An interview with Ben Boulnois, regional manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at DigitalPersona , detailed how biometric technology adoption in the workplace can help smooth over issues technophobes have with their regular workplace technology as well as ease the job of network administrators, according to a SC Magazine article. Additionally, Boulnois speaks […]

IrisGuard has announced that its IG-AD100 Dual-Eye Iris Camera has received Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) for deployment to India for their Unique ID (UID) project. STQC is performed through India’s Department of Information Technology and ensures that biometric technology fits the standards for reliability, safety and security as designated by the Unique Identification […]

Research and Markets has released a report forecasting the global biometric market through 2012. The report points out that the biometric market place will continue to benefit, due to technological and performance developments, wide spread adoption and acceptance, standards development and is expected to continue its growth through to 2013 at a compound annual growth […]

Telos ID, a developer of biometric technology solutions, has announced its Mobile Authentication and Authorization Control system, which has been in use at at FedExField for some time, has been expanded to include visitor management. FedExField is home of the Washington Redskins. The access control system has been in place to help credential and authenticate […]

The Georgia State Senate has approved a bill that would require senior citizens in the state to acquire a biometric ID card to access Medicaid for health care, according to a WSBTV article. The new bill, which passed on a 34-21 margin, stipulates the use of fingerprint biometrics for each of the ID cards. The […]

MedAssets, a health care financial management company, has partnered with HT Systems, a developer of health care technology, to jointly market HT Systems’ PatientSecure biometric-based patient identity management system. PatientSecure works as a vascular scanner authenticating patients identities at the point of care by scanning the unique vein pattern in the palm of his hand […]

Biometric Signature ID (BSI), a developer of signature-based gesture biometric solutions, has announced it has received a 99.97% accuracy rating in identifying and curbing fraud in attempted log-ins during testing by The Tolly Group, an independent IT testing company. The testing was performed on BSI’s BioSig-ID signature gesture authentication software which also resulted in a […]

John Kendall, director of national security development for biometric technology developer Unisys, spoke on the new developments in the biometrics industry and how technology in conjunction with new trends in adoption are increasing the level of security by slowly edging out the easy-to-fool traditional fingerprint scanners, according to a ZDNet article. Among the trends and […]

Retail giant Woolworths, who owns and operates various stores such as liquor and grocery stores in Australia, is in the process of overhauling its call centers to bring in new technology intended to streamline services and improve customer interaction including an interactive voice response system for store location services and the potential for introducing voice […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America, the North American division of the biometric technology developer Fujitsu Frontech, has announced it has joined the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA), a trade organization for biometric technology development companies. Additionally, officials from Fujitsu felt that there were benefits to being part of the group as it brings industry experts […]