• VeriFone and CIC Sign Reseller Licensing Agreement
  Under the terms of the agreement, CIC will provide VeriFone with its full range of biometric and electronic signature solutions targeted at the retail industry. VeriFone will promote CIC's signature products to VeriFone's customers and Value-added Resellers, enabling them to offer software solutions to address the various electronic document and transaction process needs of today's mass merchants. CIC will also be able to leverage VeriFone's Omni 7000 series customer activated terminals in its financial and other vertical market applications.
  
  
• Chinas Largest Utility Boiler Manufacturer Deploys Multiple Products from CIC China
  

  "Every year we generate thousands of AutoCAD drawings and designs which require various signatures throughout the review and approval process," stated Mr Shan WeiMin, CIO of Harbin Boiler Company Limited. "By utilizing Sign-it we have managed to reduce our document process times significantly and eliminated the majority of printing associated with these large and complex documents. The tremendious success of this first project made it clear that we needed to use the technology throughout our various internal applications to insure the same benefits would be realized on a company wide basis."

  
  
  
• Hangzhou Economic Technical Development Area signs Licensing agreement with CIC China
  "We are pleased to work with CICC. The broad, but unique features of its product will allow us to address an equally broad set of automation issues ranging from management approcal of documents with secure biometric signatures, to making up collaborative documents electronically," stated Mr Zheng Min, Chief Engineer of the iinformation Center for HEDA. "our decision to use CICC's applications as part of our QA project insures that we are providing our users with the best tools available to perform their job assignments in a highly productive and efficient manner."
  
  
• CIC and The CSC Group Form Strategic Partnership to Capture Growing Electronic Signature Market
  CSC has provided image management and document workflow solutions for 40 years to several industries including healthcare, financial services, insurance, and manufacturing. CSC specializes in the capture, conversion and automation of data, regardless of format, to preserve vital information and improve workflow processes. CSC serves customers across the U.S., including major healthcare systems and Fortune 1000 companies. CIC's eSignature solutions will significantly enhance the value of CSC's innovative offerings, addressing the increasing demand for electronic document automation and legally compliant approval processes.
  
  
• CIC Announces SignatureOne
  The products will include standard capabilities for using biometric signature verification, signature stamping, handwritten biometric signature capture, fingerprint capture and verification, voice signing, PIN/Password, and self certified digital certificates. A series of Application Program Interfaces ("APIs") will also be available for easily integrating other signature types into both the client and server products.
  
  
• Largest Shipbuilder in China Selects Electronic Signature Solutions from CIC China
  "Based on our current office automation needs we selected CICC to provide the added value required to make this solution complete", stated Mr Su HuaDe, Chief Engineer of the Information Center for Hudong-Zhinhua.
  
  
• SQN Banking Systems and CIC Sign Strategic Licensing Agreement
  SQN has been providing static signature verification systems for check fraud detection and banking automation systems for over 20 years and as the leading providor of signature verification and integrated check fraud prevention software it currently serves eight of the top ten banks in the US. SQN clients range from large banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Chase and Wachovia to community banks such as Gloucester County Federal Savings Bank. The banking industry has become highly competitive and the use of technology is critical for insuring the highest level of security, improving processes that affect the bottom line and maintaining a satisfying customer experience. The ability to use CIC's technology to further reduce fraud loss and to extend SQN's offering for banking process automation targets these needs and enables SQN's clients to benefit from a rapid ROI due to better fraud protection.
  
  
• CIC Signs OEM Agreement with Symbol Technologies
  "With the growing demand for more innovative and secure technology in the retail point-of-sale market CIC's biometric signature verification and natural input software enhances our current offerings," stated Scott Allan, Vice President & General Manager of Symbol Technologies @pos Transactions Systems Division. "Our customers will truly benefit from the significant added value afforded by CIC's legally binding electronic and biometric signature technology and the non-repudiation security it provides."
  
  
• Frost and Sullivan Recognises Communication Intelligence Exceptional Growth Focused Strategies in the Signature Focused Biometrics Market
  In a recent study on the World Signature Verification Biometrics Market, Frost and Sullivan recognised the highly effective growth strategies of Communication Intelligence Corporation, that helped it not only survive , but also significantly survive in a slowing market.
  
  
• China's Second Largest Oil Producer Selects eSignature Solutions From CIC China
  SINOPEC Shengli Oilfield Co., Ltd. Deploys CICC's Products for Automating Internal Workflow and Document Approval
  
  Shengli represents the second largest oilfield in China and has complete supporting facilities in oil, gas, water, power, road, telecommunication, equipment maintenance, supply and utilities. This implementation of CICC's Inktools product extends Shengli's workflow automation systems enabling it to utilize Chinese handwriting recognition, document annotation, handwritten email, biometric signature verification and electronic signatures in place of traditional "chops" or "seals" throughout a broad range of desktop applications.
  "Based on our current office automation needs we selected CICC to provide the critical functionality we required to make this solution complete and supportive of our goal of creating a secure paperless office." stated Mr. Fu Lin, CIO for Shengli. "Significant consideration went into our vendor selection process and we chose CICC based on its outstanding reputation, product quality and capabilities, local presence in mainland China and ability to respond rapidly to our needs."
  
