Phoenix Technologies and Atmel Collaborate to Create Next-Generation Security Solutions for PCs
March 04 2008 - 8:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
MILPITAS, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:PTEC)
and Atmel(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) today announced the
integration of Atmel's FingerChip(R) biometric security solutions
in Phoenix FailSafe(TM) and SecureCore Pre-boot Authentication
(PBA) products. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070410/SFTU048LOGO) This
first cooperative design effort between the two industry leaders
provides for significantly stronger multifactor authentication and
enhanced security and is designed to bring superior security
solutions including theft-deterrence and tracking for mobile PCs.
Phoenix FailSafe, a built-in theft-deterrence platform for
next-generation laptops, will enable secure, remote tracking of
fingerprint sensor data in the event of laptop theft/loss. Phoenix
SecureCore PBA integrated with Atmel's FingerChip biometric
solutions provides for biometric user authentication at the
pre-boot level, providing higher levels of security, since
fingerprints demand a user's presence and cannot be shared, stolen
or written down. Atmel offers a very high performance, robust and
competitive range of fingerprint-based biometric solutions for PC
platforms, based on Atmel's patented FingerChip Fingerprint
sensors. These solutions offer industry leading image quality,
biometric performance and security. Phoenix SecureCore PBA requires
a user to authenticate identity before the computer boots up. It
also enables user authentication from core systems software (also
known as BIOS or firmware) to the operating system directly, to
achieve single sign-on into the Windows(R) O/S environment.
"Combining FingerChip solutions with the Phoenix products provides
an added layer of security which is vital for many enterprise and
consumer markets demanding increased security and privacy for
stored data and logical access," said Bruno Charrat, Director for
Atmel Biometrics Business Unit. "Our collaboration with Phoenix
Technologies ensures the highest level of secure authentication --
an increasingly important factor for any PC user. Moving forward,
we expect to see other collaborative initiatives by Atmel and
Phoenix, dedicated to bringing the best-in-class security solutions
to the PC market." "Our work with Atmel to integrate their
fingerprint sensors in our FailSafe theft-deterrence platform
enables an additional layer of tracking methodology for mobile PCs.
We not only want to provide critical next-generation functionality
to our PC OEM customers but also embed certain features that will
deter laptop theft," said Surendra Arora, Vice President of
Business Development at Phoenix Technologies. "Additionally, our
PBA collaboration with Atmel will ensure that our EFI and
UEFI-based SecureCore BIOS continues its feature-set dominance in
the industry." About Phoenix Technologies Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
(NASDAQ:PTEC) is the global market leader in system firmware that
provides the most secure foundation for today's computing
environments. The PC industry's top builders and specifiers trust
Phoenix to pioneer open standards and deliver innovative solutions
that will help them differentiate their systems, reduce
time-to-market and increase their revenues. The Company's flagship
products, AwardCore, SecureCore, FailSafe and HyperSpace, are
revolutionizing the PC user experience by delivering unprecedented
security, reliability and ease-of-use. The Company established
industry leadership with its original BIOS product in 1983, has 155
technology patents and 139 pending applications, and has shipped in
over one billion systems. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas,
California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit
http://www.phoenix.com/ Phoenix, Phoenix Technologies, Phoenix
FailSafe, HyperSpace, HyperCore, PC 3.0 and the Phoenix
Technologies logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. About Atmel Atmel is a worldwide leader in
the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic,
mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF)
components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual
property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the
electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on
consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and
automotive markets. (C) 2008 Atmel Corporation. All Rights
Reserved. Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, FingerChip(R),
and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel
Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may
be trademarks of others. Safe Harbor The statements in this release
include Phoenix forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding,
but not limited to, the expected results and benefits from
Phoenix's technology collaboration with Atmel. These statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including: technical challenges
and delays, including code bugs, glitches and integration issues;
unexpected challenges relating to the relationship between Phoenix
and Atmel; the product offerings of competitors, especially with
respect to functionality and time-to-market; price competition;
Phoenix's ability to attract and retain key employees; the ability
of OEM and ODM customers to introduce and market products that
incorporate and leverage the Phoenix FailSafe platform; end-market
demand for Phoenix FailSafe; and Phoenix's ability to adequately
protect its intellectual property rights. For a further list and
description of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in the forward
looking statements in this release, we refer you to Phoenix's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but
not limited to, Phoenix's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. All Phoenix forward-looking statements
included in this release are based upon assumptions, forecasts and
information available to Phoenix as of the date hereof, and Phoenix
assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking
statements. Contacts Phoenix Technologies: Shauli Chaudhuri, VP
Marketing Tel : +1 408 570 1060 E-mail: Cedric Vanhaver,
GlobalFluency/Neale-May for Phoenix Technologies Tel : +1 650 433
4154 Email : Atmel: Nancy Moore, Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: +1 719 540 3262, Email: Helen Perlegos, Public Relations Tel:
+1 408 487 2963, Email:
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
CONTACT: Shauli Chaudhuri, VP Marketing of Phoenix Technologies,
+1-408-570-1060, ; Cedric Vanhaver of GlobalFluency|Neale-May,
+1-650-433-4154, , for Phoenix Technologies; or Nancy Moore,
Marketing Communications Manager, +1-719-540-3262, , or Helen
Perlegos, Public Relations, +1-408-487-2963, , both of Atmel Web
site: http://www.phoenix.com/
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