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Delivery of Biometrics Data Transmission via Satellite Coming Soon
Sep-29-03
Hughes Network Systems, the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions, announced they are working with Sun Microsystems, Inc. and AC Technology, Inc., a leading Sun iForceSM partner and middleware developer/integrator, to conduct certification and optimization of biometrics data transmission utilizing HNS' DIRECWAY® broadband satellite system.
As a result, Sun Ray™ remote access terminals from Sun will be integrated with AC Technology's BiObex™ middleware for biometrics applications and will be optimized for transmission utilizing DIRECWAY. The applications include fingerprint, iris and facial-characteristic scanning at national borders and in airports; freight inspection at ports; safety enhancements at oil and gas facilities; and a variety of law enforcement, forensic and investigative applications. The integration and certification is part of an effort to optimize all biometrics applications to work on broadband satellite platforms, and to encourage biometrics applications developers to take advantage of the expanded functionality offered by satellite.
This announcement follows announcements earlier this year from Sun, AC Technology and Cross Match Technologies, regarding the availability of the first high-security, log-on solution to combine biometrics information with Java™ technology-enabled Smart Card solutions. The new solution, which combines AC Technology BiObex Software, Cross Match Technologies Verifier E Fingerprint Scanning device and the Sun Ray system, marks the first forensic-quality, biometric authentication solution in a UNIX® environment that adheres to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards. Originally designed for use by the federal government, the new solution can also be used in other markets that require high-security measures for enabling network access, such as financial services and healthcare.
"In the wake of 9/11, federal, state and local agencies, as well as many private sector entities, have accelerated efforts to expand their ability to monitor and manage information collected from disparate geographical locations and then, as appropriate, act upon that information, either at the point of occurrence, or by distributing it across a wide area network," AC Technology President Christopher Sands said.
"HNS is proud to be providing the highly robust and secure broadband satellite delivery system required to enable successful biometrics solutions among many information sources and destinations," said Marc Newman, head of the Hughes Broadband Alliance. "These new applications will be tested and optimized for immediate use over HNS' DIRECWAY service. Certification will also include SPACEWAY™, HNS' next generation broadband satellite system, now in the final stages of development and scheduled for service launch in 2004," Newman said.
"The combination of the highly secure Sun Ray system architecture, AC Technology's and Cross Match Technologies' combined biometrics applications, together with HNS' robust satellite-enabled delivery systems, makes for a unique and powerful solution that is ideal for government and enterprise customers that require high-security measures," said Bob Gianni, director of engineering, Desktop Solutions at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
About AC Technology
AC Technology, Inc. (ACT) was selected by Sun Microsystems in 2003 as their Homeland Security Alliance Partner for biometrics. ACT, established in 1991 as an integrator specializing in secure and ruggedized UNIX systems, developed BiObex™ in response to customers requests for a biometric management solution for UNIX environments that allowed the customer to select the biometric input mechanism. BiObex has been extremely well received in the DOD, intelligence, and commercial sectors as the first truly multi-biometric fusion product for heterogeneous environments.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, USA (http://www.actechnology.com ,703-481-6500), ACT offers direct and indirect sales channels of its BiObex software product.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation (HUGHES), is the world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with more than 600,000 systems ordered or shipped to customers in 85 countries. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access, with its market leading broadband by satellite service, DIRECWAY®. SPACEWAY™ is the next generation broadband satellite system being developed by HNS that will unlock a wealth of benefits from new value-added applications. The first SPACEWAY satellite will launch in early 2004, with commercial service in North America following later in the year. In addition, HNS is a leading manufacturer of DIRECTV® satellite television receivers, having shipped more than 12 million to date.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA, HNS maintains sales and support offices worldwide. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE: GMH). To learn more about HNS, please visit http://http://www.hns.com.