  
• Shanghi Municipal Government Deploys CIC’S Electronic Signature Technology
  Businesses and government agencies throughout China have historically used "seals" or "chops' for signing documents and correspondence. This agreement reflects the continuing trend within these organizations to utilize the latest advances in electronic signature technology to fully automate historically paper based processes.
  "Shanghai is already a large, modern metropolis with over 13 million people directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. The Municipal Government of Shanghai is working diligently to build Shanghai into a leading economic center by 2020, focused on financial services, trading and shipping," stated Mr. Shen Xi Ming, Director of The General Office for Shanghai Municipal Government. "We wanted the best proven technology available to meet our objectives of increased efficiency and individual productivity. CICC’s products enable us to accomplish this goal and we expect a near term return on this investment through the significant cost savings associated with the automation of our workflow processes."
  
  
• Misys Healthcare Systems Licenses CIC's Handwriting and eSignature Technologies
  This solution, Misys EMR™, is a flexible, adaptable EMR system that works the way a physician practice needs it to work. The product provides electronic capabilities for routine tasks - such as transcription, imaging, orders management, messaging and prescription writing - as well as a point-of-care solution for physicians in the examination room.
  “By establishing a direct relationship with CIC we can better serve our customers with the added “point-of-care” functionality Inktools makes possible in our EMR application suite,” said Shelley Newman, CEO, Misys Healthcare System’s Physician Systems business unit. “CIC’s InkTools allows Misys EMR to capture a physician’s signature, DEA, and LIC numbers and apply them on prescriptions. It also enables our product to capture a user’s freehand writings and insert them into the patient’s
  
  
• Washington County Hospital deploys CIC's Electronic Signature Technology to Streamline Document Processes
  

  Initially, Washington County Hospital will deploy CIC’s Sign-it technology to facilitate and streamline the secure capture of electronic signatures of all employees. This application of Sign-it enables multiple secure signatures, as documents are routed through the Human Resources approval process, within minutes instead of days. The initial use of Sign-it is in completing Performance Appraisals for the Hospital’s 2,100 employees. Washington County Hospital also plans to utilize CIC’s software to address other document-based requirements that are dependent on authorizing signature recording.

  “Documents are a key currency of business and the ability to sign electronically enables businesses to respond to employees, customers and business partners faster, with more efficiency and at a lower cost,” said Robert Williams, Vice President-Business Development for CIC. “Washington County Hospital joins a growing list of leaders in the Healthcare industry who have chosen CIC’s eSignature technology.”

  
  
  
• CIC China gains certification required to drive China wide channel strategy
  According to the Ministry of Public Security, CIC's Sign-it products have passed a rigorous examination and series of tests based on relevant regulations, product safety standards and security requirements and are now licensed to sell throughout the People's Republic of China.
  
  
• National Health Insurance Company Selects CIC'S Biometric Signature Technology
  "NHIC markets catastrophic health insurance products to the self-employed and small business communities via a national network of independent sales agents. Each agent uses a tablet PC type device containing a wide range of fully interactive selling tools, which enable the completion of all application and enrollment documents and forms electronically. Once completed, all documents will be signed using CIC's Sign-it software and emailed to NHIC's processing center via the Internet."
  
  
• CIC and Underwriting Systems to Deliver Electronic Insurance Forms to Brokers in Canada & United States
  “Electronic commerce is growing exponentially, and online transactions are fueling a worldwide demand for electronic, handwritten signatures,” said Andy Green, Vice President Worldwide Channel Sales for CIC. “We are pleased to add USI to our growing list of software application developers that are successfully delivering the ease of use and tremendous ROI of electronic documents secured with a legally binding electronic signature.”
  
  
• China's Largest Commercial Bank Selects eSignature and Input Solutions from CIC China
  "ICBC is the largest commercial bank in China with over 30,000 branch office locations and total assets exceeding four trillion RMB. Under the agreement CICC will provide its Inktools product for deployment, before year end, at ICBC’s headquarters in Beijing. This implementation extends ICBC’s workflow automation systems at an infrastructure level enabling them to utilize; Chinese handwriting recognition, document annotation, handwritten email, biometric signature verification and electronic signatures in place of traditional ‘chops’ or ‘seals’ throughout a broad range of desktop applications."
  
  
• Bluefish Wireless Licenses CIC’S Electronic Signature Technology
  "Developed specifically for Palm OS handheld devices, the BluefishRx application streamlines the prescription writing process. Physicians can access and manage patient accounts and records, search databases of over 2500 drugs, and save commonly used prescriptions for easy access, all with a few taps on their handheld device. Completed prescriptions are electronically transmitted to the pharmacy through Palm’s wireless network or by beaming on a Bluefish Access Point, which in turn sends it via a local wireless network."
  
