Gemalto has won the prestigious BearingPoint innovation management award (“Agile Innovation Award”) for its think tank initiative “BIG” (Business Innovation Garage). BIG provides Gemalto's 10,000 employees company-wide with a structured process to submit and manage any innovative ideas they have. Ideas covering wide-ranging fields of application – from communication, payment, transport, Internet access, and machine-to-machine application – are systematically challenged, audited, developed and eventually selectively turned into incubation cells.

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Gemalto has won the IT Security Sesames award for Just4YourEyes™. The winning innovation was distinguished at the 2011 CARTES & IDentification industry fair.
“This Sesames award recognizes Gemalto’s expertise in securing cloud computing for enterprise applications,” commented Tan Teck-Lee, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer. “Gemalto’s secure cloud services meet the increasing need to access corporate content on-the-go, while easing digital rights and identities management.”
 
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Gemalto won the prize of the “Company of the Year” in 2011 by l’Usine Nouvelle. L’Usine Nouvelle is a reference publication in the industrial and technological space.

Gemalto was distinguished for its “successful evolution to the digital world” and “achievement in reinventing the world of industry”. In other words, this award recognizes our transformation from a card manufacturer to a leader in digital security.

A number of major contracts signed this year all over the world, a strong attention to innovation and intellectual property management, combined with Gemalto’s industrial strategy and its extensive portfolio of solutions and services were key in the selection among 300 large enterprises industry leaders in their markets.

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Aerotel Medical Systems , a leading global supplier of advanced remote monitoring solutions for telehealth and telecare, and its partner Cinterion, the global leader in cellular machinetomachine (M2M) communication and a Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) company, announce winning the Connected World Magazine’s prestigious gold Value Chain Award in the home health category for Aerotel’s eCliniQ ™ system and the ConnectCELL ™ telehealth homecare hub. Connected World Magazine’s Value Chain Awards honor the most successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and the solution providers that make their success possible.

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 Gemalto  has been distinguished with the A.T. Kearney 2011 Best Innovator Award, in recognition for its best-in-class innovation management and leadership. The evaluation focuses on the practical "how to" in innovation practice and assesses what leading companies really do in order to achieve superior yield from their innovation strategies and investments. The jury, which is comprised of senior business executives, ranked Gemalto clearly first amongst a number of nominated global industry leaders.

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Gemalto announces it has won two Informa LTE Awards in the “Best contribution to LTE standards“ and “Best enabling technology“ categories at the LTE World Summit 2011. The awards recognize Gemalto’s innovation capacity, which materializes in a range of complete LTE solutions.
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Gemalto continues to demonstrate its innovation leadership with the announcement that its Smart Badge Holder has won the Sesames Award at CARTES in Asia 2011.

The Sesames Awards granted in Europe and Asia each year celebrate the unique contribution and investment of leading industry players like Gemalto in developing next generation products and solutions for the digital age.

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Gemalto has been named to the CW 100, Connected World Magazine’s prestigious list of the most innovative technology providers of machine-to-machine (M2M) and connected devices.

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Gemalto announced it has won the IT Security Sesames award for eGo™. This winning innovation is being showcased at CARTES & IDentification on the Gemalto booth (3E002).

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Gemalto announces that the CATRENE* Trusted Secure Computing project has won the “2010 Innovation award” at the Nanoelectronics Forum in Madrid. The forum is the largest European event in microelectronics and embedded applications and this award demonstrates Gemalto’s innovation capacity in the Internet access

*CATRENE: Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics. The CATRENE program is supported by the EUREKA pan-European initiative.

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The Review won the Best B2B magazine category at the APA International Publishing Awards in London, for the second year running – an almost unprecedented honour.

The independent panel of judges, comprising marketing directors praised the Review “ for its effective and fascinating editorial and brilliant photography”.

 Gemalto received an honor at the Government Security News Homeland Security Awards gala in Washington DC. The company’s government-certified Personal Identity Verification credential won the Best Smart Card Solution award.

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 Gemalto announced that it has received the 2010 Latin America Competitive Strategy Leadership Award from leading analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. This award recognizes Gemalto’s accomplishments and superior command of growth, innovation and leadership.

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Our Annual Report has won silver at the League of American Communications Professionals 2009 Vision Awards.

Gemalto's report was competing with 4000 entries from 25 countries.

The judges said that it “demonstrated exceptional characteristics which set it apart as one to be truly celebrated…the first impression is very good…supported by a robust financials section which is outstanding. The level of creativity…is excellent, supported by excellent clarity in communicating this year’s key messages… accessibility to key information sought by readers is outstanding…we congratulate the entire team…we classify it as being among the best annual reports within its industry this year.”

This prize rewards the increasing quality of our Corporate and Financial communications and is the result of great collaboration between many of Gemalto’s departments.
 

Gemalto announced that the MEDEA+ ONOM@TOPIC+ project has won the EUREKA Innovation finalist trophy. This pan-European award demonstrates Gemalto’s innovation capacity applied to two domains: in providing citizens with secure interoperable eGovernment services, and in delivering advanced mobile solutions

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Gemaltoannounced that its government-certified Smart Guardian (SG) FIPS, a smart card-based encrypted USB drive, received the Outstanding Innovation in Security Technology Award at the Smart Card Alliance 2010 Annual Conference in Arizona.

