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[237gmoney] 31/1/2008 11:09

Think your right. If it was the placing buyer who was still selling then to seel at the current price would taking a hit on the stock they bought so they are probably waiting now for better opportunity but my guess is they do not have much left.

[jailbird] 31/1/2008 09:33

not that it may mean anything...but
MMs are only selling 5k online but will take 15k above bid price.

considering they have taken a few sells recently, i'm a bit surprised.
Maybe the seller is done.

[jailbird] 30/1/2008 20:42

there are many projects coming along now onwards..IGP is well placed.
Even if IGP get small number of them..they will do well.

[237gmoney] 30/1/2008 16:47

Looking at this new partnership/deal with Daon, I see the Daon Platform is going to be used for the Qatar National ID card which is Circ. 1m cards



Could be interesting to see if IGP get the smart card management deal on that one now.....

Also if you type "Daon Platform 2008" in google you get at least 12 links refering to the intercede Daon deal...all on the first page as well and have to wait til the 2nd page of results for anything on the Daon Platform?!?!?!?

Hopefully we get the Qatar National ID Card contract. Would be nice before end of March to any news about any deal.....

And to top it off Daon is in the Trusted Borders group which should get the UK ports contract similar to the TWIC deal....which IGP are on....could be on that.

[igoe104] 30/1/2008 08:59

Lets hope so jailbird, with it being in saudi arabia they will want it as secure as possible, they will also have the funds to do it.

[igoe104] 30/1/2008 08:50

LATEST NEWS ON TWIC.

(Media-Newswire.com) - WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) today announced that enrollment in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential ( TWIC ) program will begin at 13 more locations in the coming weeks. This program ensures that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background check and is not a known security threat.

TWIC enrollment began Oct. 16, 2007 at the Port of Wilmington, Del. The addition of these 13 locations will bring the number of fixed enrollment centers open for enrollment to 72. Ultimately, the program will be rolled out to 147 fixed enrollment sites and will vet more than 1 million workers through 2008.

"TWIC is one of the world's most advanced interoperable biometric systems and raises the bar on port security," said the Transportation Security Administration's ( TSA ) Maurine Fanguy, program director for TWIC. "We are off to a strong start with more than 50,000 enrollments in the first 100 days."

Today, the TSA released specific dates for the following ports:

Vicksburg, Miss.
Muskegon, Mich.
Miami, Fla.
Ashtabula, Ohio
Everett, Wash.
Louisville, Ky.
Nashville, Tenn.
Jan. 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2008
Feb. 6, 2008
Feb. 6, 2008
Feb. 6, 2008
Feb. 8, 2008
Oswego, N.Y.
Port Everglades, Fla.
LaPlata, Md.
Portland, Maine
Lorain, Ohio
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Feb. 8, 2008
Feb. 8, 2008
Feb. 13, 2008
Feb. 13, 2008
Feb. 20, 2008
Feb. 21, 2008







Workers at these ports, as well as another 59 where enrollment has begun, are able to pre-enroll for TWIC on the TSA Web site ( www.tsa.gov/twic ). Pre-enrollment is intended to speed up the process by allowing workers to provide biographic information and schedule an appointment to complete the in-person enrollment process.

More information on the TWIC program is available at www.tsa.gov/twic and additional information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard's Homeport site at by clicking on the Maritime Security link.

[237gmoney] 29/1/2008 16:25

Thanks for the link Kmac. Seems it makes perfect sense then if IGP tie a deal up with the operators of the TWIC database people. Good to hear these are both on Oracle.....seems everything is gearing up for one major whammy of a project (poss Real ID).....

The fact that Dermot Desmond made 1.1billion out of london city airport makes you think why does he want to deal with a £8.5m market cap company but then we all know that IGP is worth a lot more....

[kmacgre] 29/1/2008 15:29

Daon is backed by Dermot Desmond.
Have a read, it's rather interesting.

[igoe104] 29/1/2008 15:12

IF thats the case wjcc, reguarding uk borders, and eu matching systems.
Things could get very interesting soon.

[boadicea] 29/1/2008 15:06

MM's are a bit tight today - Can't get inside the spread - not to buy anyway.

[igoe104] 29/1/2008 14:33

TIME for another little top up, just added 4000 come guys its a bargain at this level.

In the austrian press.

[wjccghcc] 29/1/2008 14:28

It's pretty important - Daon are one of the global leaders for biometrics. They are doing the UK e-borders scheme and the EU biometric matching system. They already have an IDMS but not a CMS so users can mix and match with different modules from each company. And they are both Oracle partners.

[237gmoney] 29/1/2008 14:04

Nice Find igoe, Like the part "....The depth and comprehensiveness of this joint solution redefines the competitive landscape for customers and integrators of large scale credentialing projects".

Not sure what implications this has for IGP and what costs were involved in setting this up but this certainly opens many more doors to business partners around the globe which IGP dont have already.

We need a new contract with an idea of Financials to get this going again though...has to be something out there....

