(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 24, 2008 ) Boca Raton, FL and Dresden, Germany (October 10, 2008) --- Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. and Cognitec Systems, GmbH today announced that Cognitec will be featured on 21st Century Business, hosted by General Alexander Haig.

Detecting fraud in large scale identity systems and identifying people in video images is becoming a necessity, given the precarious world we live in today. Cognitec provides technology that allows the identification of individuals in identity management programs, video surveillance systems and digital imagery.

“We are very pleased with the opportunity afforded to us by 21st Century Business to disseminate Cognitec’s vision and product offering. Over the last few years, Cognitec has achieved a leadership position within the face recognition market by delivering superior products based on our world-class R&D capabilities and maintaining a keen focus on meeting the ever-changing needs and operational challenges of our fast growing customer base. More specifically, while governmental and homeland security customers remain one of our significant market segments, we are currently also addressing the significant demands of consumer applications that benefit from face recognition technology. Further, we also continue to broaden and advance our already robust collaborations with well-established systems integrators that utilize our technology in their end-customer solutions. We remain committed to advance our face recognition technology platform through world-class innovative research to meet the security and consumer demands of this exciting 21 century,” stated Alfredo Herrera, Cognitec’s CEO.

Howard Weiner, Senior Coordinating Producer at Multi Media Productions added “As the demand for innovative technology grows, both internationally and domestically, Cognitec Systems has positioned itself to meet this ever-increasing demand.



About Cognitec

Headquartered in Dresden, Germany and offices in Herndon, VA; Miami, FL; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hong Kong, China, Cognitec was founded in 2002, by a team of experts who recognized the growing need for software solutions in the field of biometrics. Cognitec’s founders have been working on specific algorithms for the face recognition technology FaceVACS® since 1995. Commencing as early as 1996, government and industry customers began relying on the FaceVACS® technology for a wide range of applications. In various independent evaluation tests including the Face Recognition Vendor Tests in 2002 and 2006, FaceVACS® has proven to be the leading technology available on the market.

For more information, please contact: info@cognitec.com www.cognitec.com

Cognitec Systems GmbH
Dr. Juergen Pampus
Grossenhainer Str. 101 D-01127 Dresden, Germany
Contact:
pampus@cognitec.com
Phone: +49-351-862-9212
About 21st Century Business
21st Century Business airs on CNBC (as paid programming) and the Fox Business Network (as paid programming). 21st Century Business may also be viewed through video on demand via www.21cbtv.com. The 21CBTV Series is also available at more than 90 prestigious college universities, including Carnegie Mellon University, Howard University, Dartmouth College and Georgetown University.

For specific market-by-market air dates and times, please visit http://www.21cbtv.com/clearance/1936R_21cbtv.pdf or e-mail moniqueh@mmpusa.com. For more information, please visit www.21cbtv.com.

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