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African companies interest in biometrics rising

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

At a recent South African Exhibition, Accsys, a South African developer of human resources technology solutions, saw great response to their new biometric package, according to an IT News Africa article.

The software package that Accsys was showing, PeopleWare Enterprise, covers payroll, human resources, employee tracking and access regulation all filtered into one database. Additionally, they showed their new fingerprint scan clock-in hardware. According to the Accsys CEO, the large interest garnered in their products is indicative of the growing interest in biometric solutions for businesses all over Africa.

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