DigitalPersona Fingerprint Biometric Solutions Improve Security and Service in Latin America Banks

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalPersona, Inc., a trusted partner for biometric identity verification solutions, today announced that Coppel Corporation, a group of retail and finance companies, has chosen DigitalPersona® fingerprint technology to verify employee and customer identities in more than 800 banks and 1,000 Pension Fund Offices throughout Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. Coppel Corporation also maintains similar biometrics-based solutions in its retail stores and warehouses throughout their network.

Coppel Corporation's initial goal when deploying DigitalPersona fingerprint solutions was to improve customer service levels by simplifying the identification and authentication process in branch locations. Instead of undergoing a tedious document-based process, customers now simply place their finger on the DigitalPersona U.are.U® fingerprint readers and their identities are confirmed instantly.

"Customers like the ease of use and assured identity that fingerprint technology provides them," said Ing. Jose Gpe. Mendoza Macias, national manager of systems development for Coppel Corporation. "The fraud-fighting benefit of knowing someone cannot purchase goods on their account is also very important to our customers."

"In addition to customer identification, the employees are using the biometrics-based systems to log into computer systems, authenticate transactions, process wire transfers and more. The design of the solution is similar to systems deployed in retail locations, as well as Coppel Corporation's headquarters. The response from our staff and our customers has been overwhelmingly positive," Mendoza said.

"DigitalPersona's assured identity solutions are ideal for both employee and customer banking applications," said Richard Agostinelli, DigitalPersona president and CEO. "The strengths of our biometric-based offering are high security, low cost and simple operation, making the banking environment a natural fit for us. Strengthening security does not have to mean creating new barriers for customers."

Visit DigitalPersona at the Expo Seguridad Mexico event, booth #1139, April 8-10, 2014.

About DigitalPersona
DigitalPersona offers the world's broadest portfolio of biometrics-based identity verification solutions. Applications range from highly secure banking environments and complex government identity programs to point-of-sale retail systems. Our solutions verify the identity of more than 200 million authorized users worldwide and significantly reduce the risk of fraud, theft and unauthorized access. Offerings for end-users and system integrators include industry-specific software applications, complete SDKs and a full range of optical, silicon, touch, swipe and embedded readers. For more information call +1 650.474.4000 or send an email to pr@digitalpersona.com.

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Latin American Bioinformatics Market by Sector, Segment & Application - Forecasts to 2017

DUBLIN, Mar. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

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) has announced the addition of the

"Latin American Bioinformatics Market by Sector, Segment & Application - Forecasts to 2017"

report to their offering.

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In Latin America, bioinformatics is now widely recognized as a crucial field for research and development in agricultural, veterinary, and human health sciences. The Latin American bioinformatics market displays a lucrative growth potential. It is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 22% from 2012 to 2017 to reach $627 million by 2017. The growth of the bioinformatics market is driven by factors such as the decreasing cost of DNA sequencing, the increasing number of training and development programs on the usage of bioinformatics tools/platforms, the high concentration of bioinformatics research institutes, ongoing partnerships of academic institutions, and the formation of regional bioinformatics networks. However, the dearth of adequate infrastructural facilities and skilled professionals, presence of obsolete bioinformatics solutions, lack of government funding and investments, and less focus of global bioinformatics players on Latin American countries are factors that are restraining the growth of the market.

Based on the use of bioinformatics in various industries, the bioinformatics market is segmented into agriculture, medical, environment, forensic, academics, and others (including homeland security and defense, law-enforcement groups, bioweapon creation, antibiotic resistance, and evolutionary biotechnology). The medical biotechnology market is segmented into molecular medicine, clinical diagnostics, drug development, gene therapy, and reproductive biotechnology. On the other hand, agriculture biotechnology is segmented into crop yield improvement, insect and disease resistance, nutritional quality improvement, soil quality improvement, improvement of plant resistance against abiotic stress, and others. Furthermore, the environmental biotechnology market includes waste cleanup, alternative energy sources, climate change studies, forensics biotechnology, and others.

Based on the type of products and services, the bioinformatics market is classified into knowledge management tools, platforms, and services. The bioinformatics knowledge management tools market includes generalized and specialized knowledge management tools. The bioinformatics platforms market is segmented into sequence analysis platforms, sequence alignment platforms, sequence manipulation platforms, structural and functional analysis platforms, and others. The bioinformatics services market comprises sequencing services, database management, data analysis, and others.

The bioinformatics market has several practical applications in fields that generate large data sets. In this report, the various applications of bioinformatics include genomics, proteomics, chemoinformatics, molecular phylogenies, metabolomics, transcriptomics, and others. Brazil was the largest market in 2012 with 40% share of the Latin American bioinformatics market, followed by Mexico. However, Chile and Peru represent the fastest-growing markets due to the initiatives taken by these nations with regards to skills development of researchers as well as the ongoing academic collaborations to facilitate the adoption of bioinformatics in life sciences research. The major players in the bioinformatics industry include Agilent Technologies, Inc. (U.S.), Affymetrix, Inc. (U.S.), Life Technologies Corporation (U.S.), Illumina, Inc. (U.S.), and CLC Bio (Denmark).

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Executive Summary

3 Premium Insights

4 Market Overview

5 Latin America Bioinformatics Market, By Sectors

6 Latin America Bioinformatics Market, By Products & Services

7 Latin America Bioinformatics Market, By Applications

8 Geographic Analysis

9 Company Profiles

Companies Mentioned:

Accelrys, Inc. Active Motif, Inc. Affymetrix, Inc. Agilent Technologies, Inc. Clc Bio Geneva Bioinfromatics (Genebio) Sa Illumina, Inc. Life Technologies Corporation Partek, Incorporated Perkinelmer, Inc.
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Media Contact:

Laura Wood , +353-1-481-1716, press@researchandmarkets.net

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