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Winter Summit on Biometrics to be held in Miami, Florida in late February

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The Winter 2008 Summit on Biometrics is the 17th International Forum from the Advanced Learning Institute in association with International Biometric Group (IBG) and Biometric Digest. The event is being held in Miami, Florida at the Doubletree Ocean Point Resort & Spa - Miami Beach North. For more information, visit the summit website at http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/biometrics_summit_winter08/index.htm[end] 

Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. and Summit Government Group have entered into an agreement to promote sales of the N37B rugged mobile computing device.

NPDT’s N37B rugged mobile computer is a device, certified by AT&T, for industrial applications such as inventory management, asset tracking, health care, law enforcement, field service/sales applications, and meter reading. In addition, the N37B is built to military standards, MIL-STD-461F and MIL-STD-810F, making it an ideal solution for government and military applications as well.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) have announced that ICE’s Secure Communities program has begun in Florida. Secure Communities is set-up to help state officials identify criminal foreigners, both legally and illegally in the United States, already in police custody.

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University of Central Florida has expanded its card services to offer students more options when using and managing their student ID cards, according Central Florida Future.

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Summit Health, Pa. has implemented the SyncSeer asset tracking and temperature monitoring solution from Versatile Systems, Inc. at its Waynesboro and Chambersburg hospitals.

The SyncSeer incorporates both wired and wireless temperature probes and tags to automate previously manual processes. Summit Health will use the system to meet regulatory compliance while allowing staff additional time to focus on patient care.

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AllTrust Networks, a developer of biometric products and services, has announced it will be speaking at the Winter Biometrics Summit in Miami this week.

Specifically, the officials from AllTrust will be speaking to the ways in which biometric technology can improve an organizations customer service experience.

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The College Center for Library Automation in Tallahassee sent out notices about a software upgrade that may have left about 30,000 students, faculty and staff Social Security numbers and other private data vulnerable for theft, according to a local news article.

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