Aware will also demonstrate CaptureSuite fingerprint autocapture software
at two key identity industry events in Europe in April
BEDFORD, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc., a
global provider of biometric and imaging software, today announced its
participation in the European Commission's Biometric Match System (BMS)
Showcase. The BMS Showcase, which incorporates Aware's CaptureSuite(TM)
software for automated fingerprint capture and processing, is an
interactive environment designed to promote an understanding of the latest
biometric technologies for the European Commission and Member States. The
Showcase, hosted at the Accenture office in Brussels, will also explore the
various aspects of fingerprint matching technology for immigration and
border control.
Aware will also sponsor two identity industry trade events taking place
in Europe during the month of April. Both events will include
demonstrations of Aware's CaptureSuite and other biometrics software
products. The first event is the European e-ID Card Conference hosted by
the European Association for E- Identity and Security (eema), which takes
place in Leuven, Belgium on April 3rd and 4th. The eema conference will
include a presentation of a case study by Aware discussing the use of Aware
biometrics software in the employee credentialing system deployed by NASA,
the U.S. space exploration agency. The second event is the Security
Document World 2008 / Identity Loop 2008 Conference and Exhibition, which
takes place in London on April 22nd and 23rd.
"Aware's CaptureSuite software, which is used at U.S. consulates around
the world to quickly capture ten fingerprints from visa applicants, is
similarly effective towards ongoing efforts in Europe to improve the visa
issuance process, such as VIS and BioDev II," commented David Benini,
director of product marketing. "We're pleased to have the opportunity to
demonstrate our market-leading biometrics software at the BMS Showcase, as
well as other important events in Europe."
About CaptureSuite
CaptureSuite is a family of software development kits used to perform
rapid autocapture and compliance assurance of ten fingerprints, and
subsequent formatting for submission to a watchlist database. Capturing ten
fingerprints quickly while maintaining sufficient image quality is crucial
to this emerging requirement and poses a difficult image processing
challenge. CaptureSuite was developed to address this challenge, improving
the efficiency of the tenprint capture process while ensuring that images
are compliant, properly identified, and of sufficient quality. CaptureSuite
software components work in conjunction with fingerprint live scan hardware
devices, and perform several key functions including autocapture,
segmentation, left/right hand detection, quality analysis, and
standard-compliant formatting.
About BMS
The Biometric Matching System (BMS) Showcase is an interactive
environment designed to promote an understanding of the latest biometric
technologies for the European Commission and Member States. The Showcase,
hosted at the Accenture office in Brussels, will also explore the various
aspects of fingerprint matching technology in immigration and border
control.
The BMS Showcase was developed for the European Commission's
Directorate General for Freedom, Security and Justice (DG JLS) by the
Bridge Consortium which comprises Accenture and SAGEM Securite. The
Showcase will specifically address the various technical and business
process aspects of the continuous evolution in immigration and border
control within the European Union, such as the introduction of a
centralized visa and biometric matching system in the near future.
From a technical standpoint, a number of key biometric device suppliers
and software companies participated in the development of the Showcase.
This allowed the visa enrollment and border control applications to be
designed in a vendor-agnostic manner enabling various fingerprint readers,
document scanners and other such devices to be seamlessly integrated and
demonstrated within the Showcase.
About Aware
Aware is a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and
imaging software components used in government systems worldwide since
1992. Aware's interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging
products are used in a number of applications, from border management to
criminal justice to medical imaging. Aware is also a leading technology
supplier for the telecommunications industries. For more than ten years,
Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting
organizations and continues to develop and market DSL silicon intellectual
property and test and diagnostics products. Its StratiPHY(TM) IP product
line supports DSL standards, including ADSL2+ and VDSL2, and has been
broadly licensed to leading semiconductor companies. Telecom equipment
vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules
and Dr. DSL(R) software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware is a
publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
http://www.aware.com
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates
or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the
biometrics market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated
by such statements. The biometric factors include, but are not limited to:
market acceptance of our biometric products, changes in contracting
practices of government or law enforcement agencies, announcements or
introductions of new products by our competitors, delays, failures or
problems in our biometric products, delays in the adoption of new industry
biometric standards, and competitive pressures resulting in lower software
product revenues. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section
titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007 and other reports and filings made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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