Newest Release Marks Tenth Anniversary of Popular Employee Time Recording Program SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMMNASDAQ:PrimeNASDAQ:Standard:NASDAQ:SMY), a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, announces a new version of its successful CHIPDRIVE Time Recording solution for recording and administering employee working hours. With more than 50,000 installations in trade and industry, CHIPDRIVE Time Recording is one of the leading solutions for time recording for small and medium enterprises. As in previous versions, CHIPDRIVE Time Recording 6.0 comes with everything needed to set up and manage time recording of employees and projects within small and medium-sized businesses. Smart cards or contactless chip tokens are included for employees to use as forgery-proof employee time cards; a mobile or network-based terminal serves as a time clock; and CHIPDRIVE software records and analyzes employee attendance and other data, including hours logged, status of vacation days and work absences. CHIPDRIVE Time Recording 6.0 also offers enhanced performance and numerous new management features. Enhancements include improved personnel administration, an optimized excel export for daily reports, and improved password protection. New features include a larger user interface that can be individually configured by the user, including the ability to modify the color scheme and the navigational slide bars. To ease personnel administration, photos of employees can be imported and formatted with an integrated picture editing tool. Groups or individuals can be easily selected via the slide bar. In addition, the daily attendance log can now also be viewed and printed within the network via PC Time Clock - a special application for people working from home or satellite offices that allows users to clock in and out on the PC and transfer their timesheet data via the corporate network or Internet into the Time Recording system. CHIPDRIVE® Time Recording 6.0 is available worldwide. Customers that purchased a previous software version after September 1, 2009 are eligible to receive a free license key to upgrade. They need only contact the CHIPDRIVE support center and present the bill or packing list. About CHIPDRIVE SCM Microsystems' CHIPDRIVE-branded packages for small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals offer affordable, customizable solutions for security, identification, home banking and eCommerce, as well as smart card-based time recording and business productivity systems. CHIPDRIVE solutions consist of smart cards used for the authentication of individuals; card readers/terminals for both fixed and mobile, contact and contactless environments; and software to enable productivity applications such as network logon, authentication and password management. CHIPDRIVE Time Recording solutions allow easy and fast recording of employee working hours. About SCM Microsystems SCM Microsystems (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY) is a global leader in security and identity solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange. Together with its Hirsch Electronics subsidiary, SCM provides complete, integrated solutions that secure digital assets, electronic transactions and facilities. The company offers the world's broadest range of contact, contactless and mobile smart card reader technology; physical and logical access control systems; digital identity transaction platforms; biometrics; and digital video. SCM's solutions enable a wide variety of applications including enterprise security, identity management, contactless payment, e-health and electronic government services. Websites: http://www.scmmicro.com/ and http://www.hirschelectronics.com/. Note: CHIPDRIVE is a registered trademark of SCM Microsystems, Inc. DATASOURCE: SCM Microsystems, Inc. CONTACT: Annika Oelsner +49 89 95 95 5220, , or Darby Dye, +1-949-553-4251, , both for SCM Microsystems, Inc. Web Site: http://www.scmmicro.com/

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