International Biometric Group and Comdex/Spring Present "Biometropolis" in Chicago, April 17-20.Business Editors COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Spring 2000 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 International Biometric Group and COMDEX/Spring have teamed up to present Biometropolis(TM), the state-of-the-art industry event for biometric technologies. Biometropolis will be a major feature of the COMDEX/Spring 2000 conference to be held April 17-20 at Chicago's McCormick Place McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. Convention Center. With biometrics expected to be a hot topic for the more than 80,000 attendees and 600 media and analysts, COMDEX/Spring 2000 is expanding the show floor area dedicated to biometric exhibitors and including new educational sessions. "At COMDEX/Spring `99, we had a tremendous response from the biometric exhibitors as well as the attendees," said Bob Bierman, Vice President and General Manager at ZD Events. "COMDEX has seen the biometric industry experience huge growth and become an essential element in any security infrastructure. That's why we're building on last year's overwhelming success to establish Biometropolis as a major program at COMDEX/Spring 2000." The program's momentum began last year, when COMDEX/Spring attendees had the opportunity to see exhibitions from the leading biometric vendors, including 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. , SAFLINK, IriScan, CyberSIGN, Keyware, Visionics, Veridicom, Precise Biometrics, BioPassword, SecuGen, Cherry, Biometric Identification Noun 1. biometric identification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or and many others. COMDEX/Spring 2000 attendees can also attend presentations from technology vendors American Biometric Company, SAFLINK, and Authentec; leading solution provider EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ; and online identity security and privacy provider e-Dentification. "With the resolution of the Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 issue and the recent spate of denial of service attacks, IT departments are now focusing efforts on security," said Michael J. Thieme, senior consultant with International Biometric Group. "Any major organization that has not examined biometrics as the solution to the security flaws inherent in PINs and passwords is behind the curve." With hundreds of solutions available, ranging from home PC security to fully-integrated, enterprise-wide applications, biometric technologies provide the flexible, cost-effective authentication essential to establishing a secure computing For the general concept, see . Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, is a public company (NASDAQ: SCUR) that develops and sells computer security products, such as:
finger scanning biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification - the automatic identification of living individuals by , iris recognition Iris recognition is a method of biometric authentication that uses pattern recognition techniques based on high-resolution images of the irides of an individual's eyes. Not to be confused with another less prevalent ocular-based technology, retina scanning, iris recognition uses , voice verification, facial scan and signature recognition that verify one's identity based upon physiological or behavior characteristics. For more information on biometrics visit http://www.bio1.com. COMDEX/Spring and WINDOWS WORLD 2000 assembles the IT solutions, education and experts needed by companies looking to develop new business and IT models and remain competitive in the Internet economy. For detailed information, including keynote speakers, conference schedules and exhibitors list, visit COMDEX Online at http://www.comdex.com. About ZD Events... The ZD Events subsidiary of Ziff-Davis is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences, serving over 5,000 exhibiting companies and two million attendees through 59 events in 18 countries. ZD Events' products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop, to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information on ZD Events, visit http://www.zdevents.com. About International Biometric Group... International Biometric Group (IBG IBG Informatie Beheer Groep (Netherlands) IBG Institute of British Geographers IBG International Biometric Group IBG Interbank GIRO (General Interbank Recurring Order) IBG Inter-Block Gap IBG Interblock Gap ) is the leading biometric integration and consulting firm, addressing the identification and authentication needs of mid to large size organizations. IBG works on behalf of both private and government clients to evaluate, design and install biometric solutions for Internet applications, public sector programs, network security, point of sale authentication, physical access and time & attendance systems. IBG operates the BiometricStore, a high technology facility in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. that allows companies to test and compare over fifty biometric systems. IBG also publishes leading industry reports including benchmark studies, consumer reports, and the Biometric Market Report 2000. Visit IBG online at http://www.biometricgroup.com. Biometropolis is a trademark of International Biometric Group. ZD Events, the ZD Events logo, the ZD logo, COMDEX, COMDEX/Spring, WINDOWS WORLD and NetWorld+Interop are trademarks or registered trademarks owned or used under license by ZD Events Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Ziff-Davis Inc., and may be registered in the United States and other countries. WINDOWS(R), and the WINDOWS logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NetWorld is a service mark of Novell, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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