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SCM and BioID enter into partnership agreement

Friday, November 13, 2009

SCM Microsystems and BioID AG, a developer of multi-modal biometric solutions, have announced a joint effort intending to create biometric access control solutions. The solutions they are working on are expected to fit the needs of government, commercial and consumer-level customers and cover both logical and physical access control needs.

Early solutions expected from the partnership include adding biometric authentication to SCM’s @MAXX Secure Storage line of token-based products. Further, the two comapnies are intending to utilize SCM’s existent network of government and enterprise clients as a main source for distribution. [end] 

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