5 Dec 2007

ITG partners with Soliton Japan

ASSA ABLOY Identification Technologies (ITG) has teamed up with Soliton Systems K.K. Japan, a leading IT security solutions provider. The combined solution includes an OMNIKEY contactless smart card reader and SmartOn for enterprise IT security management.

With the OMNIKEY 5321 reader and Soliton SmartOn software, end-users experience the convenience, speed and security of contactless technology for applications including log-on to Windows, networks, websites and applications or the secure storage of user names, passwords and personal information.

This unique reader and software combination provides the ideal solution for end-users who are currently using a contactless smart card for building access, as corporate or student ID, or for transit or cashless vending applications and want to expand its use to IT network security.

"Soliton is pleased to work with a leading provider like ITG," said Dr. Nobuo Kamata, president of Soliton. "The high performance and easy-to-integrate OMNIKEY reader allow us to offer our SmartOn solution to customers with a contactless card already deployed in the market for physical security and now extending it to IT access control. In Japan, we have partnered with OMNIKEY since 2006, and now we would like to enlarge our regional footprint over Asia Pacific to worldwide,” he said.

Volker Kunz, Director Sales and Business Segment IT & Corporate ID at ITG, states: “We are delighted that we have now turned our already well working relationship with Soliton - one of the leading suppliers in the Japanese market for contactless corporate ID log on solutions - into an official partnership."