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Cogent and Keyscan agree to distribution partnership

Friday, March 20, 2009

Cogent Systems, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced the signing of a distribution and original equipment manufacturer agreement with Keyscan, a provider of access control hardware and software. Part of the agreement stipulates Keyscan providing a North American distribution of Cogent’s BioGate physical access biometric solutions including Search-Gate, Smart-Gate, SC-Gate and ID-Gate.

Through Keryscan’s network, Cogent’s products will have access to more than 40 distributors in North America and customers of the companies will be able to use Cogent’s Smart-Gate with Keyscan’s K-Secure AES smart cards as they will be pre-integrated. [end] 

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