AuthenTec Walks Away with the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, World Silicon Chip Fingerprint Markets, selected AuthenTec as the recipient of the 2005 Market Leadership Award -- for the third time running -- for its unit shipment and market share leadership in the silicon chip fingerprint market. The company's sustained high growth can be attributed to outstanding penetration levels in both the wireless and PC/network security solutions market. Each year, this award is given to a company that has exhibited market share leadership through the implementation of Market Engineering strategies. The award lauds Lauds is one of the two "major hours" in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours. It is to be recited in the early morning hours, preferably near dawn. Structure of the hour excellence in all areas of the Market Engineering process -- identification of industry challenges, market drivers and restraints, as well as strategy development and methods of addressing these market dynamics. "AuthenTec owes its success to its unique fingerprint sensor technology and sustained key project wins in Asia Pacific for biometric cell phones and globally in the PC/network security solution market," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Sapna Capoor. "Additionally, continuous development of distribution and marketing channels ensures prolonged growth in both application areas, and has placed the company in a very strong position for future growth." AuthenTec has retained its pole position pole position Noun 1. (in motor racing) the starting position on the inside of the front row, generally considered the best one 2. an advantageous starting position Noun 1. in the market with NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. , Inc. and LG Electronics in Japan and South Korea respectively, both of which have high adoption rates of biometric cell phones. In the PC/network security solutions market, three out of five leading PC manufacturers integrate AuthenTec's fingerprint sensor in select notebook and tablet PC (1) A tablet computer environment from Microsoft that is based on an enhanced version of Windows XP. Designed to function more like a portable writing tablet than previous tablet-based computers, it includes handwriting recognition as well as the ability to retain handwritten words models. LG Electronics integrated AuthenTec's EntrePad swipe fingerprint sensor (AES2510) in its latest cell phone, the LG-LP3550 model. AuthenTec's sensors were also the first to be embedded in a Hewlett-Packard notebook computer A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. , two new Toshiba notebook models, and several Fujitsu notebook and tablet computers. One of AuthenTec's vital product differentiators is its patented TruePrint technology, which enables fingerprints to be read below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where the fingerprint is actually located. This creates high quality fingerprint images, and has helped AuthenTec develop a wide range of form factors for fingerprint silicon chip technology and produce low cost sensors. The company's silicon chip sensors are one of the smallest, best performing, and most economical ones available. AuthenTec has a product portfolio of 14 fingerprint sensors designed to address specific applications. AuthenTec also has strong distribution channels, with local ones in the Asia Pacific, particularly in dynamic markets such as China and Taiwan. It has recently opened new marketing and customer technical support offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, which complements its global network of dealers and representatives. It has also widened its reach in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. "In 2005, AuthenTec launched its Shanghai biometric research and development center to develop biometric fingerprint sensors for consumer and commercial markets in China," notes Capoor. "This move further illustrates AuthenTec's unremitting commitment to the development of fingerprint sensor technology." About AuthenTec With more than five million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in fingerprint sensor innovation and sales to the PC, wireless, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning FingerLoc(R) and EntrePad(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. , Compal, Cherry, Fujitsu Computer, Computer Associates, Electrovaya, Fellowes, 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) , LGE LGE LG Electronics LGE Local Government Employers (UK) LGE Laser Guided Energy LGE Louisville Gas & Electric LGE Loop or Ground-start, Exchange (Newbridge) , Microsoft, Motion Computing, Samsung, Tatung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Quanta quan·ta n. Plural of quantum. , among others. Visit www.authentec.com. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.frost.com. |
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