  
• Interlink Electronics Announce ePad-ID
  “The need to increase transaction security while automating paper-based signature processes is presenting some interesting opportunities for Interlink both in the US and abroad,” says Rod Vesling, vice president of sales and marketing, electronic transactions, Interlink Electronics, Inc. “In response to new legislation, many financial institutions, government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies are starting to require both signatures and thumbprints on their important documents and transactions. ePad-ID gives them an important new tool to automate the signing process while achieving compliance with the customer identification rules under the U.S. Patriot Act and the authentication guidelines of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
  
  
• Interlink Electronics, Inc. to Supply ePad Electronic Signatures For EDS’ Sellstation Banking Sales Automation System
  "EDS’ SELLSTATION software integrates selling, teller functions, loan functions, Internet and customer call center activities, bringing multiple systems and tasks onto a single workstation. SELLSTATION software increases efficiencies of branch operations, improves transaction accuracy, increases cross-selling opportunities, reduces check fraud and delivers a greater level of personalized service to the banking customer. The integration of Interlink’s biometrically secure ePad electronic signature capability will enable the automation of SELLSTATION documents, including those requiring legal signatures."
  
  
• GE Power Systems’ Affiliate Viceroy Selects CIC’S Electronic Signature Technology
  “CIC’s electronic signature technology has been a great addition to our electronic workflow process. As a company going paperless, this application addresses one of the most common but critical forms of documentation required by businesses today,” said Ned Sheppard, Manager of Information Technologies, Viceroy. “Through the use of the CIC software we are managing these documents more effectively, at a lower cost, and the response from our field Superintendents has been great. They are able to spend less time dealing with this repeating process and more time supervising their crews.”
  
  
• UNISYS Corporation Integrates Interlink Electronics ePad eSignature Products into Enterprise-wide Financial Services Application
  “When we decided to integrate handwritten electronic signatures into our enterprise hardware platform, we evaluated today’s leading signature input products,” adds Unisys’ Lien. “we found that the ePad solutions from Interlink not only met our technical requirements for signature security, ergonomics and biometrics, they were available in both touchpad and LCD versions. ePad solutions have already proven themselves in the financial market with deployments at major banking, insurance and investment institutions.
  
  
• Turner Construction Company Selects CIC and Oracle for Secure Signature Application
  "Turner’s Employee Development Appraisal system utilizes the portal and workflow capabilities of Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle Database technology. Through the browser, the application captures and transmits handwritten signatures, based on open Internet standards. Utilizing its open APIs, Oracle was able to easily integrate the CIC embedded ink collection with the Oracle application to send the data stream to the Web server for further processing, storage, and retrieval in the database."
  
  
• The National Notary Association, In Conjunction with Interlink Electronics, Inc., Unveils Electronic Notary Journal of Official Acts (Enjoa™)
  “Whether serving American consumers purchasing a first home or Fortune 500 companies executing multi-million dollar transactions, the nation’s Notaries play an important role in detecting and deterring document fraud for a variety of business transactions,” said National Notary Association President, Milt Valera. “But the nation’s Notary system has not kept pace with advancements in technology. Enjoa™ is the Notary’s solution. Electronically capturing and time-stamping the document signer’s signature, thumbprint and photograph, Enjoa™ will not log the Notary’s journal entry until all of the required information is provided--making it a powerful fraud-deterrent system as well as a way to standardize the disparate notarial practices across the country.”
  
  
• St Vincent's Hospital Enhances Patient Care using CIC’S Electronic Signature Technology
  “The CIC eSignature technology addresses one of our biggest challenges,” commented Curtis James, St. Vincent’s President and CEO. “We need an eSignature that helps us to meet regulatory requirements, and is so simple to use it is immediately understood and accepted by our patient and caregiver communities.”
  
  
• eScreen Chooses Interlink's ePad and CIC’S Biometric Signature Technology for Drug Testing System
  "The eScreen system provides the industry’s first complete point-of-care solution that integrates the collection, administration, and reporting of the drug screening process through the protocol driven application. The software simplifies the collection process and supports a wide variety of collections, including instant urine and oral fluid testing, and builds the electronic Chain of Custody in 3 easy steps. Utilizing Interlink’s ePad and CIC’s Sign-it to provide electronic signature capability, eScreen123 fully automates non-regulated drug screening processes, electronically gathering and storing the testing results and required documentation—including the required Chain of Custody document with legally-defensible donor and collector signatures."
  
  
• First Online Biometrically Signed Real Estate Document was Recorded Utalising CIC’S Signature Technology and SAFEDOCS’ Enabling Software
  "The participants utilizing the Safedocs system, SDS™, were Placer Title Company and the Trinity County Recorder. The reconveyance (a filing procedure which shows that a deed of trust affecting real property has been paid in full) was executed and recorded within minutes of its origination, speeding the standard process by more than two days. Currently, most counties in California take at least a week to two weeks to return documents, and some as long as a month. By automating the process documents can be returned to the title company as soon as they are recorded."
  
