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iPulse brings SecuGen systems to South Africa

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

SecuGen announced that one of its manufacturing partners, iPulse Systems, is rolling out biometric time and attendance systems that incorporates fingerprint modules from SecuGen to all the McDonald’s restaurants across South Africa.

The systems being implemented at the fast food outlets, called iPulse iDU5, utilizes SecuGen’s SDA04M fingerprint OEM module and has already been in use by a number of McDonald’s restaurants in the country for the past five-years.


Among some of the reasons why SecuGen’s module was seen as a fit for the requirements of a biometric system in a fast food environment are the sensor’s ruggedness so it can handle abuse from food spills and temperatures as well as its accuracy and affordability. [end] 

The South African Ministry of Home Affairs announced the expansion of its smart ID card pilot program, reports IT Web.

According to Home Affairs director-general Mkuseli Apleni, the smart ID card program is part of an effort by the national government to shed its racist past and create one identification card for all citizens. It will replace the current civic and immigration identity systems and capture demographic and biometric data of all South Africans and foreign nationals.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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Fingerprint device maker SecuGen has introduced a scanner that’s compatible with SAP systems to provide biometric identity management and fraud prevention in conjunction with software from realtime North America Inc.

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The South Africa Department of Home Affairs announced a new plan for its smart card-based national identity system that will eventually replace the current civic and immigration systems, according to Business Day.

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