e information can also be printed with SweetPRINT, an Atsonic proprietary mobile print solution. Besides collecting, transmitting, and processing fingerprints, SweetFINGER can also transfer photos of indi- viduals via a digital camera attached to the handheld device. SweetFINGER's scanning process is significantly faster than existing tech- nologies-less than 0.1 second, according to Tolea. The scanned fingerprint has a 500 dpi resolution and is processed using more than 50 minutiae points. "It vastly improves the accuracy of biometrics data and speeds the time period for data collection, verification, and transmission, since it allows for real-time mobile processing of this information," says Joe Pirzadeh, Atsonic's president. 7.7 ENCRYPTION The encryption applications market is receiving a huge boost from organiza- tions' escalating security concerns due to increased use of the Internet for business-to-business transactions. "Increased research and development funding, venture capital, and investments in security infrastructure as well as new opportunities and applications are catapulting this market into a major ENCRYPTION growth area and attracting an increasing number of vendors eager to exploit these revenue opportunities," says James Smith, a security analyst at Techni- cal Insights, a technology research firm located in San Jose, California. In particular, public key infrastructure (PKI) technology, which provides a variety of crucial enabling capacities for electronic business processes, is expected to experience substantial revenue growth, as e-commerce becomes a mainstay of business-to-business transactions. Virtual private networks (VPNs) and e-mail encryption applications also promise considerable opportunities to vendors. The ability to safely transfer sensitive data over the Internet, coupled with direct cost savings, will create increased demand for these technologies. However, with the cost factor acting as a major deterrent to many organizations, vendors will have to convince clients about the f