DigitalPersona, Inc., the leading provider of fingerprint authentication solutions for enterprise networks and commercial applications, today announced the availability of the DigitalPersona Pro SBS Edition. Targeted at companies of 75 users or less, DigitalPersona Pro SBS delivers fingerprint-enabled secure sign-on and password management for Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 R2.

"DigitalPersona Pro SBS works very well on Microsoft Windows SBS 2003," said Steve Lennox, vice president at Premiere Systems Solutions. "It's great that the Small Business Server community can reap the benefits of security and ease of use that were, until now, only available to larger organizations."

The DigitalPersona Pro SBS Edition is specifically designed to enable small-business users of Microsoft Small Business Server to manage, enforce and audit network-wide security policies for maximum business continuity with security and convenience. The solution deploys quickly and easily, and is available with two bundle options: a software-only package (server and workstation) for businesses using fingerprint-enabled notebooks and, a full package bundle that includes both software and DigitalPersona's U.are.U® Fingerprint Readers.

"According to a report by IDC, Microsoft SBS installations will exceed the one million mark by 2009," said Amr Assal, senior product marketing manager at DigitalPersona. "DigitalPersona Pro SBS addresses a growing market demand for an out-of-the-box, and cost-effective fingerprint authentication solution that delivers convenience, strong network security, and assists with regulatory compliance."

DigitalPersona's solutions have the industry's best authentication accuracy and performance. DigitalPersona Pro provides the broadest support available for the world's leading fingerprint-enabled notebooks including models from Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. A full list of supported notebooks is available at www.digitalpersona.com/notebooks.

Pricing and Availability

DigitalPersona Pro SBS Edition is available immediately with various configurations: Configured for 10 or 25 users, and 5 users' add-on license; Available as a software download or a physical Pak with software and readers. The DigitalPersona Pro SBS (software only) for 10 users is listed at $999, while the DigitalPersona Pro SBS 10-user Pak (software and readers) is listed at $1,689.

About DigitalPersona

DigitalPersona is the leading provider of biometric authentication solutions for enterprise networks, developers and consumer OEMs.

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