Digital Persona's Authentication Solution Enables the World's Leading Suppliers of Enterprise Notebooks with Embedded Fingerprint Readers

Retail Systems 2006 Show -- Digital Persona, Inc., the leading provider of fingerprint authentication solutions for enterprise networks and commercial applications, today announced the latest version of its award-winning enterprise solution DigitalPersona Pro v 3.5, with support for notebooks from Dell, HP, and Toshiba with embedded fingerprint readers. Digital Persona had previously announced support for specific models of Lenovo/IBM and Itronix notebooks.

In addition to supporting the award-winning DigitalPersona U.are.U(R) fingerprint readers, Digital Persona Pro v 3.5 now offers seamless interoperability of fingerprint readers embedded with leading notebooks.

"With our support of mainstream enterprise notebooks from Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba with embedded fingerprint readers, IT administrators can deploy DigitalPersona Pro to eliminate the security problems, burdens and management costs of passwords," said Vance Bjorn, CTO of Digital Persona. "DigitalPersona Pro Workstation and Server software, enable centralized management and policy enforcement of authentication across Windows networks, Web sites and applications."

This latest announcement continues to strengthen Digital Persona's position as the industry-leader of advanced biometric authentication solutions across computer platforms and across brands of the world's largest notebook manufacturers.

"International Biometric Group estimates that the use of biometrics to identify individuals accessing computing devices will reach $906.2 million by 2010," said Victor Lee, of International Biometric Group. "When deploying fingerprint-secured laptops across an enterprise, it is critical to effectively address issues of interoperability."

Notebooks Supported

DigitalPersona Pro v 3.5 secures notebooks on the corporate network and provides biometric single sign-on (SSO) capabilities for the following models:

-- Dell: Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820, and Dell Precision M65

-- HP: HP Compaq nx6125 Notebook PC , HP Compaq nx9420 Notebook PC, HP

Compaq nc2400 Notebook PC, HP Compaq nc4400 Notebook PC, HP Compaq

nc6320 Notebook PC, HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC, HP Compaq nc8000

Notebook PC, HP Compaq nc8430 Notebook PC, HP Compaq nw8440 Mobile

Workstation, and HP Compaq nw8000 Mobile Workstation

-- Itronix: Itronix GoBook(R) VR1, Model #1X600

-- Lenovo: Lenovo ThinkPad Series T, X and Z

-- Toshiba: Toshiba Portege M400, Toshiba Tecra M5, Toshiba Tecra A6, and

Toshiba Tecra A7

The full line of supported notebooks can be found at http://www.digitalpersona.com/notebooks

Pricing and Availability

DigitalPersona Pro Workstation 3.5 client software is priced at $60. DigitalPersona Pro Workstation software includes Digital Persona's One Touch(R) applications -- One Touch SignOn, One Touch Internet, and One Touch Lock and Unlock. The full DigitalPersona Pro Workstation package (software and Digital Persona U.are.U Fingerprint Reader) is priced at $149. DigitalPersona Pro Server 3.5 software, starting at $1,499, installs on Windows domain controllers and uses Windows Active Directory to provide a manageable, scalable and reliable enterprise solution.

About Digital Persona

Digital Persona is the leading provider of biometric authentication solutions for enterprise networks and commercial applications. Founded in 1996, Digital Persona designs, manufactures and sells solutions that improve security and regulatory compliance while resolving password management problems. The company's fingerprint readers utilize superior optical fingerprint scanning technology, providing an unmatched ability to authenticate users more accurately and rapidly regardless of finger placement. Digital Persona's award-winning technology is used worldwide by over 25 million people in the most diverse and challenging environments.

Digital Persona has strategic relationships with market-leading manufacturers and resellers including Intel, Dell Inc., Microsoft, GTSI Corp. and Hewlett-Packard. DigitalPersona(R) Pro, the company's flagship turnkey security solution for enterprise authentication, is used by leading organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense, Cargill, Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V, (TelMex), United Bankers' Bank and Sutter Health/CPMC. For more information contact Digital Persona, Inc. at +1 650.474.4000, or visit http://www.digitalpersona.com.

DigitalPersona, One Touch and U.are.U are trademarks of Digital Persona, Inc. registered in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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