  
• Palmsource Licenses CIC’S JOT
  “Jot has established the kind of broad based consumer acceptance in the Palm community that made it a natural choice for us,” said David Nagel, president and chief executive officer of PalmSource. “Graffiti 2 is a superior handwriting recognition system that will enhance the ease of use that Palm OS is known for. We expect this technology to appeal to a wide range of users who will be able to easily take notes and write memos on their Palm Powered? devices.”
  
  
• Motion Computing ShipsTablet PC's with Biometric Security
  "Sign-On is the first Tablet PC security feature using biometric signature verification to help protect and secure user data from tampering or theft. By using advanced biometric algorithms for authentication, Sign-On associates a handwritten drawing or signature with a user’s Windows password, allowing Tablet PC users to quickly login with the stroke of a pen."
  
  
• Fossil Licenses CIC’S JOT Complete
  “The WRIST PDA’s smaller form factor places greater demands on simple, unrestricted text entry capabilities,” commented Donald R. Brewer, Vice President of Technology for Fossil, Inc. “By providing our users with the simplest and most robust text entry available, JotComplete will deliver maximum value to our customers.”
  
  
• DOMIN-8 Delivers Fully Automated Online Property Management System Utalising CIC’S Biometric Signature Technology
  “CIC’s iSign software and Paradigm will revolutionize the apartment industry,” commented J.R. Massa, Vice President of Marketing for Domin-8. “In addition to the improved convenience and efficiencies of electronic leasing, this joint effort will significantly reduce apartment management expenses by completely eliminating the delays and costs inherent in a paper based leasing process.”
  
  
• CIC’S Signature Wallet Receives Product of the Year Award
  "Signature Wallet is a unique data management application enabling users to securely store on and retrieve from their handheld devices numerous forms of personal and confidential data such as, bank account information, credit card account numbers, Social Security numbers and Internet account information. Access to this information is “locked” with a signature or drawing created by the user. The software measures the biometrics inherent in the action of creating the signature or drawing. Thus the data cannot be accessed by tracing an image insuring that data is restricted from access by anyone other than the person originally creating the signature or drawing. This product is available for all PDAs and handheld devices running the popular Palm OS®, including all Palm™ series handhelds, Handspring devices, Kyocera smart phones, Sony CLIÉ’s and others."
  
  
• CIC’S JOT to be Bundled with new PALM™ TUNGSTEN™ W Handheld
  "Under the licensing agreement terms, CIC’s Jot software will be bundled with every Palm Tungsten W handheld providing users with a natural and intuitive handwriting recognition system available for the Palm community. The Tungsten W handheld is Palm’s first handheld with an integrated keyboard. Palm chose Jot because it permits data entry on the viewing screen and does not require a special data-entry area found on previous Palm handhelds. Under the co-marketing arrangement Palm will also promote CIC’s broad range of Palm OS® based applications. Shipments of the Palm Tungsten W handheld will begin in early 2003."
  
  
• CIC’S JOT Embedded in Sony Ericsson's New Multimedia SMARTPHONE P800
  “Jot provides P800 users an intuitive and natural way to interact with all applications on this device and we are delighted to have contributed to its successful debut,” said Russ Davis, Vice President of Product Development for CIC. “Jot’s ability to allow users to quickly and accurately enter text onto the P800 enables it to become an ideal device for note taking and short messaging overcoming the historical difficulties associated with using keypads or cryptic handwriting recognition software.”
  
  
• CIC Releases First Electronic Wallet for Mobile Devices with Biometric Protection
  "Data security has become increasingly important in today's mobile environment," said Russ Davis, CIC Vice President of Product Development. "This application is designed to meet the specific needs of individuals who require this information at their fingertips in an organized and secure manner. By using our industry proven biometric signature technology we have dramatically enhanced the application security without requiring users to remember, yet another password, rather, they simply sign their name or draw an image on their handheld screen."
  
  
• CIC Launches JOT Complete Marketing Campaign Targeted at Palm Users
  "The JotComplete campaign provides a way for the more than 25 million existing Palm OS® device users to easily upgrade and advance well beyond the basic entry capabilities originally provided with their devices. JotComplete is based on the same core handwriting recognition capabilities recently chosen to replace original Graffiti® with PalmSource’s newly announced Graffiti 2 Powered by Jot. JotComplete is more robust than even this newest level of text entry which insures that interacting with a Palm handheld is as simple and natural as possible with a feature set that is unmatched in the industry."
  
  
• CIC Launches its Popular Sign-IT Product in China
  "Last year FSDI integrated CICC’s InkTools and OA solutions as part of their proprietary workflow and document management systems. This has enabled FSDI to significantly reduce costs by streamlining the tedious and time consuming process of managing multiple engineering drawings, designs and approvals for its frequently large development projects while enhancing document security. Having realized the benefits of this technology, FSDI chose to license Sign-it to provide the same e-signature capabilities to its broad base of AutoCAD users."
  
