NEWS
HID Global supports facial recognition with
HID Approve mobile authentication platform
“With the growing demand for an
optimised user experience, facial
recognition is a great addition for banks
and enterprises that also want a high level
of security,” said Martin Ladstaetter, Vice
President of Product Management, IAM
Solutions, with HID Global.
“HID Global now delivers an easy way for
organisations to take advantage of Apple’s
Face ID capability with our HID Approve
mobile authentication solution.”
Facial recognition is featured on Apple`s new
iPhone X phone to secure access to online or
mobile banking and digital signatures used
in banking transactions.
H
ID Global, a leader in trusted identity
solutions which operates in Africa, has
announced that its HID Approve two-factor
mobile authentication and verification
platform now supports Apple’s iPhone
X Face ID facial recognition system. The
company expects facial recognition to
play an increasingly important role in its
authentication offering, combined with
threat and fraud detection.
Apple’s Face ID feature can also be used
to secure remote access to employee data
and applications. HID Global customers now
have an easy way to implement Face ID
using the company’s mobile authentication
platform, either as a turnkey application or
directly integrated into existing corporate
apps using the HID Approve software
development kit.
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Huawei announces New OpenLab in Cairo
to build ICT ecosystem
H
uawei has held a ceremony to launch the Cairo OpenLab during
the Cairo ICT 2017 conference. Huawei, together with industry
partners in northern Africa, aims to build ICT ecosystem in northern
Africa in response to digital transformation.
Cairo OpenLab represents the eighth OpenLab targeting enterprise
customers and is located in Egypt to serve and influence all of
northern Africa.
This OpenLab, situated in the smart village office of Cairo, has been
operating as a research and development facility for about a year
and now is officially open to customers and partners. Currently, the
OpenLab is approximately 400 square metres and is estimated to
expand to over 1,000 square metres in the next two years.
Cairo OpenLab focuses on the innovative areas of public safety,
smart grid, smart city, smart government and smart education.
The business operates through four functional centres: Partner
development centre, solution joint innovation centre, talent training
and certification centre and industry experience centre.
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Ni Zheng, President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group, northern
Africa Region, said: “We established the OpenLab in Cairo so that
we can make full use of the advantages of Egypt and serve all of
northern Africa. The ICT industry market in Cairo is relatively mature
and its marketing capabilities influence surrounding countries.”
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