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Biokey brings biometrics to the fingers fighting fire

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

BIO-key International has been awarded a contract at Green Bay, Wisconsin Fire Department to interface BIO-key’s FireRMS(TM) records management system with PDSI’s TeleStaff(TM) automated scheduling system. Green Bay will join a growing number of fire departments nationwide that enjoy the benefit of having BIO-key’s FireRMS solution seamlessly integrated with the TeleStaff automated scheduling module. Today, Battalion Chiefs must manually create their daily rosters. This time consuming task is hampered by additional constraints including the need to minimize overtime, ensure personnel are assigned with the proper credentials, and that all guidelines are followed.


With the completed implementation of the interface, Green Bay’s command staff will not only save time building their rosters each day, but will also benefit from streamlining their incident report process. The automated system will help to minimize overtime costs, improve productivity and ensure that the right skills are available on every shift.

“Managing days off, overtime, sick days and finding firefighters with the right credentials is a time-consuming task,” says Fire Chief Jeff Stauber. “With the new telephone and rules-based system interfaced to BIO-key’s FireRMS, we will minimize that problem. Chief Stauber goes on to say that since the rollout in 2002, the BIO-key FireRMS system has provided unprecedented access to records for managing all aspects of the department.

“PDSI’s ‘best of breed’ partner solution is important to our success and serves to improve the operational efficiencies of our customers, which enables them to better serve their communities!” exclaims Mike Layman, BIO-key Director of Marketing. “PDSI’s market-leading software is a natural extension to our enterprise-class fire records management system.” [end] 

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This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

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The state of Georgia has enlisted the help of LexisNexis to start a pilot program that utilizes identity verification and authentication tools to combatting tax fraud, reports Accounting Today.

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Microsoft Corp. has received a patent for a biometric-reading, pressure sensitive surface that can be used on a video game controller to enable user login by touch.

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Reportlinker.com has added a new report by Frost and Sullivan to its catalog that examines the global health care biometrics market. Called “Strategic Analysis of the Global Healthcare Biometrics Market,” this study looks at the technology around all types of biometric capture, including fingerprint, face, iris, hand and voice.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions has added interactive voice response technology (IVR) from Angel, a provider of cloud-based customer engagement management products, for its LexisNexis IVR on Demand for Identity Proofing and Voice Biometrics product.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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