UPEK Partner Program Accelerates Expansion of Fingerprint
Biometrics Solutions

Industry leaders join innovative program to speed integration of biometric solutions into broad range of products and applications

EMERYVILLE, CA – April 3, 2007 – UPEK®, Inc., the world’s leading brand of fingerprint authentication security solutions, today announced the introduction of the UPEK Partner Program. This multi-level program was developed to provide partners with the hardware and software solutions, development kits, support and marketing programs needed to more quickly develop products that integrate UPEK technologies and promote them in an ever-growing range of industries.

Initial participants in the program reflect the growing breadth and depth of industries offering biometrics as both a security and convenience feature to their customers. Companies such as Bioscrypt; Imprivata; Pay By Touch; RSA, The Security Division of EMC; and Siemens are currently enrolled in the program.

"Working with UPEK has already led to strategic advances for both of our organizations, such as the successful pairing of our minutiae algorithm with their sensor that has received International Labour Organization (ILO) certification," said Robert L. Williams, President and CEO of Bioscrypt. "This relationship will be furthered with our soon-to-be-released FIPS 201 physical access control reader. As a member of the UPEK Partner Program we are confident we will continue to mutually benefit from our respective expertise."

"The tight integration that we have developed between OneSign™ and UPEK products has enabled Imprivata to deliver a more complete authentication and access solution that organizations across a myriad industries demand," said Geoff Hogan, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Product Management/Marketing of Imprivata. "We are very excited about the new opportunities that the UPEK Partner Program will provide us and the continued ability to extend the ease-of-use of OneSign down to our customer’s fingertips."

"Pay By Touch enjoys a strong relationship with UPEK as a platform partner for our TrueMe™ authentication service, as well as a variety of retail payment and reward solutions," said Jon Siegal, Executive Vice President, Pay By Touch. "The UPEK Partner Program provides us with access to helpful materials and resources as well as ongoing marketing support."

"Together with UPEK, RSA is delivering on its commitment to make it easier for users to get the benefits of stronger security in the devices they already own, and bring confidence, flexibility and choice in strong authentication to consumers, enterprises and government organizations," said Toffer Winslow, Vice President, Product Management and Product Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "By joining the UPEK Partner Program - and integrating RSA SecurID® technology into UPEK's fingerprint authentication security solutions - we can jointly help facilitate the simplified deployment of robust three-factor authentication to an ever-growing market."

"The UPEK Partner Program provides the software development kits that we need to support UPEK sensors and peripherals in our Siemens ID Center product line," said Gerd Hribernig, Vice President of Siemens Biometrics Center. "This has opened the door to new business opportunities for us to sell ID Center coupled with UPEK peripherals to our customers."

"Partnerships are critical to the widespread adoption of new technologies. Our partners are deploying fingerprint biometric security solutions deeper into existing markets and broader into new markets," stated Todd Berg, Partner Development Manager at UPEK. "The UPEK Partner Program will support the growth of this ecosystem of partners with everything that is needed to quickly integrate with our biometric solutions and help bring their products to market faster and more successfully."

About UPEK

UPEK, Inc., a global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world’s leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available, packaged for high user convenience and rapid integration into existing products and network architectures.  The company has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999.  UPEK is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.upek.com .

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