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WCC announces new version of ELISE

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

WCC Services, a developer of smart search and match technologies, has announced the release of its latest version of ELISE, a matching software that enables users to identify an individual via multiple biometric points. The updates to the product include new administration tools, improved and streamlined integration as well as making it faster, cheaper and with a smaller footprint. [end] 

SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as being inaccessible without the holder first scanning his fingerprint on the card itself.

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CA Technologies announces the purchase of Arcot Systems Inc. in an all-cash transaction of $200 million. The authentication and fraud detection software company is said to prevent fraudulent transactions for close to a million online credit transactions daily.

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Equitrac, a Plantation, Fla. provider of print management and cost recovery software, has rolled out Equitrac Express and Equitrac Office version 4.2 which aims to reduce document costs, increase document security, and eliminate waste.

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Luxund, a developer of biometric authentication software, has released a new biometric login application that is compatible with Windows Vista and both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, according to a CNET article. The software, called Blink!, was previously only compatible with the Windows 7 32-bit version, but this new version also promises more stability, reliability and security than its predecessor.

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WCC Smart Search & Match, a developer of search and match biometric software, has teamed up with biometrics developer priv-ID to provide biometric functions to their multimodal ELISE ID product. ELISE ID will be utilizing fingerprint biometric technology in conjunction with biographic technology to perform search and match functions.

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AOptix Technologies has announced the redesign of its InSight VM series of iris recognition systems. The redesign moved all the internal components of the system to align vertically leading to a slimmer version of the original system.

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