue to fail or run over-budget. read more »Hitachi has announced a partnership with Avion Solutions, a technical services company, on the development of a new biometric solution. The system is designed for use in law enforcement in North America and utilizes finger vein scanning, which authenticates via a near-infrared light mapping out the unique pattern of veins in an individual’s finger. read more »GloberRanger Corp., a provider of RFID, mobility, and sensor-based solutions, has been named a finalist in the Emerging Company Horizon Award category as part of the 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Tech. read more »Global Rainmakers (GRI) has partnered with Tech Imagine, a document scanner technology company, to provide iris-based biometric solutions to Tech Imagine’s banking industry customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The hope for Tech Imagine is to establish pilot programs utilizing GRI’s iris recognition technology at banks that are currently using Tech Imagine technology such as their check scanners. read more »Hitachi ID Systems introduces the Password Manager 7.0, an authentication management system said to manage any and all authentication factor used by corporation users. Hitachi claims that the Password Manager 7.0 promises better security, scalability and improved ROI to users with SQL Server or Oracle back-end, a real-time data replication service, high performance data updates and Unicode support. read more »The 10th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Awards have named Entrust’s IdentityGuard Mobile application a finalist in the Corporate Horizon category. The award is granted by the Texas based technology trade organization, Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC). read more » |
