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.
