EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Hirsch Awarded Additional $3 Million Order for Multi-Year IRS Security Project

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Santa Ana, CA, February 10, 2011 (euro adhoc) - Hirsch, a leading security
systems manufacturer and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE;
FRANKFURT: INV), today confirmed the award of a $3 million order from the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which encompasses a base year plus four
option-years. The order covers application software support and maintenance
services for the IRS Enterprise Physical Access Control System (ePACS) being
supplied by Hirsch, currently being deployed at all IRS facilities. The award
follows an initial order announced in December 2010 and is associated with a
multi-year project to install Hirsch security systems at several hundred IRS
buildings nationwide. Notice of the award was first made public by the General
Services Administration pursuant to Federal disclosure regulations.

"The scope and duration of this nationwide program reflects the long-term
commitment between HIRSCH and the IRS," stated Lars Suneborn, director of
Hirsch's Government Program Group. "Our support and maintenance service
contract ensures consistency in software support, documentation and system
lifecycle activities for many years."

For the IRS ePACs project, Hirsch will provide card access readers, access
control panels, intrusion detection devices, video surveillance equipment and
professional services. The system features include encryption of data at rest,
in transit and in use; remote web access system administration; and a fully
redundant immediate fail-over server environment.

About Hirsch Electronics
Hirsch, a business unit of Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV),
manufactures integrated security and identity systems for worldwide markets.
Hirsch's award-winning solutions bring together access control, video
surveillance, intrusion detection, digital certificates, smart cards and
biometrics in order to successfully secure facilities, digital assets and
electronic transactions. For its government and commercial customers, Hirsch
brings significant expertise in the requirements of HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV, CAC,
TWIC, ICAM and FISMA.
Identive Group, Inc. is a leading provider of products, services and solutions
for the security, identification and RFID industries. For more information,
please visit www.HirschElectronics.com and www.identive-group.com.

Further inquiry note:
Herr Fabien B. Nestmann
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5544
E-Mail: [email protected]
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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
indexes: NASDAQ
stockmarkets: free trade/entry standard: Frankfurt, Nasdaq: New York, free trade:
Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

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