John Menzel Appointed VP of Access Control ID Solutions

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Jan. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Identive Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVE) (Frankfurt:INV), a provider of
products, services and solutions for the identification, security and
RFID industries, today announced that it has formed a new product group
focused on addressing the growing need for standards-based, integrated
access control from the door to the network. The new Converged Access
group aims to build on innovative technology specially developed for
the Identity as a Service / SaaS offering of idOnDemand as well as the
traditional strength of Identive in network access smart card reader
technology. The new group will be headed by access control industry
veteran John Menzel, as vice president Access Control ID Solutions.

"The uniqueness of our SaaS offerings from idOnDemand lies, in addition
to our exceptional software and infrastructure backbone, in a new range
of converged readers and credentials; we needed to develop readers and
credentials that work across a large number of different technologies
to be able to offer a truly pioneering SaaS solution covering both
physical and cyber access. It is these unique, patent pending, product
technologies that we now launch to the wider industry as part of our ID
Infrastructure offerings," said Ayman S. Ashour, CEO of Identive. "John
Menzel is a true visionary in the ID industry and was amongst the first
to pursue a standards-based approach in the physical access world. I am
thrilled that John is joining us as we apply our traditional strength
in network access products to the larger market for physical access
control and the rapidly growing market of converged access products."

John Menzel has over fifteen years of senior management experience in a
range of successful enterprises. In 2003 he co-founded XceedID, an
innovative, high-growth secure RFID reader and credential company,
where he served as CEO and President until its acquisition by Ingersoll
Rand in 2008. Following the sale, he continued with Ingersoll-Rand
Security Technologies in General Manager and Director of Marketing
Strategy roles. Prior to XceedID Menzel held senior executive positions
with major security industry companies, including Director of Business
Development & Technology Integration for embedded proximity technology
and Product Marketing Manager for iCLASS(R) smart card products at HID
Corporation, a division of Assa Abloy. Most recently he was Vice
President of Marketing for CNL Software, a leading provider of physical
security information management software. Menzel earned a B.S. from the
College of Architecture, School of Building Construction, at the
University of Florida.

"After decades of proprietary systems dominating the physical access
market, there is a permanent trend towards standards-based solutions,
which is helping to fuel the convergence of cyber and physical access
credentials within organizations," explained Menzel. "This has created
a very natural opportunity for Identive to provide converged solutions
that draw from a robust and growing IP portfolio and years of
experience with delivering tens of millions of smart card readers, in
order to leverage the new wave of highly secure identity credentials. I
am excited to join Identive, be reunited again with several colleagues
from earlier years and to be able to deliver next generation converged
access solutions."

About Identive Group

Identive Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVE) (Frankfurt:INV) is focused on
building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The company's
products, software, systems and services address the markets for
identity management, physical and logical access control, NFC and a
host of RFID-enabled applications for customers in the government,
enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and transportation sectors.
Identive's mission is to build a lasting business of scale and
technology based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic
growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. For additional info
visit: www.identive-group.com. 



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