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Gemalto University recognized for improving employee and business performance. Gemalto was named as a winner at the 11th Annual Corporate University Xchange Awards for Excellence and Innovation.

Gemalto received an award from EIDA for the outstanding organization of its annual Identity Conference in Abu Dhabi.

More than 130 delegates came from 24 different countries. This conference strongly promoted the achievements done in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region.

The news spread on all Arabic newspapers, English newspapers (The Gulf and The National) and Abu Dhabi TV on prime time. See the coverage of the event on The Emirates Identity Authority website. (in Arabic only)

 
Payforum 2010, the annual banking meeting, took place in Paris on 17-18 March. It gathered professionals from the banking industry and solution providers.

Gemalto as an only company received 2 Innovation Trophies for:
> Ezio DisplayCard - Most Innovative Solution for online strong authentication
> Ezio Secure Mobile Authentication - Most innovative Mobile Payment Solution.

In early Jan this year, NETS celebrated their 25th Anniversary.

NETS committee also awarded a total of 25 customers, partners and vendors with appreciation awards. Major companies received an award, like Singapore Pools, DBS, Cold Storage, Wei Long (car Parking), 7-11.

In terms of card vendors and card personalization solution, only Gemalto received this award: "The 1st Partner to provide Card Personalization Solution” Award recognizing its continuous support during the past 25 years, especially for the launch of CASHCARD for Electronic Road Pricing (an electronic system of road pricing based on pay–as-use & charges varies accordingly to peak hours).
 

Gemalto has been given the distinction of “Innovator 2009” by leading IT security publication SC Magazine. Gemalto was recognized in the Multi-Factor Authentication category for its portfolio of authentication products including the recently launched Protiva™ Smart Guardian (SG) – a smart card-based USB flash storage protected by military-grade encryption, and a PIN or passphrase for access.

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The European Excellence Awards honor the most outstanding achievements of communications professionals in their field. A jury of over 30 leading European communications professionals judged the campaign on its strategy, innovation, creativity, cost-efficiency and results.

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Gemalto fought off short-listed competition from RBS, Booker, Fujitsu, Royal Mail (x2), BT, CPA Global and Inmarsat.

The independent panel of judges, comprising marketing directors said: "It makes the complex subject of digital security not only readable but very interesting. The quality of design really shines through and it's a great showcase for a global brand".

Gemalto won the award for best B-B advertising campaign, beating Air France and BNP-Paribas in the process. Effie, also known as the Oscars of the French Ad Industry, stands for the efficiency of the campaign. Gemalto was rewarded due to the massive interest created by www.justaskgemalto.com; over1 million visitors in just six months and an on-line campaign with 3 times as many clicks as the industry standard. The jury gave particular praise to the campaign as digital security is a complex subject to promote

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Le Palmarès 2009 fait la part belle aux sociétés de taille moyenne puisque Gemalto occupe la première marche du podium". [Mieux Vivre votre argent: C. Brault]

"Hardware"
The Contactless Very High Data Rate (VHDR) is a communication protocol that enables transfer of large amounts of data to and from contactless products, ten times faster than with current contactless technology. For example, a large music file can be transferred in less than three seconds. Contactless VHDR can be implemented in e-health cards to allow transfer of medical files including high-resolution X-ray pictures, or in eID cards to speed up biometric data verification. Incorporated in an NFC SIM card, Contactless VHDR would enable purchase of MP3 files with transfer and payment being carried out simultaneously.

"Mobile"
MASSIM, which stands for M2M Anti-Stealing SIM, is a Machine-to-Machine SIM card which theft can be detected immediately. An M2M SIM card is a robust SIM-based device that meets the stringent requirements of the industrial environment in terms of vibrations and shocks. Once MASSIM has been placed in industrial equipment, such as electricity or gas meters, the card automatically detects and stores its location. If removed and inserted into a mobile phone, it will immediately detect the change of location and send an SMS to the service provider. The service provider is then able to take all necessary actions, such as blocking the card.

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Digital ID World 2009, Las Vegas, NV - Gemalto and Vodafone Group R&D have been awarded an IDDY - Identity Deployment of the Year Award - for a collaborative proof-of-concept identity application that enables smart card-based strong authentication of an OpenID across the Internet or a mobile network.

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“Gemalto is recognized by the Ministry of Defense in Singapore for its contribution and support for National Servicemen who carry a double responsibility; both to the defense and protection of their nation as well as their service to their company. Gemalto makes provisions within the company structure and operational processes to accommodate this, ensuring they can fulfill their dual duties to the best of their abilities.”

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"Chinatrust Commercial Bank Taiwan has won the Enhanced Internet Bank Security Program OTP award for their user-friendly Todos eCode setup. CTCB, with more than one million online users, rolled out Todos bySMS in June 2006.

