neaMetrics is Partner of the Year

March 2017 News & Events, Access Control & Identity Management

Suprema’s 7th Global Partner Programme (SGPP) was recently held in Songdo, South Korea, where over 70 participants across 40 countries gathered to learn more about Suprema’s latest innovations and business prospects for the upcoming year.

During the event, Suprema unveiled the industry’s most refined face recognition technology, the latest version of BioStar 2 security platform, and prototypes of the new BioMini Slim range of fingerprint authentication scanners.

Suprema awards neaMetrics Partner of the Year.
Suprema awards neaMetrics Partner of the Year.

At the Global Partnership Awards neaMetrics, from South Africa, was presented with the ‘2016 Partner of the Year Award’ for its excellence in delivering major customer wins and new product sales. Suprema also recognised the achievements of its key channel partners for their growth, co-marketing, strategic focus and project wins.

Other awards presented at SGPP included:

• Rising Star – Chuyenviet Technology (Vietnam).

• BioStar 2 Champion – Drams Technology (Argentina).

• Best Cooperation – EasySecure International (the Netherlands).

• Best Project – BioConnect (Canada), Ideal Information Systems (Kuwait), Cenmetrix (Sri Lanka).

“It is an exceptional honour for us to receive the prestigious Suprema Global Partner Award for 2016,” says Walter Rautenbach, MD of neaMetrics, the exclusive distributor of Suprema in southern Africa. “Our relationship with Suprema over the past ten years has grown from strength to strength and Suprema’s willingness to collaborate with us in continuous product evolution is the key to our strong alliance and allows us to open new markets and opportunities on a daily basis.

“Our relationship redefines distribution by changing conventional box-dropping into active bi-directional product development that delivers not only hardware, but solutions that offer best value to users. This Suprema award is only the beginning for us and we will continue to focus on strong collaboration that expands the Suprema offering, not only here, but internationally through product excellence, value and exceptional service.”

Suprema aims to further develop the SGPP conference as a strategic platform for building partnerships, sharing strategies and enriching connections amongst its partners.

BioEntry W2.
BioEntry W2.

Suprema BioEntry W2 wins

Suprema’s BioEntry W2, recently won the Innovative Achievement Award in the Detektor International Awards held in conjunction with Sectech in Copenhagen, Denmark. A total of 12 products were awarded from the access control, alarm and detection and CCTV categories.

The Innovative Achievement Award in the Access Control category went to Suprema for BioEntry W2. BioEntry W2 is a rugged fingerprint access control device that features Suprema’s next generation biometric technology and security platform. It provides the world’s fastest fingerprint matching speed, up to 1:150,000 matches/sec, made possible by Suprema’s latest fingerprint algorithm combined with a powerful quad-core CPU. With the company’s proprietary LFD (Live Finger Detection) technology, BioEntry W2 offers an enhanced anti-spoofing feature to prevent possible fraud with fake fingerprints. The device also provides added flexibility in system design through multi-card support with dual-frequency RFID technology and offers extra durability for outdoor environments with its rugged IP67/IK08 housing with a sleek metallic finish.



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