Celebrating a decade in biometrics

November 2014 News & Events

Ideco recently celebrated a decade in the ever-evolving biometrics arena by hosting its annual Ideco & Partners golf day to commemorate this milestone.

Over the years, Ideco has distributed in excess of 100 000 fingerprint readers which have been deployed to securely manage more than 2.5-million people in a diverse range of professionally-managed, security-conscious businesses. Furthermore, Ideco has invested more than R3-million in research and development and integration support during the last year alone, to help its partners compete effectively in the biometric market. This has resulted in an increase of 32% in revenue.

Marius Coetzee
Marius Coetzee

Looking forward, the company will invest close to R10-million in the near future in new product development and endeavour to develop previously untapped markets. Ideco MD, Marius Coetzee says he is extremely proud of his team. “Ten years in a sector that constantly changes and continuously evolves is an enormous achievement. The last two years specifically have been a constant process of reinventing our focus and our structures.”

He commended the partners. “Ideco lives in an ecosystem and needs the help from its partners while we need to help our partners. We have seen relationships that are destructive and not helping anyone in this industry. We have also seen relationships that are making a huge contribution to the security industry as a whole. Today, I can proudly say that we have finally laid the foundation that would enable those partners who back Ideco unreservedly.”

Ideco staff
Ideco staff

Achievements unlocked

As part of the celebrations, Coetzee presented a number of awards to partners and individuals to recognise their contribution and achievements. The awards resented included:

• Ideco Millionaires Club Award: This award went to the sales individual within the Ideco accredited partner channel, who secured the largest order during the 2013/2014 financial year, Petrea Snyman.

• Ideco Abassador of the Year Award: Went to the partner who showed unwavering and tireless dedication and persistence and who committed unreservedly to promoting Ideco. This award was presented to Hillary Dredge from Controlsoft.

• Ideco Integration Frontrunner Award: This award went to PayDay, an organisation that showed the most active commitment and persistence to the adoption, integration and embracing new Ideco products.

• Ideco Biometric Industry Recognition Award: Presented to an organisation that has contributed consistently to the biometrics industry as a whole in terms of innovation, integration, and cutting edge development, SoftCon.

• Ideco People Development Award: Was presented to the partner that has invested the most in biometric training of employees and building skills in the field of biometric application, Reditron.

• Ideco Extra Mile Award: This went to the partner who invested extraordinary effort in customer satisfaction and support, ensuring growing brand loyalty and recurring business, Bidvest Protea Coin.

• Ideco Endurance Award: This award was presented to John Brown and Gary Meyer, both of whom are celebrating 10 years of employment with Ideco.

For more information contact Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, 086 104 3326, [email protected], www.ideco.co.za



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