AuthenTec Named High Growth Company of the Year by ITFlorida.- Biometrics Leader Recognized for Its Rapid Market Growth - MELBOURNE, Fla. -- AuthenTec, the world leader in biometric fingerprint sensor security, innovation and sales, has been named the High Growth Company of the Year by ITFlorida. This prestigious award recognizes the company that has successfully seized the opportunity to capture a greater share of its product or service market. AuthenTec, based in Melbourne, Florida Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71,382. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,646. , was nominated for the award by The Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast. The company received this designation at the annual, statewide ITFlorida Awards Gala, held on December 8, 2006 in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . The ITFlorida Awards Program, now in its fourth year, is a highly successful program featuring the innovation and leadership taking place in the state's IT and IT-enabled industry sectors. "We are thrilled to be recognized by ITFlorida as the High Growth Company of the Year as it represents AuthenTec's success in delivering industry leading solutions and driving the adoption of fingerprint biometrics in the consumer, commercial and government marketplaces," said Peter Sherlock Peter Sherlock is an English actor, stylist, and television presenter. He was born in Liverpool at the end of that city's glory days as the 60s became the 70s, and quickly established himself as a juvenile lead in many local stage productions, appearing as Barnaby in , Vice President of Product Development at AuthenTec, who accepted the award for the company. "2006 was a record year for AuthenTec, and this recognition represents yet another important milestone for the company, as well as our team's commitment to continuing our strongly focused approach of introducing even more secure, smaller and lower cost products for use by people at home and at work." AuthenTec was selected among a group of four distinguished award finalists. The nominees were judged for the award based on the demonstration of a strategic and successful market focus, for driving or responding to the market, and for developing its production, delivery and servicing capabilities to fully leverage its market position and achieve exceptional growth. Since its launch in 1998, AuthenTec has directly contributed to Florida's thriving IT industry -- adding 50 new, high paying jobs to the area in the past two years alone. AuthenTec supports a wide range of local educational, business and civic organizations, and recently received the prestigious 2006 Governor's Business Diversification Award for Innovation from Florida Governor Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician, and was the 43rd Governor of Florida as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. . With more than 10 million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the recognized volume supplier leader of biometric fingerprint sensors -- shipping nearly two thirds of all sensors sold in the PC, wireless and access control markets during the past five years. AuthenTec sensors are used in 150 different models of notebook and tablet PCs, including those made by 7 of the world's top 10 PC manufacturers. The sensors provide advanced security and replace the need for passwords. In cell phones, AuthenTec sensors are used in more than 95 percent of all biometric cell phone models -- protecting phone files and securing mobile commerce transactions. In access control, AuthenTec sensors protect hundreds of airports, government and corporate offices, individual homes, and other facilities around the world. The company's sensors also are used in the U.S. government's largest biometrics implementation for the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census . About ITFlorida ITFlorida is an umbrella, not-for-profit membership organization that represents Florida's diverse information technology businesses and communities on a statewide basis. ITFlorida advocates--to the Legislature, the Executive Office of the Governor, and other bodies--for the establishment of rational regulatory regimes and economic development processes to support and enhance Florida's high tech industries. About AuthenTec With more than 10 million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in fingerprint sensor security, innovation and sales to the PC, wireless, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning FingerLoc([R]) and Entr[R] Pad([R]) sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch" 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 See authentication. . The company's network of partners, solution providers and customers include: Analog Devices, 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. , ASUSTek, Compal, Cherry, Fujitsu Computer, Computer Associates, HP, 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) , Lenovo, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Motion Computing, MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. Computers, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Packard Bell, Pantech Pantech can be:-
n. Plural of quantum. , Samsung, Tatung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and Wistron, among others. Visit www.authentec.com |
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