 Gemplus
Ties Up with Asian Technology Partners To Showcase Secure Identity Management at
ix2003
Ix2003 trade event in Singapore from 30 September - 1
October 2003
Singapore - 24 September, 2003 - Gemplus, the world's leading provider
of smart card solutions, with two Asian partners Digital Imaging and Ufinity,
will showcase a cost-effective smart card-based ID solution for the corporate
and government sector at ix2003. The customized solution brings together
best-of-breed technology from the three companies including Gemplus' GemSAFE,
Digital Imaging's EPISUITE and EDIGuard, and Ufinity's RightAccess.
Mr. GOH Say Yeow, Head of the Financial and Security Service Business Unit in
South East Asia said, "Smart card technology is one of the best platforms
for a secure personal identity management system as it brings together security,
convenience and cost-efficiency. Our solution, combined with expertise from
Digital Imaging and Ufinity, will help customers gain better control of physical
and virtual identity management while achieving cost savings by reducing fraud
and administration time. The time is right for such a solution, and we have
forecasted strong growth of between 20 - 30% over the next three years, driven
by security and privacy concerns."
Gemplus' GemSAFE is a smart card-based crypto-library product that provides a
complement to the network security implementations by storing digital identity
credentials on a personal smart card. This delivers key functions required for
safe network access and communication including logon and authentication when
accessing desktop, network and web applications.
Ufinity's RightAccess offers the first fully integrated wired and wireless
access control infrastructure for enterprises through an Identity Management
infrastructure with true Single Sign-On capability. With Ufinity's RightAccess,
an enterprise enhances protection and security of digital assets by ensuring
only the right users have access to the right resources. Today, more than one
million user accounts in Asia are managed by RightAccess.
Digital Imaging will showcase EPSUITE which is a ready-to-use software
application for ID badge design and management. The software captures
photographs, signatures and fingerprints, maintains a secure database of
cardholder information, and encode contact, contactless smart chips, and
magnetic strips and barcodes. The solution also couples the best features of
Digital Imaging's EPISUITE software with the EdiGuard, the latest and most
versatile ID retransfer card printer, enabling the encoding, full printing and
personalization of smart cards in a single printer pass. The combination will
perform well on a variety of card materials including PVC, PVH, PET(100%), ABS
or Polycarbonate-type.
Said Mr. Benny TAN, Director of Business Operations for Digital Imaging Asia
Pacific region, "Our partnership with Gemplus and Ufinity means customers
will have the best secured cards teamed with the best in flexibility and clarity
of print and the greatest variety of security applications. White cards with
pre-embedded chips can now be printed and graphically personalised in one go
with true edge-to-edge printing and true chip-edge printing. The artwork is
printable right to the chip edge so that it looks just like pre-printed chip
cards. It's a winning combination."
Mr. TUNG Teck Lee, Chief Technology Officer of Ufinity, explains: "As an
Identity Management solutions provider, we are very happy to showcase a
practical deployment of two-factor authentication using Gemplus technology. By
using a second 'identity hardware' like a smartcard, securing business's logical
assets are further enforced."
Notes to Editors:
Gemplus is the leading provider of smart card identity management solutions,
offering innovative and proven technology to address market requirements.
Gemplus' worldwide corporate customers include Price Waterhouse Coopers, Hong
Kong Post and The Boeing Company.
Gemplus is supplier of smart card solutions to numerous national ID
programmes:
- National ID cards: Sultanate of Oman, U.A.E.
- Immigration clearance and residency cards: Singapore, Philippines,
Colombia, Mexico
- Welfare ID: South Africa, Brazil
- Healthcare ID: Slovenia, France, Germany
- Driver's licenses & car registration: Argentina, El Salvador, Mexico,
India
Gemplus is an active participant in industry-level efforts to address
physical and virtual security concerns including the Open Security Exchange and
the European Commission sponsored S-travel (Secure-Travel) program.
About Gemplus
Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP) is
the world's leading player in the smart card industry in both revenue and total
shipments (source 2002: Gartner-Dataquest, Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor.)
It has the largest R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track
record of technological innovation.
Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable,
personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives.
These include Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail,
Transport, Identity, WLAN, Pay-TV, e-government, access control, and a wealth of
other applications.
Gemplus' revenue in 2002 was 787 million Euros.
www.gemplus.com
About Digital Imaging
Digital Imaging Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is one of the fully owned subsidiaries of
ImageWare Systems Inc. Imageware Systems, Inc (IW listed in ASE, America) is a
main player of law enforcement and biometrics solution provider. Digital Imaging
and companies are the producers of the leading ID design and management packaged
software called EPISuiteTM, the leading Software Development Kit called the
EPIBUILDERTM for large ID projects development. These software solutions
combined with the best ID hardware like EdiGuardTM card printers and related
peripherals, Digital Imaging and companies have evolved to major players in ID
systems and solutions worldwide. Besides creating and expanding the distribution
network of its products, Digital Imaging is actively working with partners on
huge projects like: National ID cards, Drivers license cards, Airlines, Airports
and big Corporate ID badges for both the staff and visitors worldwide.
About Ufinity Pte Ltd
Ufinity is a leading provider of Identity Management technology, specializing in
the area of access control over wired and wireless solutions. Its flagship
product RightAccess™ is the only product that can authenticate users over
multiple communication channels like Web, WAP, SMS, and Wi-Fi. RightAccess™
offers businesses a unified and easy-to-use framework to authenticate,
authorise, and administer user access across disparate and extranet information
networks in multiple geographical locations, while acting to secure business
information at the application level. Ufinity began as a government (IDA) led
technology consortium in 1996 and now has key customers in the mobile carrier
(StarHub, SingTel), government (National Library Board, IDA), and entertainment
sectors (Golden Harvest, TVB, The Star). Major investors of the company include Smartlabs,
a joint venture fund by EDB Ventures & Gemplus and Venture
TDF.
www.ufinity.com
For further information, contact:
Janet LOH
Regional Communications Manager
Gemplus Technologies Asia Pte Ltd
Tel: +65 6317 3746
Email: Janet.LOH-TK@gemplus.com
TONG Sau Loon
Product Director, Identity Management
Ufinity Pte Ltd
Tel: +65 6355 9376
Elliza Abdul Rahim / Amanda GOH
Edelman PR Worldwide
Tel: +65 6733 1110 (ext 223/211)
Email: elliza.abdulrahim@edelman.com
/ Amanda.goh@edelman.com
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