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BIO-key appoints new Strategic Advisor

Monday, September 14, 2009

BIO-key International, a developer of biometric systems, has announced the appointment of Thomas E. Bush III as strategic advisor and consultant to the company. Bush’s main employment experience helping him win the position includes serving as the assistant director of the FBI where he headed the Criminal Justice Information Services Division and played a vital role in implementing the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. [end] 

XERAFY, provider of EPC Gen2 RFID read-on-metal solutions, announced a strategic partnership with foreign material exclusion provider, Access Solutions LLC.

From the partnership Access Solutions’ FME S.T.A.R.trac SM will integrate XERAFY’s EPC Gen2 RFID-on-metal ROM tags, enhancing accountability and maintenance methods by enabling power generation and aviation organizations to track objects with real-time visibility data and prevent foreign object damage.

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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.

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MaxID Corp, a provider of identity and security solutions, announced the appointment of Roger Morrison as director of U.S. Federal sales, who brings more than 20 years of experience in sales, in the federal sector.

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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.

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ABI Research, an independent firm providing analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies, has announced the appointment of John Devlin as principal analyst for smart cards and embedded security.

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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.

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