Cognitec Receive Frost & Sullivan 2008 World Award

Cognitec Systems, a leader in face recognition technology and systems, is proud to announce that it is the recipient of the 2008 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy of the Year for its FaceVACS multi-platform kit.

“We are delighted to be this year’s recipient of this prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award,” commented Alfredo Herrera, Cognitec’s CEO. “The momentous Award further validates the great success of our FaceVACS platform; which stems from our market-leading face recognition software research and world-class customer support. We remain committed to the continued enhancement of the FaceVACS platform to meet the increasing demands of our worldwide customers and partners,”

“Cognitec’s solutions products are available worldwide and have gained significant acceptance in applications such as document issuance, law enforcement, surveillance, border control and physical access control” states Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Neelima Sagar. It has played an important role in large scale deployments that include drivers’ license issuing authorities (DMVs) in the United States; passport and visa issuing authorities in Australia, Europe and South-East Asia; law enforcement agencies in the United States, Europe, South-East Asia, and Australia; border control authorities in Australia and Europe; and Internet service providers in the United States and Europe.

About Cognitec

Headquartered in Dresden, Germany and offices in Herndon, VA; Miami, FL; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hong Kong, China, Cognitec was founded in 2002, by a team of experts who recognized the growing need for software solutions in the field of biometrics. Cognitec’s founders have been working on specific algorithms for the face recognition technology FaceVACS since 1995. Commencing as early as 1996, government and industry customers began relying on the FaceVACS technology for a wide range of applications. In various independent evaluation tests including the Face Recognition Vendor Tests in 2002 and 2006, FaceVACS has proven to be the leading technology available on the market.

Cognitec Systems GmbH

Dr. Juergen Pampus

Grossenhainer Str. 101 D-01127 Dresden, Germany

Contact:

pampus@cognitec.com

Phone: +49-351-862-9212

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