  
• CIC Enables Handwriting Recognition on Handspring TREO Communicators and Organisers
  "Handspring will bundle RecoEcho Plus from CIC for use on its full line of Treo communicators and organizers. With RecoEcho Plus, Treo customers can alternatively choose between entering data through RecoEcho Plus or through the built-in QWERTY keyboard. Trial copies of CIC’s Jot® and WordComplete® will also be available to new and existing Treo customers. Jot allows data input using a more natural printed letter method and WordComplete provides a shorthand style means of entering words from a pop-up pick list, which reduces input time and improves accuracy."
  
  
• Bionetrix and CIC Partner to Provide Biometric Signature Solutions
  “As computing tools become increasingly transportable, organizations are looking for ways to extend the boundaries of strong user authentication, as well as manage that authentication in a centralized manner,” said Karl Ware, founder and executive vice president for BioNetrix. “Organizations that deploy the BioNetrix-CIC solution can not only ensure the security of corporate information on a wide spectrum of computing devices, they can reduce administrative burdens with an enterprise-wide authentication management interface.”
  
  
• MISYS Healthcare Systems Licenses CIC'S Handrwiting and e-Signature Technologies
  "By establishing a direct relationship with CIC we can better serve our customers with the added “point-of-care” functionality Inktools makes possible in our EMR application suite,” said Shelley Newman, CEO, Misys Healthcare System’s Physician Systems business unit. “CIC’s InkTools allows Misys EMR to capture a physician’s signature, DEA, and LIC numbers and apply them on prescriptions. It also enables our product to capture a user’s freehand writings and insert them into the patient’s clinical chart."
  
  
• Fourth Survey and Design Institute of China Deploys eSignature and Office Automation from CIC
  “We are pleased to work with CICC and have recently completed our integration and deployment of its products,” stated Mr. Mao ChangYu, Information Center Director of FSDI. “To effectively support the growing needs of our national railway system requires that our organization operate at the highest levels of efficiency. Using these solutions from CICC enables us to accomplish this goal while reducing our overall process costs and increasing productivity through online collaboration.”
  
  
• The Second Railway Survey and Design Institute Selects eSignature and Input Solutions from CIC
    “We are pleased to be working with CICC,” said Mr. Xue XiaoBin, Information Center Director for SSDI. “By using InkTool’s handwriting recognition, document markup, biometric signature verification and handwritten email components, we have enhanced the security, usability and convenience of our office automation solutions. The benefits continue to be realized by the exceptional acceptance and approval of our users.”
  
  
• Leading European Financial Institution Deploys CIC's eSignature Technology
  NationwideBuilding Society (“Nationwide”) announced plans to rollout CIC’s electronic signature technology across Nationwide’s 680+ branch office locations.

  “At Nationwide we place great importance in developing innovative ways to further improve the service we provide to our customers,” said Paul Feldman, Nationwide’s banking services director. “This project will streamline member service, improve efficiency and move the Society towards a paperless environment. Our phase two deployments will further enhance the efficiency gains made in phase one as well as provide the basis for a fully automated signature capture and verification system.”

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• Nanjing Municipal Government Deploys eSignature and Input Solutions from CIC
  The Nanjing Municipal Government is the leading government organization responsible for management, planning and economic development for the Nanjing area which has a population of approximately 6 million people. As part of a larger project to improve the bureau’s Office Automation (“OA”) solutions, it has completed implementation of CICC’s Inktools product for; Chinese handwriting recognition, document annotation, handwritten email, biometric signature verification and electronic signatures in place of the traditional ‘chops or seals’.
  
  
• CIC Enables Handwriting Recognition on Handspring Treo Communicators and Organisors
  Handspring will bundle RecoEcho Plus from CIC for use on its full line of Treo communicators and organizers. With RecoEcho Plus, Treo customers can alternatively choose between entering data through RecoEcho Plus or through the built-in QWERTY keyboard. Trial copies of CIC’s Jot® and WordComplete® will also be available to new and existing Treo customers. Jot allows data input using a more natural printed letter method and WordComplete provides a shorthand style means of entering words from a pop-up pick list, which reduces input time and improves accuracy.

  “As popular and effective as the Treo keyboard is for most users, we still have customers who prefer Graffiti input,” said David Diangson, senior manager, strategic partner development for Handspring. “CIC’s RecoEcho Plus enables these customers to write Graffiti directly on their Treo display. The combination of our Treo products and CIC’s software provides busy professionals with an enhanced mobile communications experience.”
  
