September 11, 2007
Bank of America Introduces SafePass(TM) for Safer Online Banking : GlobalGiants.com
Latest innovation provides two-factor authentication via one-time password delivered to a mobile phone.
Bank of America is introducing a new security feature to its online banking service that provides customers with an extra layer of protection against unauthorized transactions.
The free service, called SafePass(TM), delivers a one-time-use six digit code as a text message to consumers' mobile devices that they can use to authorize their most sensitive online transactions. As an additional security measure, the code expires as soon as it is used or within 10 minutes after it is issued.
SafePass is available now via mobile devices as an optional security feature to consumer and small business customers who use the bank's Online Banking service.
The bank is also piloting a wallet-sized card that will generate a one-time code when the customer presses on a button embedded in the card. The SafePass card will be released later this year to the bank's online brokerage clients of Banc of America Investment Services, Inc., the company's retail brokerage affiliate, and will be required for certain online brokerage transactions. The bank plans to make the card available next year to consumer and small business customers as an optional feature that can be used in place of or in addition to the mobile phone option. |GlobalGiants.com|
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OSRAM SYLVANIA Recipient of 59th Primetime Emmy(R) Engineering Award
HMI Metal Halide Technology Honored by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Photo: Robert Crowell, National Sales Manager, OSRAM SYLVANIA Display/Optic Division (l.) accepts a Primetime Emmy(R) Engineering Award from actress Maura Tierney of ER(r.). The company was recognized by the Academy of Arts and Sciences for its HMI Metal Halide Technology.
DANVERS, Mass., Sept. 10 -- OSRAM SYLVANIA was honored in Los Angeles by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its HMI(R) Metal Halide Lamp Technology with a Primetime Emmy(R) Engineering Award. On behalf of the company, Robert Crowell, National Sales Manager, accepted this highly regarded award in recognition of outstanding achievement in engineering development.
Designed in 1967 by Dr. Bernard Kuhl and Mr. Alexander Dobrusskin, OSRAM HMI lamps offered a safe alternative to the dangerous and widely used carbon arc lights of the time. The technology has since gone on to become a mainstay in the television production industry. OSRAM HMI(R) lamps are powerful, compact discharge light sources that replace the sun, bringing ideal exterior daylight conditions to indoor studios and make exterior locations look like high noon any time of the day or night. Their robust base design and tolerance to high operating temperatures satisfy the demands of modern TV and film lighting, especially in outdoor applications.
The HMI lamp made its first public appearance in 1969 when it was used to light the first color TV transmission in Germany. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, the HMI was the lamp of choice for television broadcasts. In 1988, OSRAM was awarded an OSCAR(R) by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences for the invention and continuous improvement of HMI light sources for motion picture photography. One of HMI's greatest performances came in 1990 when it was chosen to illuminate the wreck of the Titanic for the IMAX film Titanica.
OSRAM SYLVANIA is the North American operation of OSRAM GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. |GlobalGiants.com|
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