RNCOS, an industry research firm, has released a new report detailing an expected compound annual growth rate of 9% for automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and that the growth is likely to be driven by private companies as opposed to government entities. Specifically, RNCOS expects AFIS to make up 24% of the global biometrics market […]

Ulster County in New York has begun implementation of a new biometric time and attendance tracking system expected to raise accountability among county employees, according to a Shawangunk Journal article. The system the new biometric one is replacing consisted of a manual system developed in 1975 and procedurally inconsistent department to department. The county is […]

Biometric point-of-sales (POS) systems and time management systems could save food service operations a lot of money on labor and cash mishandling, according to a QRS Magazine article. Next to food, labor is the largest cost for such operations and time clocks or registers are frequently mishandled both accidentally and purposely resulting in lost money […]

DigitalPersona, a developer of biometric solutions, has announced insurance company MMG Insurance has chosen them to roll-out biometric logical access control to their headquarters and various regional offices. The solution, DigitalPersona Pro, utilizes fingerprint sensor for a single sing-on solution. MMG expects the solution to save their employees large amounts of time as their previous […]

Codebench Inc., a provider of HSPD-12/FIPS-201 authentication software, announced that it has formed a technology partnership with rugged-computer manufacturer DAP Technologies to offer a mobile solution for the validation and registration of FIPS 201, PIV II compliant credentials. Codebench’s PIVCheck software suite — a card validation, authentication, and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance — is […]

AuthenTec, a developer of various biometric solutions and service, has announced that they have been chosen by media system developer MEDION for hardware and software solution to be integrated into MEDION’s multimedia system. The multimedia system, called THE TOUCH X9613, is an all-in-one combining a PC, television, audio system and Blu-ray/DVD player which utilizes a […]

In response to the growing role of biometrics with national security and military operations, the U.S. Department of Defense will create an agency designed to handle integration and synchronization of the new technologies into operations, according to an ExecutiveGov article. The agency, called Biometrics Identity Management Agency, will also be tasked with managing the the […]

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 schools throughout the UK are using fingerprint identification systems for various school related services including class registration, checking out library books and cashless payment for meals, according to a BBC News report. This has critics in an uproar. Parents are outraged that the schools are taking their children’s fingerprint […]

The Canadian province of Alberta has been looking into the possibility of issuing biometric identification cards to its homeless citizens to improve their ability to better their lifestyle, according to a Calgary Herald article. Housing Minister Jonathan Denis cites the homeless population’s inability to obtain bank accounts as a good reason why such ID cards […]

Bulgaria’s government has begun to issue biometric passports following the installation of the processing equipment necessary for collecting biometric data with the passport application at all planned locations, according to a Novinite article. The new Bulgarian passports will now contain data on a citizen’s fingerprints which can be checked to better authenticate their identity. Bulgarians […]