AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Integrated Into New Cherry FingerTIP Biometric/Smart Card Keyboard Family.AuthenTec AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor Enhances Security Features of Cherry's New G83-14600/14700 USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Keyboards MELBOURNE, Fla. & AUERBACH, Germany -- AuthenTec - the world's leading provider of fingerprint authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. sensors and solutions - announced that its AES2501 fingerprint sensor is being integrated into a new USB biometric keyboard family recently introduced by Cherry GmbH, a leading manufacturer of high-quality keyboards for professional office and industrial applications. Cherry's new FingerTIP fin·ger·tip n. The extreme end or tip of a finger. ID Boards G83-14600 and 14700 will incorporate AuthenTec's AES2501 slide fingerprint sensor to enable user authentication See authentication. and password-free logon See login. 1. (jargon) logon - login. 2. (networking) logon - In ACF/VTAM, an unformatted session-initiation request for a session between two logical units. to PCs. Security is further enhanced by the incorporation of a CardMan smart card reader in the 14700 series for multi-factor authentication in this new USB keyboard family. "Cherry has been a valued long-term AuthenTec customer, and has integrated many of our touch fingerprint sensors into their keyboards. We are delighted that Cherry has chosen our small form factor AES2501 slide sensor to provide biometric security for this very versatile new family of keyboards," said Marc Gebert, director of European Sales and Marketing of AuthenTec. AuthenTec's AES2501 is based on the company's patented TruePrint([R]) technology, the only solution in production that reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where the true fingerprint resides. This unique subsurface sub·sur·face adj. Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water. Adj. 1. approach enables AuthenTec sensors to read virtually every fingerprint, anywhere. The technology's extreme accuracy also allows AuthenTec to create sensors that are smaller, lower cost, and perform better than larger, more costly competing solutions. The Cherry G83-14600 USB keyboards include the AES2501 fingerprint sensor, while the G83-14700 series incorporate both the sensor and a CardMan 3121-compatible PC/SC PC/SC Personal Computer/Smart Card smart card reader. The keyboards are available in either 104-key international layout or 105-key European layout with Windows[TM] keys. All include a 1.75 meter USB-compatible cable and a two-year warranty. About AuthenTec With more than 15 million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world's leading provider of fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch[R] by utilizing the company's patented TruePrint[R] technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication. The company's customers include: ASUSTek, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, HTC HTC HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Component HTC High Tech Computer Corp (Taiwan, China) HTC Hennepin Technical College (Minnesota) HTC High-Throughput Computing , Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and Toshiba, among others. |
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