RegardingID Archive | AuthenTec acquires software assets of EzValidation

Monday, April 21, 2008

Melbourne, Fla.-based AuthenTec has acquired the software assets of EzValidation, formerly a California-based provider of fingerprint sensor authentication and user interface software.

AuthenTec acquired the portfolio of EzValidation software, including its EzPassport fingerprint authentication software. This asset purchase is being recorded as in-process R&D and will be dilutive to AuthenTec’s first quarter earnings per share by $0.01 per share. The first offering of a bundled software solution from AuthenTec, which includes key features of EzPassport, is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2008.

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AuthenTec has announced that its AES850 smart fingerprint sensor has been integrated into a new Fujitsu smart phone, the REGZA Phone T-01D.

With AuthenTec’s AES850, the Android 2.3-based phone can be locked and unlocked via a quick scan of the user’s fingerprint. The sensor can also be used to control access to applications on the phone as well as provide greater security for NFC-enabled mobile payments.

VoiceTrust acquires Perceive Solutions

VoiceTrust announced it has acquired Montreal-based voice technology developer Perceive Solutions. The acquisition means VoiceTrust is able to extend its product portfolio to include Perceive’s free-form speech products as well as gain a significant foothold in the Canadian market.

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AuthenTec develops new fingerprint secured mobile VPN client

AuthenTec has introduced a solution that brings fingerprint security to virtual private network authentication on Android-powered smartphones and tablets.

AuthenTec touts the new solution, called QuickSec Mobile VPN Client 2.0, as being an upgrade over the native VPN Client the Android operating system provides as it’s more secure, faster, interoperable and less expensive to maintain.

AuthenTec acquires PeerSec

AuthenTec announced it has acquired Seattle-based network security solutions developer PeerSec Networks. Among the segments of PeerSec that is included in the acquisition are the Matrix line of device-embedded security solutions, which consists of the MatrixSSL, MatrixSSH and MatrixDTLS, and the team behind those solutions.

AuthenTec acquires Proxure

AuthenTec announced the acquisition of all the assets of Proxure, which includes intellectual property and software products relating to their syncing and cloud-based storage services.

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AuthenTec acquires software assets of EzValidation