[igoe104] 29/1/2008 13:59

Intercede News

29/01/2008

Intercede Integrates with Award-Winning Daon Platform


Leicestershire, England, 29th January 2008 – Intercede Group plc, a leading developer and supplier of smart card and identity management software, today announced integration with Daon's award-winning software product line. This integration allows customers to pick and choose modules from both Intercede and Daon to improve the overall fit of the applications and reduce the associated development costs incurred. The combined identity platform is built on a flexible business process workflow to allow the rapid configuration for the delivery of solution sets most recently proven on a large national homeland security credentialing deployment.

Intercede's MyID is a smart card and identity credential management system that enables organizations to enroll, issue and manage the lifecycle of smart cards, USB authentication devices, biometrics and other identity credentials. Daon, the award-winning global provider of identity assurance software and services, announced today that Intercede has successfully integrated their MyIDÒ product with Daon's identity management platform through a smart-card management system snap-in.

Richard Parris, Intercede CEO said, "The decision to more closely integrate Intercede's and Daon's identity and credential management systems was a natural choice given our successful collaboration on ID projects for high profile US Government and Defense customers. The depth and comprehensiveness of this joint solution redefines the competitive landscape for customers and integrators of large scale credentialing projects."

According to Daon's CEO Tom Grissen, "This integration of Intercede and Daon products enables complete solutions for biometric-based smart cards and allows both companies' customers to benefit by giving their employees access to both physical and logical resources. Daon and Intercede have successfully worked jointly on a number of critical programs and we look forward to expanding the relationship."

By fully integrating our products, Intercede increases speed in development of robust products and solutions, reduces risk by leveraging a solid technical framework for identity management and gains new functionality that compliments the MyIDÒ product. This integration of complimentary products provides customers in the government, financial, healthcare, educational and pharmaceutical sectors a secure and flexible enterprise-wide identity solution.



About Intercede
Intercede Group plc is a leading developer and supplier of smart card and identity management software listed on the London Stock Exchange (IGP LN) (IGP.L). Intercede's MyID software manages the secure registration, issuance and lifecycle of digital identities for a wide range of uses. This requires the integration of multiple technologies and products from many different vendors, including smart cards, biometrics, digital certificates, Open Platform applets and physical access control systems.

Intercede works with a number of market leading OEM, re-seller and technology partners that supply MyID technology to the global market place including: Athena Smartcard Solutions, Gemalto, Oberthur Card Systems, Oracle, RSA Security, SafeNet, Thales, VeriSign and a variety of systems integrators and other security product and service providers.

Intercede and MyID are registered trademarks or trademarks in the UK, US and/or other countries.


About Daon
Daon was recently recognized by Frost and Sullivan with the 2008 Global Biometrics Product Line Strategy Leadership of the Year Award. The company's identity management system provides the centralized platform and client biometric infrastructure for a variety of uses including employee credentialing, government benefits programs, border management, civil ID, airport e-gate systems and immigration control, with DaonEngineÔ serving as the platform and additional Daon software being used for remote enrollment and verification. Daon's COTS software and biometric expertise has proven to be invaluable in the delivery of cost-effective, consistent and reliable solutions. Daon's offices are located in Washington DC, Canberra, London and Dublin. For further information please visit www.daon.com.

Press Contacts:

Intercede Group plc
Ian Lowe, Marketing & Business Development Manager
Tel. [phone]


Daon
Cheryl Walker Waldrup, Director, Global Marketing
Tel. [phone]




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[jailbird] 29/1/2008 12:17

igoe,

i doubt it...i think this is a good time to buy or add.

I did not think we would ever see this low again..but i hsould know that from
when sentiment changes, then small caps will drop regardless.

well 7.5k bought today..i will hoping to buy a few this week

[igoe104] 28/1/2008 11:31

THE problem is will that lost data in this country go against us ?

[igoe104] 28/1/2008 11:15

GeMALTO have won most of that contract, for german health cards.
we already doing health-cards in the uk with them, so surely we will be the natural choice of them for the german health cards.

[pyman] 28/1/2008 11:09

iGP are a partner with Gand D so they know each other although just about everyone else from the competition is also there as a partner.

[igoe104] 28/1/2008 11:05

They are already a partner of igp anyway. alot depends on how secure they want these cards, but being a health card in germany you would think it would be secure as possible.

Yes igp needs to get involved in big projects outside usa, we don,t want to be a one trick pony, the biggest outside usa so far is uk health cards.

This german project will be 80 million + with g@d and gemalto involved, both partners of igp.

[pyman] 28/1/2008 11:03

wow- that will be big and presumably will role accross EU as the benefits are realised.Need to be in on that!

[237gmoney] 28/1/2008 09:46

Latest on the German Health Smart card



who has this one with G&D???? will be bigger than TWIC.....

[igoe104] 28/1/2008 09:23

It would also be nice to get a big contract from oracle, and get into the on-line market which will be massive, there are too many boring weeks going by at the moment.

LATEST ON THE ID CARD.

[237gmoney] 28/1/2008 09:02

Nice find WJ. so $43.25 going to Lockheed martin then. RSA will have I say 40-50% of this for the card/technology and IGP 30-40% of RSA's cut after the september cutoff date for the current contract. We could in fact get the top range of $5-10 per card then with the 5 yr maintanence period also kicking in.

