Daon Releases Latest Version of Award-Winning Software Platform

Daon, a leading provider of identity assurance software announced today

the release of DaonEngine Version 4.0. Daon recently received the 2008

Frost & Sullivan Award for Global Biometrics Product Line Strategy

Leadership and with this latest release the company further solidifies

its position as the biometric identity assurance platform leader.

DaonEngine 4.0 provides important new capabilities and extended

functionality which allows Daon partners to deliver flexible and secure

identity assurance solutions more quickly. The company also announced

that it has been awarded a contract by a major US government agency to

license DaonEngine 4.0.
With its enhanced, standards-based web services capabilities, Daon

extends its support for Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), thereby

allowing customers to realize their vision of offering biometric

identity services to applications internal or external to the

enterprise. Additionally, DaonEngine 4.0 offers enhanced fusion and

normalization support, asynchronous operations, NIST processing, systems

monitoring support as well as Java Message Service (JMS) support.
Tony Damalas, vice president, technology for Diebold Government

Solutions, a unit of Diebold, Incorporated´s

(NYSE:DBD), Global Security division, commented on the new Daon release

saying, "We are very excited about this

announcement and believe these enhancements to the core Daon product are

critical in our joint markets. DaonEngine 4.0 offers unique advantages

to our customers and allows for easier integration between our products.

It´s always exciting to team with a company

that thrives on innovation."
"As technology markets mature, we often see a

shift from custom development to COTS offerings to achieve lower costs

faster implementations and more flexible systems. Just as we have

observed that shift in the database and ERP markets, we are now seeing

that trend in the identity assurance space. The adoption of Daon´s

mature platform by customers around the world is one example of this

trend," according to Dilip Sarangan, Lead

Analyst for Frost & Sullivan´s Security

Practice.
About Daon
Daon is a leading provider of identity assurance software products

focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations

worldwide. Daon supports customers and system integrators in building

enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security

performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. The DaonApplicationSuite provides a powerful tool for faster development of scalable, robust and

secure identity registration and vetting solutions. Daon´s

multi-modal authentication infrastructure, DaonEngine, integrates

seamlessly with IT platforms and applications and manages the identity

life-cycle of small and large populations. Daon´s

offices are located in Washington DC, Canberra, London and Dublin. For

further information please visit www.daon.com.