  

• Fincentric to integrate Interlink eSignature ePad technology into I-WealthView core banking
  Fincentric’s i-Wealthview Banking™ software system delivers a full range of banking deposit, loan and mortgage functionality, and provides real-time transaction processing. The customer-centric core banking system also features Customer Value Management capabilities to display share-of-wallet, profitability and all accounts and all of the customer’s relationships on a single screen.  The system delivers integrated multi-channel capabilities and, as part of the i-Wealthview Wealth Management System™, can support Internet and wireless portals. The integration of Interlink’s ePad electronic signatures enables paperless completion of the legal documents, transaction and application forms supported by the system
  
  
• Interlink and Softpro to offer eSignature based check authentication to banks worldwide
    “Interlink’s ePad e-signature solution allows us to offer financial institutions a roadmap for transition from paper-based checking authentication to automated biometric signature verification,” said Frank Fuchs, CTO of Softpro.  “Our SignCheck^® application, which is currently used by banks worldwide to verify more than 1.5 million checks daily, can now be upgraded with Interlink’s ePad e-signature capture device. This upgrade not only allows for electronic capture of handwritten signatures, but allows [JLE1]
    for biometric verification of each signature and a substantially higher level of check security."
  
  
• Adobe Customer Spotlight
  "Products such as Adobe Acrobat provide the ideal business solution and natural migration platform for our e-signature technology and services", said e-Com General Manager Michael J Ryan.
  
  
• Nationwide Building Society implements CIC Software
  Nationwide represents the first major European financial institution that has chosen to adopt CIC's technology on a broad scale. The Nationwide agreement adds to a growing list of deployments by leading financial service companies throughout the world including Charles Schwab, Prudential, American General Life, and Agricultural Bank of China.
  
  
• Fujitsu First Notebook to offer Biometric Signature Technology
  "We have brought in the latest Handwritten Biometric Signature technology that has been specially developed for the Asia e-signature industry. The incorporation of this software with the latest touch screen technology on a notebook is another first for E-Com and Fujitsu in the Asia Pacific region," said Michael Ryan, General Manager for E-Com.
  
  
• Fujitsu PC Australia and E-Com Asia Pacific announce Strategic Partnership
   Sydney, 29 March 2002: Fujitsu PC Australia and E-Com Asia Pacific are partnering to deliver the next generation of handwritten biometric digital signature technology solutions. An extension of the partnership already successfully operating across Asia Pacific, Fujitsu is the first notebook vendor in Australia that is able to support this technology with the LifeBook B series notebook with touch screen capability.
  
  
• Major Mobile Initiative in SEA
  The PruPower signature program was developed by E-Com Asia Pacific Pty Ltd., PruPower documents are created and managed in Lotus Notes, and presented on-screen for signing in Adobe Acrobat format. E-Com integrated the Handrwitten Digital Signature technology into Lotus Notes to provide a legally binding signature capability for paperless transactions. The digital insurance forms, including any file attachments, are signed with a pen-like stylus on a digitizer, the captured signature is unique to the document and can not be cut, copied or pasted into another document. Moreover, if the signed document is altered in any way, the signature automatically becomes invalidated and is visibly crossed out. Prudential agents also can use the technology to verify and sign sensitive e-mails, adding a new level of security to field communications.
  
  
• Prudential Financial US implements CIC Technology
  The new platform, called Prudential Electronic Application, automatically locates the proper applications, forms and rules required for each new business request based on the product involved and the geographic location of the customer. Once all necessary data is completed, the platform then allows agents to capture all necessarysignatures electronically. "Prudential is one of only a few companies in the financial services industry – and the only large company –that provides a comprehensive automatic system for new business," said Thomas W. Crawford, president, Retail Distribution, Prudential U.S. Consumer Group. "Our implementation of this new technology is further proof that we are committed to using cutting edge technology to provide world class service and products for our customersand to support the sales process for our producers."
  
  
• Ericsson bundle CIC Jot with r380 mobile phone
  This strategic relationship calls for the integration of CIC's key input and security technologies with Symbian's EPOC platform. Together with Psion, the leading telecommunication manufacturers Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia have teamed up to form the Symbian alliance which is establishing EPOC as the standard platform for Wireless Information Devices (WIDs). These telecommunication giants currently account for over 70% of the cellular phone market worldwide. The Wireless Information Device market, which consists of Smartphones and Communicators, is expected to be between 40-60 million devices by the end of 2002.* Under the terms of the agreement, CIC will recognize an initial payment in 1999. The Company believes, based on industry forecasts, that significant royalty revenues will be generated beyond 1999.
  
  
• CIC China Licenses Chinese Recognition Software to Wacom
  Akihiro Oshima, President of Wacom JCs Co., Ltd. stated, "We believe that by bundling CICC’s Chinese Handwriter 2000 on our Wacom 2000 product we will offer a more complete solution for our target users. The Wacom 2000 is our first product for the Chinese general home user market. This offering has the same high quality as other Wacom products that are widely recognized. By working with a technology leader like CICC, we can offer our customers the best solutions for all their needs. Whether they are interested in educational or artistic applications using the Wacom 2000, we believe that all of our users will benefit from the addition of CICC’s natural input solution."
  
  
• First American Bank Selects CIC Software
  Kim Kohon, Senior Vice President for First American Bank stated, "Our aim is to reduce costs and minimize the processing time required to approve various documents. With CIC's Sign-it application we have increased efficiency while maintaining the security of our documents." She further commented, "We are pleased to work with an industry leader who understands the legal and business issues involved with electronic signatures and can provide straightforward solutions which enhance our business processes and better serve our customers."
  
