Cognitec Systems Corporation, a company which develops, markets and deploys well-established and market-leading face recognition software to global customers and government agencies, today announced it will deploy its face recognition technology in Adobe’s consumer digital imaging and digital video editing software. The collaborative effort will focus on the Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements products. Cognitec and Adobe believe that the pairing of their combined technologies in a consumer product environment should greatly enhance the functionality of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software and address the growing consumer demand for improved face-matching or finding capabilities within the market.

Cognitec Press Release

Cognitec Announces Important Collaboration with Adobe

  * Cognitec Selected to Introduce Face Recognition in Adobe Product Line
  * Cognitec Technology to be Available in Broader, Growing Consumer Products Market
  * Paired Technologies to Address Increased Consumer Face-Matching Needs

DRESDEN, Germany and MIAMI—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Cognitec Systems Corporation today announced it will deploy its market-leading face recognition technology in Adobe’s consumer digital imaging and digital video editing software. The collaborative effort will focus on the Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements products. This arrangement represents Cognitec’s measured foray into the significant global consumer retail business; a business segment of great importance to Cognitec’s objectives. Through the collaboration with Cognitec, Adobe gains access to Cognitec’s proprietary, world-class, FaceVACS® face recognition technology for potential use in enhancing its consumer product offerings.

Cognitec and Adobe believe that the pairing of their combined technologies in a consumer product environment should greatly enhance the functionality of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software and address the growing consumer demand for improved face-matching or finding capabilities within the market.

“Our collaboration with Adobe marks Cognitec’s presence in the important, mass market consumer products segment through a proven, widely-accepted, technology platform,” commented Alfredo Herrera, Cognitec’s Managing Director. “We are delighted that this broad market introduction will be conducted through Adobe’s well-established and renowned consumer product lineup. We are confident that the convergence of our companies’ highly-successful technology platforms will enhance utilization and market acceptance for Adobe’s already thriving consumer products. Moreover, Adobe’s selection of our technology to enhance functionality for certain of its products again demonstrates our robust technology and leadership position within the face recognition market, as well as validates our capability to deliver superior products through world-class R&D capabilities.”

“The addition of Cognitec’s face recognition technology to the latest versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software further demonstrates Adobe’s ongoing commitment to deliver innovation and image intelligence that enhances review and sorting capabilities for digital photos and videos,” said Jim Mohan, director of product management for Consumer Products at Adobe. “We believe Cognitec technology will help us deliver the most reliable and effective face recognition functionality to our customers who will benefit from the software identifying the faces of friends and family within the Organizer.”

About Cognitec

Cognitec Systems, with headquarters in Dresden, Germany, and offices or subsidiaries in Miami, FL; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hong Kong, develops, markets and deploys well-established and market-leading face recognition software to global customers and government agencies. Cognitec’s software experts have been developing face recognition technology since 1995. In various independent evaluation tests, including the Face Recognition Vendor Test 2006, Cognitec has repeatedly attained a market-leading technology position.

For more information, please contact: [email protected] www.cognitec.com

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