SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Feb. 4 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SecuGen Corporation, a world leading fingerprint technology company, today announced its collaboration with WCC Smart Search & Match, a leading provider of high-performance search and match software.
WCC Smart Search & Match has developed ELISE ID, the Platform for Multi-Modal Fusion, which is capable of searching vast amounts of data – both biographic and complex biometric – to deliver meaningful, ranked results extremely quickly. ELISE ID optimizes identity searching using advanced technologies to calculate similarities and rank results, allowing for true score-level fusion. The ELISE ID platform will incorporate SecuGen’s fingerprint technology as a significant enhancement to its capabilities for multi-factor identification.
“Our partnership with SecuGen brings together two key technologies to deliver on the promise of multi-modal fusion,” said Peter Went, CEO of WCC. “This collaboration allows us to deliver an enhanced multi-modal search and match platform tailored to large databases found in such areas as the federal government, healthcare and financial sectors. SecuGen’s Hamster line of fingerprint readers are fast, accurate, rugged and scratch-resistant. They will provide a very cost effective means of enhanced biometric identification and authentication for our ELISE ID solution.”
“Fingerprint authentication is one of the most trusted and accurate methods to proving identity,” said Won Lee, President and CEO of SecuGen. “We are excited to work with WCC Smart Search & Match to create a truly multi-modal platform that exceeds anything available in the world today.”
About WCC
WCC is a global technology leader in search and match software. Its ELISE matching system delivers the best possible identity matching results using multiple biometrics and/or biographic criteria. WCC’s core competencies are in Identity Matching (biometrics), HR/staffing and other markets.
For more information, please visit: www.multimodalfusion.com.
About SecuGen
SecuGen Corporation (www.secugen.com) is the world’s leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops FBI-certified fingerprint readers and OEM components, developer kits and software that include NIST/MINEX-compliant algorithms. Known for high quality, ruggedness and performance in a wide variety of applications and environmental conditions, SecuGen products are used by world-leading financial, medical, government, educational and corporate institutions and are sold through a partner network of over 200 original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and system integrators around the world.
SecuGen is a registered trademark of SecuGen Corporation in the United States and other countries.
ELISE is a registered trademark of WCC Group BV in the United States and other countries.
News issued by: SecuGen Corporation
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Original Story ID: (3651) :: 2008-02-0204-002
Original Keywords: SecuGen Corporation, WCC ELISE matching system, optical fingerprint recognition technology, NIST MINEX compliant algorithms, CEO Won Lee, Hamster fingerprint readers, WCC Smart Search & Match, CEO Peter Went, biometrics SecuGen Corporation
News Source: SecuGen Corporation
