Biometric Fingerprint Equipment Market Opportunities Market Forecasts and Market Strategies 2006-2012

BY Laura Wood

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c34454) has announced the addition of Biometric Fingerprint Equipment Market Opportunities, Market Forecasts, and Market Strategies, 2006-2012 to their offering. Dublin (PRWEB) March 21, 2006 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c34454) has announced the addition of Biometric Fingerprint Equipment Market Opportunities, Market Forecasts, and Market Strategies, 2006-2012 to their offering. Access control is central to biometric market development. The driving market forces for commercial biometric fingerprint systems relate to demand for more granular intelligent security systems that provide more access control. Intelligent networks are global. Biometrics is a part of these new markets for access control. A system will have access control at some level. A very advanced feature set is implemented as software in combination with biometrics security systems. Middleware software has highly evolved voice feature systems that complement software systems that implement over 1,000 different functions for the desktop. It is in this context that biometrics are achieving market penetration. NEC, Motorola, Sagem Morpho, and Identix are among the market leaders. Biometrics is a method of authentication based on physical or behavioural characteristics. Market growth depends on demand for a quick, secure way to identify people. The Internet security industry is composed of hardware tokens, software tokens, and biometrics. All are used for authentication. The hardware token segments are the most widely used authentication devices set to be replaced by fingerprint identification systems as they become more cost efficient. Microsoft and the International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA), BioAPI consortium represent standards forces driving market growth. Microsoft is integrating biometric authentication technology into its next version of Windows, thereby validating the technology. The Microsoft implementation sends a message to the market that this technology is ready for widespread adoption. The law enforcement markets are anticipated to continue to grow at a rapid pace, joined soon by commercial and healthcare markets. The availability of sensors at a cost below $5 is the most significant market driver. The higher price sensors are for door and other applications that people prefer a larger aspect presentation. Low cost and wide applicability of the technology will drive use in every industry. Biometric government identification program, law enforcement, and commercial fingerprint equipment market forecasts indicate that markets at $427.4 million in 2004 are anticipated to grow to $6.3 billion 2012. Key Topics: - Biometrics Market Description and Market Dynamics - Biometric Equipment Market Shares and Market Forecasts - Fingerprint Products - Biometrics Business Case - Vulnerabilities to Windows Systems - Human Mechanism to Distinguish Between Human Faces - Gesture-Interfaces - Live Scan Biometric Fingerprint Markets - Vector Segment Technology (VST) - Facial Recognition - Iris Reading Algorithms - Enrollment and Identification - Neural Networks - Much more Biometrics Company Profiles - Motorola - NEC - Precise Biometrics - Fujitsu - Atmel - NITGEN - Saflink - Labcal Technologies - Microelectronics (finger-scan) Cogent - AuthenTec - CrossMatch - BIO-key - Sagem Morpho - SAIC - Smiths Heimann - ST For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c34454 Laura Wood Senior Manager Research and Markets e-mail protected from spam bots Fax: %2B353 1 4100 980

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