  
• CIC attends Adobe ePaper Roadshow
  "It is estimated that over 30 billion original documents are generated each year in corporate America at a cost of approximately 15% of annual corporate revenue," commented Mike Sullivan, vice president of business development for CIC. "Our Sign-it electronic signature software offers a significant ROI and added security for signature dependent vertical markets such as financial services, insurance, health care, and real estate. CIC is pleased to partner with Adobe, the leader in document automation to offer these solutions to the Acrobat community."
  
  
• Interlink ships ePad with CIC Sign-it
  "The main barrier in Business-to-Business e-commerce growth has been the need for signatures on documents such as contracts and purchase orders," adds Mike Sullivan, Vice President, Business Development, CIC. "Fortune 1000 companies are looking for ways to speed their time to market while reducing costs. Replacing traditional signatures on paper with a verifiable, tamper evident electronic equivalent enables this next level of e-Business. The Adobe Acrobat PDF format is an ideal platform for this integration on networks, Intranets, and the Internet. ePad Sign-it, with CIC’s Sign-it software, is well positioned to help drive the conversion to a 100% paperless business environment--enabling signature approval of PDF documents, contracts, and forms."
  
  
• Dade County Selects CIC Software
  Dr. Thomas James, Support Manager of the Clerk's SPIRIT system, explained, "Before installation of the SPIRIT optical imaging system, which uses CIC's technology, numerous individual documents needed to be completed by hand, signed, processed, filed and stored for even the simplest of traffic offenses. The Clerk's office replaced all thatpaper with electronic documents, which are signed by judges, attorneys, and defendants using CIC's InkTools signature capture technology. The system has improved productivity, saved significant dollars, and provided the public, high-quality documents, with appropriate signatures in place." According to Dr. James, SPIRIT is the world's first comprehensive imaging system for processing traffic court cases.
  
  
• Orange County Selects CIC Software
    Michael Jones, Manager of Information Technology for Planning and Development Services Department explained, ``With the added level of security provided by CIC's Sign-it application, we are able to verify and protect important documents. Sign-it willdramatically improve our document management process, allowing us to benefit from reduced costs and increased efficiency.'' He further commented, ``We are committed to serving our citizens with the latest advances in cost saving technology.''
  
  
• Hong TU Chinese Healthcare and Financial Services select CIC Software
  Liu Xiaofeng remarked, "We are pleased to be working with the global leader in electronic signature technology in the development and deployment of software applications that will allow healthcare facilities and financial institutions to gain the benefits of standard solutions designed specifically for their business processes."
  
  
• Nanjing Agricultural selects CIC Software
    The Nanjing Agriculture Bureau is the regional government agency responsible for all facets of farming and forestry. As part of a larger project to improve the bureau's Office Automation ("OA") solutions, it will be incorporating CICC's Inktools features for;Chinese Handwriting Recognition, document annotation, handwritten email, biometric signature verification and electronic signatures in place of the traditional 'chops or seals'.
  
  
• National Semiconductor selects CIC Software for the GEODE Webpad
  "We designed the WebPAD with a touch screen interface that allows users to easily navigate the Web and input text with a pen and soft keyboard," said Jean-Louis Bories, executive vice president of National’s Information Appliance group. "Integrating handwriting recognition technology was the next logical step in the platform’s evolution, and the ease of use and accuracy of the Jot solution made CIC stand out from the crowd."
  
  
• Old Republic National Title Insurance Selects CIC Software
    "By using Sign-it within our applications we will significantly streamline our internal workflow processes," said Robert Chapman, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Old Republic. "Our customers will be provided with document copies as they have in the past, while we maintain those same records electronically. CIC has developed an exceptional product that enables us to create electronic documents with the same legal standing as our historical paper documents at a fraction of the time and cost."
  
  
• CIC Partners with Verisign
    "This is the best of both worlds," said Michael Marubio, Director of Strategic Accounts for CIC, "With this product, we will be able to take the rich tradition of signing important documents with a pen, and make it secure and operable in the digital world. This combines the authentication security of biometric signature verification with the known and trusted transmission security of VeriSign’s Public Key Infrastructure."
  
  
• CIC Partners with Microsoft with a Pocket PC2000 security solution
    Sign-On is the first and only security application for Pocket PCs that utilize biometric signature verification to help protect the user's data from tampering or theft. Unlike alpha-numeric passwords, that can be guessed or forgotten, Sign-On provides a natural way to log-on to your Pocket PC with something that is specific to you - your signature.
  
