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Viisage Technology partners with friendlyway to enhance security and convenience at friendlyway kiosk stations
LITTLETON, MA, November 20th, 2001 - Viisage Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VISG), the leader in face-recognition technology and identification systems and solutions, announced today that it has partnered with friendlyway inc. to provide face recognition on friendlyway’s Intelligent Internet Stations. Under this agreement, friendlyway will integrate Viisage’s face recognition on friendlyway’s stylish, floor standing kiosks, which are used at major tradeshows and executive conferences worldwide. Friendlyway’s kiosks have been used at major events including Comdex, StreamingMedia and Red Herring conferences. Friendlyway was selected by Microsoft for use at their Windows XP product launch as well as by BMW in debuting their new 7 series automobile.
Marc Hodosh, Director of Biometric Business Development commented “I am very pleased that friendlyway chose Viisage’s face recognition technology to enhance the security and convenience of their state of the art, highly attractive kiosks used in both the public and private sectors. Its exciting that finally a large number of people in the public will get to benefit from the easy personal log-on provided by face recognition.” Alexander von Welczeck, President of friendlyway stated, “We were most impressed by Viisage’s superior technology which we have already begun to integrate into our Intelligent Internet Stations. Friendlyway can now uniquely enhance our signature Interactive Kiosks worldwide which are sold, leased or repeatedly rented to our customers. This partnership has the potential to offer terrific brand recognition as well as generate a substantial recurring revenue for both companies.”
Tom Colatosti, Viisage president and CEO, remarked, “While our business continues to receive new attention and opportunity from a national security perspective, we also continue to expand into other markets with strong partners such as friendlyway. We believe personal computers, mobile devices, and the internet will ultimately offer individuals increased privacy, security, and convenience through face-recognition. Friendlyway has proven experience along with striking, high tech machines which can be implemented at not only trade shows and events, but potentially numerous other public areas including airports. We are thrilled to have them by our side.”
About Viisage Technology
Viisage Technology is the world leader in biometric face-recognition technology and identification systems and solutions that enhance consumer convenience, improve security and protect personal privacy. Originally developed at MIT, Viisage’s patented, accurate, non-intrusive and cost-effective face-recognition technology is widely acknowledged for its unmatched performance including speed in real-time applications, scalability for managing large image databases, and systems integration for complete customer solutions.
Viisage provides a full family of face recognition products. FaceEXPLORER™ is a powerful and scalable image retrieval and analysis database product, used to combat identity fraud - it is implemented in the world’s largest face recognition system with more than 8 million enrolled images. FaceFINDER™, acclaimed for its processing speed, is the industry’s most widely implemented surveillance and identification system – it is installed in more than 80 casinos worldwide and has been deployed to improve security at premier sporting events. FacePASS™ (for PC, Mobile, & Internet) provides secure authentication for PC, Internet and e-commerce connections. FacePIN™ offers consumers convenient and private verification for point-of-sale transactions such as ATMs. FacePASS™ (keyless entry/physical access) is a practical security solution for keyless entry to secure facilities, such as offices, dormitories and government facilities. FaceTOOLS™ is a leadership Software Developers Kit that enables application providers the ability to develop and customize unique customer and market applications. Additionally, Viisage’s systems annually deliver, through 1,500 U.S. systems in 1,200 locations in 15 states, more than 25 million high-quality and high-security digital-identification documents for government agencies responsible for issuing drivers’ licenses, social services cards and law enforcement credentials.
About friendlyway, Inc.
Friendlyway develops and markets products, services and intelligent solutions for companies in retail, banking, leisure, media and other industries to deliver web content to their customers all over the world rapidly, reliably and engagingly in a user friendly manner. In 2000, friendlyway won the prestigious McKinsey "Start-up of the Year" competition over more than 1,300 companies. In 2001, NetInvestor billed friendlyway as best "on-line off-line mix" and one of the twenty-five most innovative companies. friendlyway's customers include BMW, Boeing, E-Bay, Fidelity Investments, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, SBC Communications and The Red Herring. friendlyway markets globally and has operations in Europe, America, with plans to launch Asian operations in Singapore. For more information on friendlyway, please contact 1-866-KIOSK4U or visit: http://www.friendlyway.com.
