American Power Conversion Joins AuthenTec's Solution Provider Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2004 International CES MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 APC's Biometric Password Manager A password manager is software that helps a user organize passwords and PIN codes. The software typically has a local database or files that holds the encrypted password data. Exclusively Relies on TruePrint Technology and is the Industry's First Sub-$50 Personal Biometric Device biometric device - biometrics AuthenTec, Inc., the leading semiconductor provider of fingerprint sensors to the global market, today announced that American Power Conversion American Power Conversion, (formerly NASDAQ: APCC) based in West Kingston, Rhode Island, is a maker of AC and DC-based back-up power products and services. APC is best known for their manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies, mostly used as a backup power system for (Nasdaq:APCC APCC anti-inhibitor coagulant complex. ) (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. ) is the newest member of AuthenTec's Solution Provider Network (SPN SPN Symantec Protection Network SPN Supernatural (TV show) SPN Specifications (TMINS) SPn Streptococcus Pneumoniae SPN Society of Pediatric Nurses SPN solitary pulmonary nodule ) and will exclusively make use of AuthenTec's TruePrint(R) technology-based fingerprint sensors for its APC Biometric Password Manager. APC introduced the industry's first sub-$50 fingerprint reader A scanner used to identify a person's fingerprint for security purposes. After a sample is taken, access to a computer or other system is granted if the fingerprint matches the stored sample. A PIN may also be used with the fingerprint sample. for PC and laptop users today at the Consumer Electronics Show (APC booth number 23849) in Las Vegas. APC's Biometric Password Manager eliminates the need for PINS, passwords and user IDs and provides convenient biometric security for consumers. "Our ongoing commitment to enabling viable consumer biometric solutions to be brought to market is realized through our SPN relationships," said Steve Mansfield, vice president of AuthenTec. "Fingerprint enabled peripheral devices, like the APC Biometric Password Manager, conveniently and securely authenticates a users' identity from home or on the road, before they are allowed to access sensitive password-protected information on the Web." Certified SPN members consist of independent companies that provide hardware and/or software products, or design services utilizing AuthenTec's TruePrint technology to corporate, government and individual customers. Global in scope, the SPN certification program enables TruePrint users worldwide to receive maximum performance from their TruePrint enabled products. "Today many PC and laptop users find themselves inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with passwords for their email, online trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. , shopping, and banking accounts," said Joe Loberti, general manager, APC Consumer Network Solutions Group. "To remember all of these different passwords, many will write them down on pieces of paper where they can be lost or viewed by unwanted users. AuthenTec's fingerprint sensor enabled us to develop the industry's first-ever sub-$50 personal biometric device -- an extremely economical and reliable solution that solves this problem." Award-Winning TruePrint(R) Technology Recent recognition of AuthenTec's fingerprint sensors have included numerous prestigious awards, such as: the 2003 Innovative Housing Technology Award; the 2003 BiometriTech Best of Show Product Award; the 2003 Florida Governor's New Product Award; the Wireless Systems Design 2002 Reader's Choice Award; and the SC Magazine Best of 2002 Award. Used to replace PINs, passwords, physical access cards and keys, AuthenTec's TruePrint(R)-based sensors provide the most convenient and reliable fingerprint security solutions available today for the PC, wireless, access control and automotive markets. AuthenTec's patented TruePrint technology allows fingerprints to be read below the surface of the skin to the live layer -- or true fingerprint. As such, TruePrint is not affected by common skin surface conditions including dry, worn, calloused, dirty or oily skin that can affect other sensors' ability to acquire accurate fingerprint images for user authentication purposes. Uniquely, TruePrint is the only fingerprint sensor technology capable of acquiring anyone's fingerprint under virtually any condition. TruePrint technology is the driver behind AuthenTec's ability to provide the broadest range of form factors and the lowest cost fingerprint sensors available on the market today. About AuthenTec, Inc. With more than a million sensors deployed worldwide, AuthenTec is the leading semiconductor provider of fingerprint sensors to the PC, wireless, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , access control and automotive markets. AuthenTec's FingerLoc(R) and EntrePad(TM) product families utilize the Company's patented TruePrint(R) technology, the first technology to make fingerprint biometrics viable for mass-market adoption. AuthenTec is an AO100 Top Private Global Company, as well as a two-time winner of Frost & Sullivan's Market Leadership Award. The Company's network of partners, solution providers and customers include Analog Devices, Bioscrypt, Computer Associates, Delphi, Fellowes, Harris Corporation, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, Samsung, SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. Microsystems, Targus and Texas Instruments. For more information, visit http://www.authentec.com. All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of the respective holders. |
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