Biometric IBM ThinkPad T42
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Review Last week I attended an IBM briefing, held at The Clink Museum near London Bridge. The Clink was an old Prison and the museum is full of gruesome memorabilia relating to the bad old days of sadistic incarceration.
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IBM's global services organization is adding "health check" services to its repertoire of technical services for SOA deployments, looking to assist users dealing with issues resulting from poor planning or partnerships with inexperienced or so-called proprietary IT vendors.The company also is offering its "identity-aware ESB," which is an enterprise service bus that combines existing IBM products to provide identity management capabilities.Health-check services and software will be offered in two workshops to be held at customer sites, featuring specialized diagnostics and triage capabilities to help identify potentially unhealthy areas and recommend cures for problem areas."We try to bring a real breadth of capability from the best practices that we've learned into these workshops," said Marie Wieck, vice president of middleware services at IBM.With some clients, IBM has had to perform somewhat of a rescue mission after clients have done an initial application and then had problems with scalability or performance, Wieck said.Workshops, which are priced in the $50,000 range or less, include IBM SOA Applications and Services and Healthcheck Workshop and Infrastructure Healthcheck Workshop for SOA. Both are 2.5-day engagements intended for midmarket and large enterprises.The applications and services workshop is intended to provide assurance that an SOA can expand beyond pilot projects. Factors such as application reuse and service use will be assessed, as will identification of rogue services as part of a governance policy. Security also will be checked for service controls and identity management.The infrastructure workshop features an assessment of infrastructure supporting applications and services layers in an SOA. Elements examined include infrastructure flexibility, the ability to adapt to spikes in demand, and verifying SOA configurations for connectivity. A service management review ensures that services are being monitored.IBM's identity-aware ESB combines WebSphere ESB products with Tivoli security and identity management software to help ensure that access to information, services, and applications is protected. Auditing of identity and access activity is enabled."Identity management is very critical so that you can ensure that only the right people get access to these services," Wieck said.An analyst briefed on IBM's efforts lauded both the SOA and ESB programs."Customers who have started with a SOA need checkpoints to have an outside source assess what they are doing and how it compares to best practices," said Judith Hurwitz, president of Hurwitz &amp; Associates. "Companies are investing a lot of money, resources, and political capital on SOA, and management wants to make sure they are on track and doing the right thing."Governance is a huge issue for customers in regards to SOA implementation. This is especially true since SOA is as much a business strategy as it is a technology strategy," Hurwitz said."In terms of ID-aware ESB ? clearly security and identity management are huge issues for companies because of governance issues related to security," she said.IBM offers information about its SOA programs at its Web site.Also on Monday, IBM is announcing an initiative to help business partners increase revenues and better serve customers. Grow Your Business (GYB) with IBM Software provides cross-brand sales scenarios across the IBM software group's product portfolio.The GYB tool recommends scenarios that utilize business partners' existing areas of expertise. Partners through the initiative can analyze software products, get descriptions of business value, and determine return on investment via an online tool. Information is aggregated into one place.An online guide to marketing and sales materials also is highlighted.
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Review Fingerprint-scanning prototype
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IBM Corp. has begun using new security hardware from National Semiconductor Corp. in its desktop PCs in an effort to fend off viruses and hackers.
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[Business India] Los Angeles, Oct 5 : IBM has introduced a biometric notebook computer with an integrated fingerprint reader that can recognise the user of the computer, reports Xinhua.
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NEW YORK - IBM Corp. has begun using new security hardware from National Semiconductor Corp. in its desktop PCs in an effort to fend off viruses and hackers.
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(InfoWorld) - Fujitsu Ltd. is targeting corporate desktop computer access with new versions of itsÂ palm vein biometric scanner. The system, which is said to offer a higher level of security than fingerprint or iris scan, has been built into a USB (Universal Serial Bus) mouse and scanner and coupled with PC authentication software so enterprise customers can deploy it without the need to add an authentication server. TheÂ palm-vein systemÂ takes an infrared image of the user's palm. Because it is infrared, the veins inside the palm can be seen and this pattern is matched against a database as a means of verification. The system takes into account identifying features such as the number of veins, their position and the points at which they cross. The technology, which Fujitsu brands as Palm Secure, is already in use in more than 18,000 bank ATMs in Japan but its adoption by enterprise users has been limited to a few specialist applications. Fujitsu hopes to expand the market with the new scanners and their ability to work with the OmniPass authentication system from Softex Inc. To log in to a PC with the scanner attached, users need to simply bring their hand to within a few centimeters of the scanner and hold it there for a second. That is sufficient time to scan and verify their identity. Until now, the system has required a dedicated authentication server to take the input from the scanners and authorize users. The server has the advantage of working across the network so users don't need to register on each computer they have access to but it adds cost and complexity. The new system uses a palm vein database that is local to each machine. The scanner will be bundled with software and sell for about Â¥30,000 ($265). Â
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Microsoft has taken the wraps off of a new line of keyboards and mice that feature built-in biometric fingerprint recognition technology. Fingerprint recognition permits users to replace Windows passwords, log into secure Web sites and enable fast user switching. The software giant has licensed technology from Digital Persona for use in its products.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a new ThinkPad notebook line that will use biometrics for added security. Due for release on October 19th, certain models of the ThinkPad T42 will have embedded fingerprint readers that will allow users to sign on using fingerprints rather than passwords.
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New keyboard and mouse from the company's hardware division include fingerprint readers.
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IBM&#39;s business workhorse notebook gets a fingerprint reader and an upgraded suite of security tools. We take a first look. IBM&#39;s &#39;thin-and-light&#39; ThinkPad T42 already offers one of the most complete security solutions available on a notebook.
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Microsoft rolled out an updated line of input devices, including its first fingerprint-recognition products. A mouse and keyboard with built-in fingerprint readers, along with a stand-alone reader
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IBM is using a microcontroller from National Semiconductor that stores passwords, digital certificates and encryption keys.
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The fingerprint scanner on the new IBM ThinkPads is a discreet swipe sensor built into the palm rest. It lets users log in to Windows using their fingerprint or replace the ThinkPad&#39;s existing
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Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and IBM are vying for a multibillion-dollar contract to build a database for fingerprints and other biometric information that the FBI is set to award this week.
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IBM Corp. and four partners on Wednesday announced what they call a "major breakthrough" in identity management designed to help business and government agencies protect assets, including IT systems and physical facilities, from unauthorized users.
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The drives from LaCie, use biometrics to restrict access to data and will not work if they've been removed from the case and are plugged into another machine.