  
• eSignature solution deployed at Schwab
    Guido DiGregorio, CIC's President and CEO said, "I am extremely pleased that Schwab, a recognized leader in financial services, chose our technology to create legally binding electronically signed documents for new client enrollments. Schwab's deployment of our electronic signature solution will help speed up new in branch enrollments while significantly reducing costs. It also goes a long way in validating the benefits of being first to market with fast, secure and customer friendly applications that significantly enhance customers' businesses. We are proud of the track record we have established with industry leaders who have chosen our technology to enhance their applications. Almost a decade ago, we delivered the first electronic signature solutions to NCR Corporation, then in 1996 to Chase Manhattan Bank for an application to process billions of dollars in Ginnie Mae mortgage loan pool applications and now in 2000, for Schwab clients and prospects to open new accounts quickly and efficiently. Industry analysts project that 80% of all financial transactions will be completed electronically within 5 years and we believe we are well positioned to emerge as the market share leader inelectronic paperless signature software solutions."
  
  
• Tennessee Valley Authority rolls out on an enterprise basis CIC product range
    The movement of paper documents and forms needed to collect signature approvals paces most business operations today. This requires a time-consuming set of processes and procedures including the costly circulation and storage of vast amounts of paper documents. Rather than circulate bulky, hard copy drawings and documents for a "wet" signature or approval, the CIC software allows a user to simply apply their legally binding electronic signature to an electronic drawing or document. Any attempt to alter or modify the document after it is signed would be immediately detected by the CIC software thereby insuring document integrity. The electronic nature of the final document  minimizes storage space and cost allowing for offsite storage of the same document in multiple locations thus securing documents against loss and destruction.
  
  
• Assurant selects CIC software
  Alfredo Tejera, Vice President of Ordinary Life Operations for Assurant, noted, "Thebenefits of electronically transmitting insurance applications from the field are tremendous. By implementing CIC's Sign-it for Acrobat, our agents will be able to securely and intuitively enroll their customers and submit these electronically signed applications at the speed of the Internet. In doing so, Assurant will greatly enhance the agent and customer experience while also improving efficiency."
  
  
• Cloakware selects CIC Software
    The biometric PKI solution is the culmination of research and development of secure software-based cryptographic key storage with biometric access control first undertaken by 724 Solutions with Cloakware and CIC in 1999. "Adding a biometric component to Certicom's leading PKI solution further safeguards mcommerce transactions," said Prakash Panjwani, Vice President of Business Development of Certicom. "Certicom continues to provide its leading security for the industry's most cutting edge solutions that address the critical issues associated with today's wireless economy."
  
  
• CIC and IBM partner on thinkpad and workpad
    "The IBM ThinkPad/WorkPad Proven program brings IBM and industry leading companies, like CIC, together to deliver innovative solutions that meet the specific mobile computing needs of our customers," said Ronald Sperano, Director, Mobile Market Development, for IBM. He added, "Only vendors that satisfy rigorous IBM Compatibility Standards and meet or exceed specific customer support requirements are chosen to participate. We recognize CIC as the leader in a rapidly emerging market whose technology will be critical for meeting increasing demands in the area of electronic signature capture, verification and handwriting recognition for text input."
  
  
• CIC for Jetform
    "We have chosen CIC because of its proven technology and expertise in electronic signature solutions, specifically within the mobile environment," said David Welch, vice president and general manager of JetForm’s e-form’s business group. "Incorporating CIC’s technology into our mobile product offering enhances our initiative for deploying best-of-class solutions that reduce costs, increase security and improve customer service."
  
  
• Physician weblink implements CIC Software
  Betty Smith, Vice President of Product Development and Technical Services for Physician WebLink stated, "Our collaboration has allowed us to develop a compelling wireless device for use in the health care industry. CIC's InkTools which were used in developing EncounterLink gives physicians a familiar and easy way to enter patient information into electronic forms and mark up or draw a chart. The same tools are used to collect the physician's signature to authorize additional medical care or lab work and the patient or guardian's signature in cases of immunization. Physicians and back office staff also utilize electronic ink to write quick chart notes and messages to others in the office."
  
  
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Biometritech - by Christine Barry
05/20/2002 - "Financial Institutions Give Biometrics A Thumbs Up"
Article featuring CIC's technology in providing merchants and consumers with secure biometric verification for credit card transactions.

Celent Communications
05/6/2002 - "Ranking The Biometric Vendors"
Celent Communications compares CIC's electronic signature verification software to that of competitors.

PocketPC Magazine - by David Shier
05/2/2002 - "Siemens SIMpad SL4"
PocketPC Magazine features the Siemens SIMpad bundled with CIC's Jot recognizer.

PC Magazine - by Marge Brown
03/26/2002 - "Keep It in Your Pocket"
CIC's Sign-On product was mentioned in this month's article PC Magazine (Unauthorized Access)

Computing Canada - by Paul Fruitman
2/15/2002 - "Password access cloaked in signature"
CIC and Cloakware were mentioned in this article from Computing Canada.

Investor Business Daily - by Doug Tsuruoka
2/07/2002 - "More Firms Turn To Digital Technology For Signature Verification "
Electronic signature technology is increasingly gaining acceptance in today's business environments.

TheTechMag.com - by Danny DeAtley
01/04/2002 - "Sign of the Times"
CIC and Cloakware were featured in this article focused on handwritten signature verification.