June 28, 2013 – by Peter O’Neill
Following an acquisition of Brand New Technology (BNT), Bytes Technology Group has become a Lumidigm partner. BNT which focused on identification management solutions had a broad range of exclusive distribution agreements in place. Bytes Technology Group has now become the exclusive distributor in Africa and the Middle East for Lumidigm, a global authentication solutions company, because of this acquisition.
“Bytes has worked alongside BNT for several years to build an established customer base and strategic market share for Lumidigm biometric fingerprint readers locally,” says Nick Perkins, divisional director: identity management solutions, Bytes Systems Integration. “Our identity management solutions division focuses largely on customer identity verification solutions, and having access to Lumidigm’s multispectral imaging (MSI) technology ensures customers who want to use fingerprint readers get the very best fingerprint technology available. With Bytes SI’s large footprint in South Africa and across the continent, the partnership made sense, as it enables further penetration of the market for both companies.”
Lumidigm uses its patented multispectral imaging (MSI) technology which is far superior at matching than optical fingerprint readers according to the company. MSI technology allows for “poor” fingerprints, including those of older people and manual labourers, to be enrolled too. Perkins added, “If you cannot obtain an image upfront with which you can match against in the future, the system can never be properly deployed. Lumidigm MSI now ensures you can, regardless of the quality of the fingerprint.”
In South Africa, Lumidigm’s technology is already in use at five of the top six banks and a number of other industries. The market, Perkins says, is demanding assurance of customer identity during transactions because of the number of fraudulent transactions taking place in Africa.
“Organisations want confirmation that the person presenting these credentials is in fact the owner of that credential, and is entitled to make use of it,” he says. “A simple solution is to match a fingerprint against the card credential during the transaction to ensure that the person presenting the card is the rightful owner. The market is enormous and Bytes and Lumidigm are well positioned to assist organisations achieve greater efficiencies and operating cost reductions,” adds Perkins.
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