Todos bySMS is a patented OTP verification system that leverages the consumer’s mobile phone. The system consists of a specific online eCode generation system operated by CTCB and an SMS gateway plug-in, which mitigates both phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks by using two separate channels – online and offline – for data transaction.

Ove Wedsjö, CEO at Todos, comments: “Todos bySMS is the pinnacle of user-friendly eBanking authentication and is proof that you can indeed combine high security levels with happy end-users. The flexibility of our eCode system has put many banks, such as CTCB, in the market’s driver’s seat with truly future-proof solutions.”

Peter Wei, Senior vice-president at Chinatrust Commercial Bank, said: “Chinatrust Commercial Bank devotes itself to high standard on-line security with a user-friendly manner. We are delighted to receive this award.”[...]

New Delhi, India,  – Gemalto is awarded "Value Partner of the Year" by Bharti Airtel, India’s largest wireless telecommunications provider by subscriber base. During the "Airtel Partnership Meet 2009" in March, Gemalto was the only digital security vendor to be recognized at its Best Partner Awards ceremony, which honors the top 10 suppliers and vendors out of 3,500 partners across 10 award categories.

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Gemalto has taken home one of the most coveted technology prizes in Austin with its Smart Enterprise Guardian (SEG) – the Tech Innovation Award for Hardware from the Austin Business Journal.

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Gemalto landed a prestigious prize at the 2008 BFM Awards ceremony, organized by BFM Radio, France’s leading business-oriented radio station. The ‘Best Stock Market Performance’ prize, awarded to Gemalto at a ceremony in Paris, recognizes the company’s strong financial performance over the past year.
 
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An innovative application model for smartcards based on Web mashup technologies and Java Card 3.0 web server.

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Smart Enterprise Guardian was named Best in the Personal Portable Security Devices category and a winner of a Network Products Guide 2008 Best Products and Services Award. The Smart Enterprise Guardian (SEG) is a unique, multi-function personal USB network security device jointly developed by Gemalto and Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media.

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Silicon Valley-based Info Security Products Guide named Gemalto the winner in the Personal Portable Security Devices (PPSD) category. The SEG is a unique, multi-function USB device jointly developed by Gemalto and leading semiconductor solutions provider Lexar.

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The editors of Network Products Guide ranked Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, among the world’s elite information security companies, naming it a "Hot Company” Finalist for 2008.
"The Hot Company selection recognizes industry players that work to solve the critical information security problems that face every individual, enterprise or government using networks or the Internet," said Rake Narang, managing editor of Network Products Guide, published by Silicon Valley Communications.
 
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SConnect is a platform and browser agnostic technology enabling web applications and services to connect to any smart card. Eliminating the need for middleware and working seamlessly with existing infrastructures, SConnect is a paradigm shift in Web-based service delivery that let applications leverage smart cards for security and personalization.

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Live Provisioning, native within the Protiva Strong Authentication solution, is an innovative user provisioning feature that offers enterprises end-to-end security that is easy to deploy. This Web-based system includes a Gemalto contactless reader that is used to securely communicate with the smart card-based strong authentication device and the server. Live Provisioning automatically generates the device ID, personalizes the device to the user, and binds the provisioned device to the data server and data directory through a secured link. With these tools, security administrators can now manage the entire lifecycle of a digital security device more conveniently and productively.

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Protiva is a revolutionary digital security solution for enterprises, healthcare and financial institutions. Components of the solution include a family of smart-card based user authentication devices, a browser plug-in, an authentication and customer care server and a self-service user care portal. Protiva’s family of portable and convenient network access devices protect against key logging, shoulder surfing and password cracking, and also help guard against phishing attacks when connected to the network. Organizations can deploy Protiva for secure user authentication and then evolve to more comprehensive identity protection and network security solutions without being forced to abandon infrastructure investments or change end-user devices.

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Gemalto have earned it a spot among the elite "Hot Companies” for 2007 in the Info Security Products Guide,  the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies. The Hot Companies selection recognizes industry players that provide end users with the most effective and deployable protective solutions against the next generation of highly sophisticated attacks.

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Gemalto Scoops 2 Sesames Awards with “IPv6 embedded stack” and “SIM Strong”.
Implementation of an IPv6 communication stack in a smart card integrating a high-speed protocol communication interface

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For this award, more than 18,000 end-users and prospective customers worldwide were invited to vote for the products that they trust the most when it comes to protecting their digital resources.

Gemalto have earned it a spot among the elite "Hot Companies” for 2006 in the Info Security Products Guide, the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies. The Hot Companies selection recognizes industry players that provide end users with the most effective and deployable protective solutions against the next generation of highly sophisticated attacks.

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Gemalto won a “Best Vendor Partner Award” for its MasterCard® OneSmart™ PayPass™ EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) Contactless Combi Cards at the MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Product Forum in August 2006. Gemalto is delivering the cards to two of Taiwan’s leading banks: Cathay United Bank, one of the top three credit card issuing banks in Taiwan; and Taipei Fubon Bank, Taiwan’s second-largest privately owned bank.

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GemSense Instant Issuance wins award in the category for the most innovative and advanced Payments Software/Hardware Product

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