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New OPOS-compliant POS hardware & QuickStore software give mom-and-pop shops high-tech advantages
With the updates we’ve made to Wasp QuickStore, smaller retailers now can gain the same kinds of efficiencies that larger chains do, with automated inventory tracking and improved customer service capabilities – all at an affordable price
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Unisys Selected by Canadian Air Transport Security Authority for Canada Biometric ID Management Contract
The RAIC system uses contactless smart cards, fingerprint and iris readers; ImageWare product IWS™ Biometric Engine® Border Management Solution is the centrepiece of the new RAIC application.
The Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs)
FiXs provides a trusted mechanism for federated identity infrastructure within and between public and private sector organizations with accuracy and trust through the application of a Federated Trust Model.
Face screening for travellers to UK
Citizens of Britain and all European Economic Area countries will pass through unmanned clearance gates which will scan passengers' faces and compare them to data held on their biometric passports
IBM Joins the Lockheed Martin Team for FBI’S Next Generation Identification Program
The NGI system will expand fingerprint processing capacity and will now also include palm prints, iris and facial recognition capabilities. Additionally, the system requires a significant degree of technical flexibility in order to accommodate other biometric modalities that may mature and become important to law enforcement efforts in the future.
Daon Releases Latest Version of Award-Winning Software Platform
Daon extends its support for Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), thereby allowing customers to realize their vision of offering biometric identity services to applications internal or external to the enterprise.
Quick boarding with the touch of a finger
By combining fingerprint recognition from Precise Biometrics on SIM cards and automated boarding gates from IER, the companies aim to solve the challenge of offering passengers efficient travel while demands on aviation security is increasing.
EU Justice Chief Frattini recommends fingerprinting visitors
Proposed Friday to replicate U.S. border security measures in Europe with plans to fingerprint and electronically record the entry and exit of all visitors to the 27-nation bloc.
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Boosting Business with Biometrics
To the alcohol and tobacco retail industry, which has been scapegoated for years, fingerprint ID technology is a godsend
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UK ID Card Set Up Costs to Rise
The estimated profile of issuing fingerprint biometric ID Cards and passports has changed to a more gradual roll out from 2009 but a faster roll out from 2012, resulting in an overall increase in costs
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US Committee on Homeland Security Bill Requires DHS To Work With Industry On Biometric Airport Security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to study existing and proposed industry programs that enhance our biometric security systems at airports.
Brunei launches biometric passport
The $7.1 million ePassport project, run by the Immigration and National Registration Department, replaces the country’s existing machine readable passport, which was introduced in 1993.
Biometrics Ushering in the Next Age of Security in APAC
"While India has already begun assembling a database of its citizens, countries such as Japan, China and Indonesia are expected to take to biometrics shortly."
First Enlistment Contract with Biometric Signature
Referred to as “e-Security,” the biometric signature protects the integrity and heightens security of the enlistment process, as well as paving the way to paperless enlistment recordkeeping.
DHS Proposes Biometric Airport and Seaport Exit Procedures
The proposed rule would require commercial air carriers and cruise line owners and operators collect and transmit international visitors’ biometric information to DHS within 24 hours of leaving the United States.
NIST Shows On-card Fingerprint Match Is Secure, Speedy
The stored minutiae data never leave the card. The advantage of this, as computer scientist Patrick Grother explains, is that “if your card is lost and then found in the street, your fingerprint template cannot be copied.”
Biometrics and the Underclass
Acuity Market Intelligence provides strategic analysis and planning for emerging technology markets. Acuity's most recent focus has been in the identification solutions arena with particular expertise in the burgeoning field of Biometrics.
Stamp of approval for new Swiss passports
The passports – which have been in a trial phase since September 2006 – will include a chip that stores two fingerprints and the holder's facial image.
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BIO-key(R) Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
May-9-08
With updated QuickStore point of sale solutions from Wasp Barcode Technologies, independent retailers can check out new efficiencies
May-9-08
Valicore and jNet Partner to Deliver Embedded Security Solutions
May-8-08
Strong Growth for Biometrics in Financial Institutions Expected Globally
May-8-08
CIC and 4Point Partner to Provide Enhanced Solutions for the Financial Services Industry
May-8-08
Telos Wins Contract to Implement Defense Manpower Data Center Enterprise Systems at Installations Worldwide
May-8-08
Cogent Systems Completes Acquisition of Security Solutions Division of MAXIMUS
May-8-08
COMPANY TO INTRODUCE INTELLIGENT VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; NEW PRODUCT SEEKS TO BRING IN REVENUE OF $10 MILLION
May-7-08
L-1 Identity Solutions Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
May-7-08
Unisys will provide new biometric system to instantly verify identities of 100,000 airport workers
May-7-08
Entrust, Hewlett Packard Partner to Deploy Taiwanese ePassports, Authenticate Biometric Data
May-7-08
Neurotechnology Announces MegaMatcher 2.1 SDK for Development of Large-scale AFIS and Multi-biometric Face-Fingerprint Identification Systems
May-7-08
TSA Launches Employee Screening Pilot Programs at Seven Airports
May-7-08
AuthenTec Wins Summary Judgment In Atmel Patent Litigation Lawsuit
May-6-08
Daon Accepts Board Seat in Federal Credentialing Network
May-6-08
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