R.C.Group-Security Solutions & Biometrics products

Another (shorter) post about a `world leading' competitior for your wider info. Ignore these if it's too much reading:-


Corporate Fact Sheet
Founded October 1998

Headquarters AuthenTec, Inc. Phone: 321.308.1300
709 S. Harbor City Blvd Fax: 321.308.1430
Melbourne, FL 32901 Web: www.authentec.com


Financial Status - Privately funded, investors in AuthenTec include The Carlyle Group, Sierra Ventures, Texas Instruments, Harris Corporation, the China Development Bank, and others.

Profile - With more than nine 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 is leading the biometrics evolution with its "The Power of Touch" approach, which enhances the overall consumer electronics experience by extending biometric technology beyond secure user authentication to take full advantage of the power of touch. AuthenTec is an Inc. 500 Company, two-time AO100 Top Private Global Company, 2005 World's Most Respected Private Company by the Fabless Semiconductor Association, as well as a three-time winner of Frost & Sullivan.s Market Leadership Award.

Technology - AuthenTec's patented TruePrint® and TrueMatch technologies allow fingerprints to be read below the surface of the skin to the live layer - or true fingerprint. As such, TruePrint is not affected by common skin surface conditions, including dry, worn, calloused, dirty or oily skin that can affect other sensors. ability to acquire accurate fingerprint images for user authentication purposes. TruePrint and TrueMatch are the only fingerprint sensor technologies capable of acquiring everyone's fingerprint under virtually any condition. The technologies are the driver behind AuthenTec's ability to provide the broadest range of form factors and the lowest cost fingerprint sensors available on the market today.


Russ