Founded in 1996, DigitalPersona designs, manufactures and sells software and hardware that enable commercial enterprises, hardware OEMs, software ISVs and consumers to use fingerprint biometrics to secure identity information and boost efficiency of operations.

DigitalPersona serves the needs of three primary markets:

• Enterprises – DigitalPersona offers packaged software and hardware for enhancing security, compliance and operational efficiency in back office and front office environments. The company’s solutions are used in businesses of all sizes, particularly mid-sized businesses and agencies in the Healthcare, Financial, Retail, Power, and State/Local Government sectors. The company’s Privacy Manager application is preloaded by HP on business computers and the full software suite is offered by DigitalPersona through a global network of resellers.

• Embedded Solution Developers – DigitalPersona offers fingerprint biometrics hardware and associated software development kits (SDKs) to hardware equipment manufacturers (OEMs, including IBM, NCR, Panasonic, Micros, and Posiflex), independent software vendors (ISVs) and integrators who create and deliver biometrically-enabled solutions, particularly in the Retail, Restaurant, Financial, Healthcare, and Physical Access sectors. The company’s fingerprint sensor modules are incorporated into most of the biometrically-enabled POS terminals on the market.

• Consumers – DigitalPersona offers an identity protection software suite that is preloaded by HP, Dell and other computer manufacturers on consumer notebooks and is sold over the Web to help people protect their passwords and other identity information online.