ThirdFactor | Avalon on track to surpass goals for biometric time clock sales

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Under a new agreement Avalon Technology Group, a developer of biometric technology, will become the sole provider of biometric devices an IT distributors that supplies many international companies with hardware and software. Avalon did not release the name of the supplier.

This new agreement set Avalon ahead of schedule for their goal of $50 million in sales for their biometric time clocks. The agreement was the third for Avalon this fiscal quarter.

Vizual releases new time and attendance solution

Software supplier Vizual Management Solutions, announced the release of a new biometric time and attendance tracking software. The software, called CaptureIT, tracks hourly employees’ clock-in and out times by requiring biometric data, such as a fingerprint, to ensure that the employee using the clock is who they claim to be. In addition to the basic functions of the software, it can also link up with a company’s payroll system to ease the requirements of a HR staff creating paychecks and can integrate with access control systems.

India collecting beggar biometrics

India’s Social Welfare Department has implemented the Beggars Personal Management System to track beggars using biometrics. This effort is to fight recent large-scale deaths and mismanagement within colonies, according to a Deccan Herald article.

GPS tracks Chicago area school bus riders

The Palos Heights School District 128 in Chicago is using GPS technology to track its students allowing the district to keep up with the student–when he or she first entered the school bus and when the student exited the district’s care.

SmartMetric announces new card capabilities

SmartMetric, a developer of portable biometric solutions, has announced that its biometric activated data card can now be used to contain full medical history and health records on the individual. The card, called the SmartMetric Data Card, is a standard sized card that has the capability of holding multiple pages of data as well as being inaccessible without the holder first scanning his fingerprint on the card itself.

Legiant, Fulcrum partner for time and attendance solution

Legiant has announced a partnership with biometric technology developer Fulcrum Biometrics that yielded a low-cost biometric time and attendance tracking solution for employers. The new solution is called FbF Timeclock and utilizes a virtual time clock that an employee clocks in or out via a USB fingerprint scanner connected to a computer and integrates with Legiant’s Timecard software.

Ghana worker biometrics could solve ghost name problem

Ghana’s major electronic clearing and payment system could provide enough space and communication capabilities to enable adding new purposes for removing ghost payrollers, according to a Peace FM Online article.

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Avalon on track to surpass goals for biometric time clock sales