Abstract
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. Carriers and systems users need security
granularity to offer customization for users. 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. No router can duplicate this set of
functions. It is in this context that biometrics are achieving market
penetration. 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. Carriers and
systems users need security granularity to offer customization for users.
Biometrics is a part of these new markets for access control. Biometrics is a
method of authentication based on physical or behavioral 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.
Worldwide and U.S. Biometric fingerprint government identification, law
enforcement, and commercial equipment, market share analysis of shipments is
shown below. NEC, Motorola, and Sagem Morpho are the market leaders. Biometric
fingerprint equipment market shares indicate NEC is the worldwide leader with
50% share on revenue of $239 million in 2005. (See Figure ES-3.) Worldwide and
U.S. Biometric fingerprint live scan equipment, market share analysis of
shipments indicates that Identix is the market leader with 32% share 2004.
Smith Heimann with 17% share, Crossmatch with 11% share, Sagem Morpho with 5%,
and Cogent with 3% participate in markets with measurable market share. (See
Table ES-3.)
Companies Profiled
Market Leaders
- NEC
- Motorola
- Sagem Morpho
Market Participants
- Identix
- Smith-Heimann
- Crossmatch
- Cogent
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