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Optimum Biometric Labs launches the BioUptime Appliance

Monday, January 14, 2008

Optimum Biometric Labs (OBL) launches its BioUptime Appliance. This product is a monitoring system aimed for increasing the value of biometric solutions considering operational reliability, availability and maintainability. In conjunction with this launch, OBL also releases the white paper “Reliability, Availability and Maintainability in Biometric Applications - Delivering Quality of Service that Customer Wants.” The white paper is available for download.


Optimum Biometric Labs launches the BioUptime Appliance

Karlskrona, Sweden — Optimum Biometric Labs (OBL) launches its flagship platform, the BioUptime Appliance, after years of intense research and development. The product is a monitoring system aimed for increasing the value of biometric solutions considering operational reliability, availability and maintainability.

“More and more customers base their mission critical applications on biometrics which naturally raises the bar of expectations when it comes to after-sales support and maintenance. There are some fundamental and critical issues that we are addressing. Our job is to make sure that end-customers know what they can and should expect from suppliers in terms of service level agreements and also to provide the suppliers with automated and cost efficient tools to support their customers’ business missions to the fullest.“, said Babak Goudarzi Pour CEO of Optimum Biometric Labs.

In conjunction with this launch OBL also releases industry’s first dedicated white paper ‘Reliability, Availability and Maintainability in Biometric Applications - Delivering Quality of Service that Customer Wants’, the white paper is available for download.

Visit: http://www.biouptime.com [end] 

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