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Datastrip wins 2008 innovation award

Monday, September 29, 2008

Frost and Sullivan, a growth partnership company, has included biometrics developer Datastrip in its list of companies being bestowed Frost and Sullivan Best Practice Awards recognizing their leadership and strategy in their respective industry over the past year.

Datastrip’s award is the 2008 Global Biometrics Product Differentiation Innovation of the Year Award recognizing their innovative new technologies introduced to the biometrics marketplace this year. Frost and Sullivan decide the recipients of the awards through market performance, in-depth interviews, analysis and research. [end] 

Gemalto has won the BearingPoint innovation management award – the Agile Innovation Award – for its think tank initiative Business Innovation Garage (BIG).

BIG provides Gemalto’s 10,000 employees company-wide with a structured process to submit and manage any innovative ideas they have. Ideas covering range of fields – from communication, payment, transport, Internet access, and machine-to-machine application – are systematically challenged, audited, developed and eventually selectively turned into incubation cells.

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Fulcrum Biometrics has been given two separate awards for innovation at the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group’s Innovation Awards in Chicago at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.

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The NFC Forum and WIMA, a worldwide event dedicated to NFC technology, have announced the winners of their Tap Into Innovation: NFC Global Competition 2012.

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London-based Smart Media Innovation Limited (SMI), a developer of mobile applications for secure ID management, has acquired the global rights to Datastrip’s product line of mobile biometric-enabled devices for secure ID verification, giving SMI the ability to offer a full mobile access and ID verification line.

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BillMyParents, creator of a trackable, reloadable MasterCard prepaid card that lets parents and teens track spending in real time, has been named the Paybefore Awards best in category for Youth/Student/Campus Prepaid Programs.

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Vision Database Systems, a developer of mobile ID card tracking solutions, has signed an agreement with Datastrip, a mobile handheld manufacturer for the ID market, to represent the company in the U.S.

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