BSI2000 Announces New Products for National ID Card Markets in Europe and the Middle East; Optical Cards...A Spectrum of Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 BSI BSI - British Standards Institute 2000, Inc. (BSIO-OTCBB), a leading developer of integrated optical card based systems and technology, today announced that it is introducing two new products - Hybrid 2000(TM) and SIGABA 2000/Arabia(TM). Hybrid 2000 is a small electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). add-on device with an embedded microcontroller that enables standard optical drive units to also access smart card chips for hybrid optical/chip card projects. Several countries, including Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. and Italy, have announced national ID card systems that will use optical stripes combined with smart card chips in a hybrid card configuration. BSI2000 believes that Hybrid 2000 is the first product available that enables a terminal device to access both components of hybrid cards in a single secure operation. SIGABA 2000/Arabia represents the culmination of a long effort by BSI2000 to completely localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. the standard SIGABA 2000 secure identification verification system to the Arab language and culture. "We have a significant marketing effort under way in the Middle East and in Europe -- areas of the world with clear and immediate needs for secure national identification systems. We have targeted the Hybrid 2000 and SIGABA 2000/Arabia products specifically at those markets," said Jack Harper Jack Harper may refer to:
About BSI2000, Inc. BSI2000, Inc., established in 1993 and based in Lakewood, Colorado The City of Lakewood is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Lakewood is the fourth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 164th most populous city in the United States. , is a leading manufacturer of integrated hardware and software optical card products. The company has developed proprietary applications of patent pending technology for the homeland security and other markets that use LaserCard(R) products. Company Web site: www.bsi2000.com. NOTE: LaserCard(R) is a registered trademark of LaserCard System Corp. (www.lasercard.com). Civilitas 2000, Transact 2000, SIGABA 2000, SIGABA 2000/Arabia, Hybrid 2000, and Crypto 2000 are trademarks of BSI2000 Inc. Patents pending. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements contained in this document which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements based upon management's current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward looking statements. |
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