deals, acquisitions, Security

Imprivata Buys IdentiPHI’s Biometric Technology

Wade Roush 4/2/09

Lexington, MA-based Imprivata, the password management compay we first profiled in November 2007, said today that it has acquired the assets of IdentiPHI, an Austin, TX-based maker of systems that replace password-based access to Windows systems with biometric or smart-card-based access. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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