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Cognitec Systems and Daon Announce Partnership in Face Recognition Applications
Jun-21-04
Company referenced in this item: Cognitec Systems
Dresden / Washington DC, Cognitec Systems, leading vendor of face recognition technology, today
announced details of a partnership with Daon, a leading provider of biometric
identity management software.
The partnership covers the integration of Cognitec's face recognition software into
Daon's multi-modal identity management platform designed for mission-critical
government and commercial solutions. Daon has developed applications using
Cognitec's face recognition capability, including physical access and border control
solutions. Daon supports one to many identification, from small to extremely large
populations, and integrates with multiple IT systems and applications and multiple
authentication mechanisms including face, finger and iris biometrics, smartcards,
tokens and RFIDs.
"We are very pleased to announce this promising partnership with Daon,”
comments Alfredo Herrera, Managing Director of Cognitec Systems. "Daon is
widely recognised as the leading provider of biometric identity management
software, and we see this co-operation as another opportunity to enhance both
companies' market offering. The partnership is part of Cognitec's strategy to
provide its world-leading face recognition technology to partners providing best-ofbreed
biometric platforms and applications."
“Daon is delighted to strengthen our partnership with Cognitec,” says Conor
White, CTO, Daon. “Cognitec have established themselves as a leading provider
of facial recognition technology worldwide. Based on our internal DaonLabs
research and independent 3rd party assessment, as well as, marketplace
validation through strategic wins, Cognitec technology has been proven to perform
extremely well. Both the Daon and Cognitec technologies have a good strategic fit
and offer us the ability to provide customers with a highly secure, reliable and
scalable solution in mission critical environments.”
About Cognitec
Cognitec Systems, with headquarters in Dresden, Germany, and offices in Herndon, VA and
Miami, FL, develops and markets the well-established and world-leading FaceVACS® face
recognition software. Cognitec's software experts have been developing face recognition
technology since 1995. In various independent evaluation tests including the Face Recognition
Vendor Test 2002, FaceVACS® has proven to be the leading technology available on the market.
About Daon
Daon delivers a population-centric identity management® platform focused on meeting the
requirements of governments and commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers
and system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security,
performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. Daon’s multi-modal biometric platform, supports
one-to-many identification, integrates seamlessly with IT platforms and applications, manages the
identity life-cycle of diverse populations and delivers a clear return-on-investment. Privately held,
Daon’s offices are located in Washington, London and Dublin. For further information please visit
www.daon.com.
Cognitec Systems Corporation,
13800 Coppermine Road, Herndon, VA 20171
Cognitec Systems GmbH, An der Flutrinne 12 D-01139 Dresden, Germany
info@cognitec.com; http://www.cognitec.com
Contact:Jürgen Pampus, Director Sales & Marketing, pampus@cognitec.com, Tel: +49-351-862-9212
Daon Inc. ,Washington DC Office:
Contact: Fiona D’Arcy, VP Marketing
Tel: +1.571.203.7066,
fiona.darcy@daon.com, http://www.daon.com
Daon Ltd.
European Office:
Contact: Fiona D’Arcy, VP Marketing,
Tel: +1.353.1.8181674
fiona.darcy@daon.com
www.daon.com
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