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Sesames finalists named

Friday, September 26, 2008

Thirty five finalists are in the running for 10 Sesames awards that will be presented during the 2008 edition of the CARTES & IDentification show Nov. 4-6 in Paris. At first there were 233 entrants, but the field has been cut to 35. It’s a field which features some of the top names in the industry, including Gemalto, Oberthur, Giesecke & Devrient, NXP, Infineon and more.

The awards will actually be presented on the eve of the show’s kick-off. Here are the finalists by category:

  • Hardware: Infineon Technologies, SLE 78 Family with Integrity Guard; Infineon Technologies, SLM 76 Security Controller for Machine-to-Machine applications; INSIDE Contactless, MicroRead.

  • Software: Gemalto, Smart Card Web Mashups; Hypercom, Hypersafe32; Oberthur Technologies, SafeSTIC.

  • Identification: Identita Technologies International, ID-Touch; Motorola, Motorola Bio-Enrol; Motorola, Motorola Mobile AFIS; Smart Packaging Solutions, Antiskimming solution for e-Passport.

  • IT Security: Gemalto, BioPIN-enabled Gemalto.NET smart cards; Giesecke & Devrient, StarSign Mobility Token; GO-Trust, GO-Trust SD Solution; Privaris, plusID 75.

  • Transport: Giesecke & Devrient, Touch & Travel; Oberthur Technologies, WebSTIC Fly; Smartsoft Information Technologies, SmartCity.

  • Banking/finance/retail: Thales, Thales SafeSign Pilot Package for mobile authentication; XIRING, BioPass; XIRING, Xi Sign wallet.

  • Health care: gematik - Gesellschaft fA 1/4r Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte, Mobiler Konnektor; Hypercom, medCompac; NXP Semiconductors & Austrian Research Centers, KeepInTouch-NFC solution; Oberthur Technologies, HealthSTIC.

  • Mobile: Neowave, Weneo-NFC; Oberthur Technologies, GIGANTIC WUAOW; Oberthur Technologies, WebSim Local Advertising.

  • E-transactions: Atos Worldline, Fast booking on ATM; EtherTrust & Sagem Orga, TLS-Tandem; Immigration Department (ImmD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, e-Passport Self-service Kiosk; SafeNet, SafeNet ViewPIN+.

  • Loyalty: Contactless Data, MobiFetch; Experian, Come&Tap; garanti Payment systems, Flexi Card; ViVOtech, ViVOnfc 3.0.

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