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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] 

Precise Biometrics has announced it has selected GD Burti for exclusive distribution of the company’s fingerprint and smart card readers in Brazil.

The move to get heavy distribution in Brazil became increasingly important for Precise as the country is completing its roll-out of the Brazilian National ID project which provides all of Brazil’s citizens with a smart ID card that has an embedded chip with each citizen’s fingerprint data for authenticating their identity where necessary.

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Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, has announced an equity investment and strategic partnership with DeviceFidelity, makers of the In2Pay mobile payments solution.

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A journalist for the Mingpao Daily has managed to spoof a biometric self-service kiosk used for immigration clearance at the Hong Kong-China border, according to a PC Advisor article.

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Campus card provider NuVision Networks, Napa, Calif., has named Brian Adoff as the company’s new executive vice president.

Adoff, formerly NuVision’s national sales manager, will now oversee company-wide operations and develop strategic partnerships.

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The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace has received its $16.5 million in funding for the 2012 fiscal year, says Jeremy Grant, senior executive advisor of ID management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Precise Biometrics has announced online technology retailer CPS as a reseller and distributor of Precise’s fingerprint and smart card reader lines Precise Sense, Precise 250 MC and Precise 200 MC.

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