Gemalto Presenting a Vision of Innovation with “Smart Cities & Connected Objects” at SXSW® Interactive

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, brings a forward-looking perspective on innovation to South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), presenting “Smart Cities & Connected Objects” in the “Future 15” session. Gemalto’s comprehensive technology portfolio is already working today across a broad range of connectivity use cases with new business models being fueled constantly as people expand to bring an added level of trust and security to their digital lives. Highlighting this session, Gemalto will present security solutions applicable to a wide range of connected devices for use cases such as smart meters managing energy distribution for Smart Cities. Gemalto will also provide a unique tour into their award winning and innovative technology called “eGo” which allows access to credential-based services though a simple touch. eGo biometric sensors are embedded in any wearable object on the user, and communicate with any eGo compliant object the user touches, making secure service access as seamless as natural movement. With their extensive market expertise and investment in research and development, the company offers SXSWi attendees a compelling vision of the technology capabilities to come.

Specific Dates, Times and Locations

WHAT:	Future 15 Session: Smart Cities & Connected Objects
WHO:	Asad Ali, Principal Research Engineer
WHEN:	Monday, March 11, 2013, 1:00PM Central
WHERE:	Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 615AB

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About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2011 annual revenues of €2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 74 offices and 14 Research & Development centers, located in 43 countries.

We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.

Gemalto develops secure embedded software and secure products which we design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these secure products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user services they enable. Our innovations enable our clients to offer trusted and convenient digital services to billions of individuals.

Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless world.

For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.