DigitalPersona Announces Epicor to Add U.are.U Fingerprint Biometrics to Upcoming Retail Store POS Solution
January 06 2010 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Fingerprint Authentication to Aid Retailers in Combating Fraud and
Shrink REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalPersona,
Inc., a leader in fingerprint identity and authentication
solutions, today announced that the company's U.are.U® fingerprint
biometrics solution was selected by Epicor® Software Corporation
(NASDAQ:EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software
to midmarket and Global 1000 companies. Epicor plans to add
"touch-and-go" identification to its upcoming Retail Store
Point-of-Sale (POS) solution, using DigitalPersona's OneTouch® I.D.
SDK. This Software Development Kit (SDK) will enable Epicor to
provide retailers with fast fingerprint identification for manager
authorization of transactions and staff time clock activities,
reducing unauthorized overrides and "buddy punching." Epicor will
be demonstrating its biometrically-enabled application in booth
#2105 at the National Retail Federation tradeshow. "Cash register
shrink plagues retailers around the world and can eat up almost six
percent of total annual revenue," said Duncan Taylor, Director of
Product Management, Store Solutions for Epicor. "U.are.U
fingerprint biometrics from DigitalPersona was an obvious solution
to this problem. Our customers recognize that fingerprint
biometrics is a proven way of reducing both transaction time and
fraud within their organizations, and can quickly complement a
retailer's efforts to comply with security requirements around user
authentication." Many of the world's leading retailers use Epicor
Retail solutions and services to become more profitable, productive
and competitive. Delivering comprehensive retail management
solutions to enterprises in all tiers--from regional chains to
multichannel global brands--Epicor Retail Store software solutions
offer robust retail POS and in-store systems. These POS solutions
perform functions from returns and merchandise credits, to
credit/debit card handling and manager dashboards. The integration
of fingerprint identification into the upcoming Epicor Retail Store
POS solution will enable retailers to increase accountability and
decrease fraud, providing a quick return on investment. "Retailers
worldwide are in need of solutions that not only provide security,
but positively impact their bottom line," said Jim Fulton, vice
president of marketing at DigitalPersona. "DigitalPersona's U.are.U
solutions provide a natural interface to security, increasing
accountability within the organization and decreasing costs
associated with the deployment and management of PINs, passwords or
swipe cards." DigitalPersona fingerprint authentication SDKs
provide developers with a fast and easy way to make their
applications identity-aware. This enables applications to rapidly
identify employees, resulting in reduced fraud and improving the
bottom line. For additional information on DigitalPersona products,
please visit: http://www.digitalpersona.com/. About DigitalPersona
DigitalPersona, Inc. is the leading provider of fingerprint
authentication products for point-of-sale and embedded solution
developers, enterprises and consumers. The company offers software
and hardware that protects people and businesses by enabling them
to control their digital identities. For end users, DigitalPersona
provides strong identity protection that's uniquely easy to use;
the company's business solutions help organizations address growing
security, compliance and loss prevention demands. DigitalPersona's
award-winning technology has been used worldwide by over 95 million
people, and its solutions are offered by market-leading
manufacturers such as HP, Dell, IBM and NCR. For more information
contact DigitalPersona, Inc. at +1 650.474.4000, or visit
http://www.digitalpersona.com/. © 2010 DigitalPersona, Inc. All
rights reserved. DigitalPersona, OneTouch and U.are.U are
trademarks of DigitalPersona, Inc. registered in the United States
and other countries. Epicor is a registered trademark of Epicor
Software Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. DATASOURCE: DigitalPersona, Inc. CONTACT:
Derek James of McGrath/Power Public Relations, +1-408-727-0351, ,
for DigitalPersona, Inc. Web Site: http://www.digitalpersona.com/
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