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UKB International: UKB International protects Fernhurst Court Nursery children from harm

Founded in 2004, Fernhurst Court Nursery is based in a listed building. The nursery is registered to care for up to eighty children aged between thee months and five years. Fernhurst Court Nursery in Blackburn has installed a Fingerprint Entry biometric access system to protect children and nursery staff. Owners specified the biometric locks to raise security while making access easier for carers and parents. The new system, supplied by the Manchester office of UKB International Ltd allows nu... [more]

UKB International: Helen McArdle Care monitors staffing across a multi-site operation with biometric time and attendance system

Helen McArdle Care operates five residential care homes for the elderly and a further five homes are scheduled to open in 2009. Helen McArdle Care provides twenty four hour, year round care and needed to be assured that this care was in place at all times and that the correct balance of qualified staff were on duty at all locations. The company recognises a duty of care to its residents and management needed to be aware that this duty was being discharged at all times. The company needed to m... [more]

Utimaco Safeware: Sophos acquires Utimaco Safeware AG

Sophos Plc has announced that it has acquired the necessary level of Utimaco Share capital to proceed with the voluntary public takeover of Utimaco Safeware AG. As anticipated and in accordance with the Offer Document, Sophos successfully acquired more than 75 percent of Utimaco Shares for a purchase price of EUR 14.75 per Share as of September 30, 2008. "Together our companies are exceptionally well-positioned to protect customer information and endpoints from both external and internal thre... [more]

UKB International: Quick and complete capture of whole hand biometrics now possible with a single sensor

Lumidigm Inc is rolling out new technology that takes full hand prints. Because the technology is a direct imaging process, all areas of the hand are imaged, easily and quickly, with no special preparation or configuration of the hand. This characteristic permits the operator to easily and quickly capture all of the available biometric data. A further advantage of Lumidigm's whole hand technology is that it is capable of capturing the thumbprint, four fingerprints and a palmprint all with a s... [more]

United States Postal Service USPS: USPS selects Diebold Security to implement multi-site video security programme

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is implementing a multi-site video security programme nationally. With more than 40,000 sites across the USA, the USPS has selected Diebold Security to manage this nationwide implementation under a three-year agreement. The contract has the potential to span more than 12 years. According to the agreement, Diebold Security will install IPv6-compliant cameras, encoders, software and networking equipment, as well as provide education and training along wit... [more]

University of Leicester: Criminals who eat processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police

Dr John Bond, a researcher at the University of Leicester and scientific support officer at Northamptonshire Police, said processed food fans are more likely to leave tell-tale signs at a crime scene. This inventor of a new forensic fingerprinting technique claims criminals who eat processed foods are more likely to be discovered by police through their fingerprint sweat corroding metal. Speaking before a conference on forensic science at the University of Leicester, Dr Bond said sweaty finge... [more]

 

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