Biosecurity Vendors Merge, Saying Two Techs Beat OneBiosecurity Vendors Merge, Saying Two Techs Beat One

Two rivals in the growing biometric security sector last week decided to combine their offerings in a $600 million all-stock merger.

Identix, in Los Gatos, Calif., will unite its fingerprint-scanning system with the facial-recognition products of Visionics, in Jersey City, N.J. It "should be good news for IT executives interested in adding biometric security" cost-efficiently, says Michael Dortch, principal analyst at the Robert Frances Group. He says the new company also could add voice verification.