For those of you following the gradual disclosure surrounding PerSay’s acquisition, now it can be told that Nuance Communications is the firm that is alluded to in an article that appeared in the Israeli financial press on November 30.
Voice biometrics
AT&T, IBM and W3C Associate Voice Biometrics with Anonymous Authentication for Social Nets
Lightbulbs are turning on all over the blogosphere and soon will provide sufficient illumination of a long-standing issue that will shape mobile access to social networks, financial institutions and corporate mail and message stores.
VoiceVault Steps up Promotion of Smartphone Developer Program and API
Yesterday, with a post from Nik Standbridge, Director of Product Marketing, VoiceVault stepped up promotion of its smartphone application developer program.
Equifax, Anakam and The Future Potential of ID Proofing
Equifax’s acquisition of multifactor authentication specialist Anakam shows that the risk and credit management specialist recognizes the value of stronger ID-proofing in anticipation of the public’s move to mobile commerce and the need for stronger controls on access management to personal information in an increasingly cloud-based world.
Stop The Presses: National Research Council says “Biometric Recognition Needs Work”
On September 24, the United States’ National Research Council released a report entitled “Biometric Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities”
Google Has People Talking About Two-Factor Authentication
Earlier this week, Eran Feigenbaum, Director of Security for Google Apps posted this on the Google Enterprise Blog. In an effort to attain greater acceptance among enterprise IT departments, Google has added a second factor – in this case a four-digit code transmitted to a registered wireless devices as an SMS-based text message – to its log-in procedures.
West Corporation Selects Anakam for Home Agent Authentication
The growing market for home-based virtual agents gives contact center service providers flexibilities in staffing – for instance, to shoulder seasonal call spikes – while still maintaining high levels of customer service with an educated and motivated workforce. But one… Read More ›
Truveo Uses Speaker Identification to Help Users Find Their Favorite Celebrities on Video
After a year of relative quiet, the video search destination site Truveo is launching a new service that uses speaker identification technologies to help its users find their favorite celebrities on camera.
Go-to-Market Strategies for Voice Biometrics
[Opus Research has released its latest report and forecast of voice biometric technologies and solutions: “Voice Biometrics 2010: A Transformative Year for Voice-Based Authentication.” Below is a brief excerpt that addresses the role of voice biometric technologies in multi-factor authentication,… Read More ›
Voice Biometrics 2010: A Transformative Year for Voice-Based Authentication
Featured Research With more than five million registered voiceprints around the globe, it appears that voice biometric-based solutions are poised to assume the pivotal role of user authentication to support higher levels of trust among users of mobile apps, remote… Read More ›