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VeCommerce delivers biometric solution to Aviva

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Salmat VeCommerce, a developer of customer service solutions, has announced the implementation of VeSecure to Australian life insurance and wealth management company Aviva Australia.

VeSecure will be used to identify Aviva customers calling Aviva’s call center via their unique voice characteristics to properly forward their call to the correct person. Aviva hopes the solution will greatly improve its capabilities in regards to over-the-phone customer interactions. [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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Ceelox has announced that it has finished development of a prototype application that would use Ceelox’s fingerprint biometrics to enable biometric authentication in online environments such as corporate intranets, cloud computing networks and commercial applications like online banking and other personal account-based access.

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Ghana’s major electronic clearing and payment system could provide enough space and communication capabilities to enable adding new purposes for removing ghost payrollers, according to a Peace FM Online article.

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Biometric Signature ID (BSI) announced positive results from a study of their software-only approach to biometric authentication for students using PCs. The new solution utilizes gesture biometrics via a user’s mouse and is envisioned to provide distance-learning students a more effective and secure means of accessing personal student files, discussion groups and other private areas of school networks.

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As part of a new partnership with RSA Secured Partner Program, Ping Identity has certified that their PingFederate technology is compatible with the RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication solution. This collaboration will result in a comprehensive user-friendly solution to authenticate to a range of Cloud identity applications.

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BIO-key International has announced a new contract that requires a biometric solution built off a combination between its and fellow biometric developer MorphoTrak’s matching algorithms, according to a UPI article.

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