New York City – 22 November 2002 – VeriTouch Ltd. (U.S.A.) announced today the release of an advanced integrated security solution for the open source world with its reVeal™-L biometric engine and vr-3(U)™ USB fingerprint/smartcard reader and device driver for Linux operating systems.
Fully compatible with popular distributions of Linux including those provided by Red Hat® Linux, SuSE® Linux, and Mandrake® Linux, VeriTouch's breakthrough technology will offer the world's lowest-cost solution for biometric network security by virtue of the open source platform. The initial release to customers will include Linux kernels 2.4.7-10, 2.4.18, and 2.4.19.
The company's proprietary reVeal-L biometric engine offers extremely high levels of performance in the enrollment and matching of users' fingerprint data in real-time on Linux servers, allowing rapid deployment in large corporate, government, military, and healthcare customer environments.
More than two years in development, VeriTouch's reVeal-L biometric solution offers a complete, integrated HW/SW package for Linux Servers and Workstations, and is available immediately as an SDK (Software Development Kit) for customers world-wide.
In an official press release, CEO Gary E. Brant stated, "We are excited to release our first biometric technology solution for the Linux operating system, with its attendant cost savings and solid reliability in operation. Organizations utilizing Linux client/server networks finally have the tools to rapidly secure access to mission-critical information, both on site and in the virtual world."
VeriTouch Ltd. is a world leader in the development of advanced biometric security solutions. Established in 1996 and based in New York City, VeriTouch’s products include bioCARD™, the world’s first mobile, wireless biometric identification system. An integrated component of Constellation SCS™, an integrated commercial aviation security system, bioCARD provides real time identification of individuals and secure messaging capability for commercial aviation, military, government, corporate, and healthcare applications.
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Contact:
Gary E. Brant, C.E.O.
VeriTouch Ltd. Tel.: 917.378.2525
reVeal, bioCARD, and vr-3(U) are trademarks of VeriTouch Ltd.