Nice deal when your on 99% margins. Am hoping for another safesign contract with Thales soon.....

This share needs some good news to kickstart it back up again.

[wjccghcc] 25/1/2008 11:50

Well this should give revenues of $1-1.5mm in 2009 as any license fees + maintenance over 1mm cards go to IGP. Add to that, the fact that the numbers will probably need to be revised up to 2mm once they deal with temporary workers and delivery drivers etc. and then an extra 5mm if it's expanded to all hazardous areas under TSA supervision and you can see how TWIC alone could increase IGP revenues by 50%.



TWIC card needs double since initial estimates
By Ben Bain
Published on January 24, 2008


The U.S. Coast Guard now says that up to 1.5 million workers could need Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards -- twice the number that some had originally estimated would need the smart cards for unescorted access to secure areas of U.S port facilities and vessels.

But before the workers who will likely need the smart cards can begin to fully use their credentials, the Homeland Security Department still faces several challenges, including greater demand than was originally anticipated and unanswered policy questions about the requirements for individual ports and card reader specifications.

Initial predictions about how many credentials would be needed for some areas in the Gulf Coast were fractions of the number of cards that the region's merchant mariners, port facility employees, longshoremen and truck drivers will likely need. For example, initial estimates for Baton Rouge, La., were 6,000 cards, but current predictions suggest that up to 60,000 will be needed. The disparity caused increased wait times for enrollments in those areas.

The Transportation Security Administration, which is in charge of issuing the credential, and Lockheed Martin, which TSA chose last year to oversee the enrollment process, say that after initial waits caused by increased demand, the program hired more employees and cut the average TWIC enrollment time nationwide to about 10 minutes.

Judith Marks, president at Lockheed Martin's Security Solutions, said that the company also had corrected the information technology issue that originally caused several workers to have to come back to re-enroll after their data was not forwarded to TSA. Marks testified about the TWIC card enrollment progress at a Jan. 23 hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee.

Although Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the subcommittee's chairman, commended Lockheed Martin, TSA and the Coast Guard for their progress at the hearing, he also expressed concern about the reports regarding insufficient personnel and equipment being deployed in the enrollment process.

"I want to make sure that we are getting our money's worth," he said.

Cummings added that the subcommittee was paying particular attention to Lockheed Martin's performance on the project because of the company's performance on the Deepwater contract.

"I think almost every member of this committee [was] concerned about Lockheed Martin in this contract," he said. "We said, 'OK, let's make sure this works out really well because we have so much depending on it.'"

Marks said at the hearing that her company had the capacity to meet the increased demand expects to get the job done by the time its initial task order runs out in October.

All mariners will have cards by Sept. 25, according to DHS plans, but the Coast Guard, which is responsible for enforcing the use of TWIC cards, is yet to announce when different port facilities will be required to start checking for the biometric ID cards or issue final rules for TWIC card readers. DHS officials said port facilities will receive notification at least 90 days before they must comply.

TSA estimates that it will have to register more than 200,000 mariners for the program by the Sept. 25 deadline. So far the agency has registered about 6,000 mariners.

Officials working on TWIC say that after a slow start they are now picking up enrollment speed, processing about 2,000 workers per day.

"Keep in mind, 90 days, we've just gotten started, and if you look at where we've come over the last two months we've actually enrolled over 50,000 workers," said Maurine Fanguy, TSA's TWIC program director, at the Jan. 23 hearing.

Workers at about 50 ports are being enrolled and officials say that issuance will increase as more of the 147 port locations begin to enroll workers and deadlines draw near. Fanguy said that about 25,000 cards have been printed and 12,000 activated thus far.

During the enrollment process, Lockheed Martin collects information including fingerprints from the worker and transmits it to TSA, which then checks it with the FBI's criminal records, immigration records and the consolidated terrorism watch list.

At the hearing John Porcari, secretary of the Maryland Transportation Department, said that implementation program at the Port of Baltimore - one of the United States' busiest which will require about 25,000 TWIC cards - so far had been slow.

"This can be attributed to any number of issues: cost of the card, payment arrangements by public and private institutions, and reluctance of individuals because of concerns about disqualifying background criteria," he said in his written testimony.

The cost of a card for a worker who has never gotten a similar credential before is $132.50, with $43.25 going to Lockheed Martin for information collection, $72 for a complete security threat assessment and $17.25 for an FBI criminal history check.

The 2002 Maritime Transportation Security Act mandated the TWIC program for developing and issuing secure biometric identification cards. The 2006 SAFE Port Act added additional legislative requirements to the cards and the final rule for TWIC was published in early 2007.

Under the act, some crimes preclude a worker from receiving a TWIC card. A redress and waiver request process exists for workers who are denied a credential.

Porcari also said that several unanswered policy questions, including how to deal with temporary workers who need access to the port, delivery drivers, cruise ship workers, issues with private terminals, TWIC business rules and what necessitates authorized access to a port, must be addressed.