The Biometric Market - A Recession Proof Area of Growth and Opportunities, Says Frost & Sullivan

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan will host its prestigious 'Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet' on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the Guoman Charing Cross, London. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Frost & Sullivan's highly competitive awards recognise companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Mobile Industry, on Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 16.00 BST Nearly one year after the start of the economic crisis, the European mobile industry still faces a period of uncertainty. Despite some positive signs, European economies are not out of the woods yet and consumers' confidence remains low.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Automation Services Market during Recession, on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 16.00 BST Economic recession has trampled the growth of major control systems and automation products. However, automation services are expected to offer avenues of sustained growth.

August 10th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - 2008 saw the beginning of a major global economic crisis that affected many industries across the globe. The chemicals sector was one such industry that suffered under the weight of the worldwide recession.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Welding Industry on Wednesday, 15 July 2009, at 14.00 BST The economic downturn has affected the global welding industry, particularly in Europe and the Americas. In response, market participants have been preparing for intense competition while concurrently trying to move toward regions and end user industries that offer potential growth opportunities during the downturn.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on IFE Hardware and Content Markets on Wednesday, 8 July 2009 at 15.00 BST IFE Markets have seen a list of new product introductions over the last 5 years, ranging from high capacity portable media players, to mobile telephony enabling technologies and fiber optic-based embedded systems. Nonetheless we are now at the bottom of a global recession that has affected all airlines and has pushed the implementation of far-reaching cost cutting measures, effectively restraining any growth potential for IFE suppliers.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Biometrics Advancement in Civil Security on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 at 16.00 BST Governments across the globe are looking for new and sophisticated technologies to combat rising crime and terrorism. Recent advancements in biometric technology provides early warning support and enables government forces and agencies to protect and detect potential terrorist threats and criminal activities, rather than responding to attacks.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - The economic recession has caused a dramatic decrease in rail freight traffic volumes in Russia. While Russian rail operators have diversified their freight structure to preserve their market positions, some of the key rail manufacturers have partially halted production.

May 17th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Visual Collaboration Market on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 at 15.00 GMT At a time of global warming and threatening pandemics - and after a number of false starts - videoconferencing is finally making good on its many earlier promises. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) High quality pictures and sound, combined with new IP networks, can deliver an experience in-line with users' expectations and reliably replace many face-to-face meetings.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan's Web Conference will Analyse the Current Situation and Rebound Opportunities While still navigating their way through the current recession the building technology markets are already looking ahead to rebound. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Despite dependence on the construction sector, market segments driven by legislation and the omnipresent issues of energy efficiency and sustainability, are expected to fare relatively well through recession and to bounce back strongest when the economy recovers.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways have decided to install biometric identification system at its vital installations across the country. The project will increase the protection of major IT installations and PRS (Passenger Reservation Service) data centres in view of the threat of attacks, which could disrupt train operations and damage database.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday said the discovery of thousands of bogus employees in the civic body was made possible due to biometric attendance systems. Nearly 45,000 of MCD employees are said to be existing only on the paper and are not traceable, according to reports.

January 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - The global economic slowdown will dip the growth of the semiconductor (chip) market in India by over 50 percent, an industry study said. 'The compound growth of the Indian semicon market for 2009-10 will be 13.4 percent as against the projected 26.7 percent due to lower investment and sluggish manufacturing, resulting in over 50 percent decline,' Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) chairman Jaswinder Ahuja told reporters Wednesday.

January 11th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sadie Frost, who has moved on from her marriage with actor Jude Law, says she is too busy with work now to think of romance. According to mirror.co.uk, Frost just returned from a break with Law.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's civil aviation suppliers market, including components and maintenance, is seen growing annually at 16.1 percent over the next five years to top $3.89 billion, says a new research by a global consultancy. 'Low manufacturing and labour costs are expected to boost outsourcing to India.

August 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers in South Africa have come up with a system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption. Describing the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, Bobby Tait and Basie von Solms of the University of Johannesburg have shed some light on how biometrics-fingerprints, iris pattern, etc.-can be used to encrypt and decrypt data, so that Internet users do not have to remember endless, complicated passwords.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Municipal Corporation of Delhi's commissioner K.S. Mehra Thursday said there were no bogus employees in the civic authority and said the reports that there were fake 45,000 workers in the corporation were untrue.

August 25th, 2009 DUBAI - Despite the worst recession in modern history, the world's tallest tower, Burj Dubai, continues to retain its reputation as one of the most expensive addresses in Dubai, according to Middle East property experts. Apartment prices in the tower are stabilising, experts say, with a two-bedroom apartment on the 57th floor available for one million pounds, Sky News reports.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving to sack 25 percent of its errant safai karamcharis (sweepers) as 'they have been drawing salaries sitting at home', city Mayor Arti Mehra said Tuesday. 'The MCD will install 2,500 biometric machines to mark attendance in various zones (of the capital).

September 21st, 2009 HSBC tags Wal-Mart Stores with 'Outperform' ratingNEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s expansion in fast-growing emerging markets will fuel earnings and revenue growth, an analyst said on Monday, while giving shares of the world's largest retailer an "Outperform" rating. HSBC analyst Francisco Chevez said Wal-Mart will continue expanding in emerging markets, such as Brazil, India, China and Russia, eventually, by 2011.