WALL, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification
and wireless public safety solutions, today announced the availability of
MobileSRO(TM) and MobileCampus(TM), silent, secure emergency alert and
management solutions for K-12 schools and higher education, respectively.
MobileSRO can be deployed on a BlackBerry, or other smartphone, thereby
allowing a teacher or administrator to quickly and easily send a silent alert
to the school resource officer (SRO), or other designated security personnel,
without unnecessarily alarming students or provoking an intruder. Security
personnel and administrators can also use MobileSRO to alert other faculty and
staff about an evolving incident, and how to protect themselves and their
students until the situation is resolved. MobileSRO can also be used to link
the school resource officer directly with the local public safety 911-center
to immediately dispatch police, fire and emergency medical personnel to the
scene.
MobileCampus offers similar functionality for campus police and
administrators in colleges, universities, medical centers and other
campus-based organizations. In addition, MobileCampus, like MobileSRO, can
link to student and faculty databases enabling campus police officers to
verify the identity of individuals in a building or on the campus.
Both solutions can also be used for day-to-day non-emergency messages and
all-staff announcements including the presence of a visitor. MobileSRO and
MobileCampus can be deployed on any combination of PCs, laptops and BlackBerry
and Windows Mobile smartphones.
MobileSRO and MobileCampus are built on BIO-key's MobileCop(R) secure,
wireless mobile data communications platform that is currently used by more
than 750 police and other public safety departments in the U.S. to dispatch
and manage first responders in the field. Both solutions are superior to
currently available school emergency alert products based on patching into the
police radio system or using cell phone text messaging. Unlike voice
radio-based systems, BIO-key's silent, "scanner-proof" communications approach
lets administrators better manage a sensitive incident in a school or campus
environment. While the delivery of text messages may be affected by cell phone
network capacity, BIO-key's school and campus solutions offer guaranteed
message delivery and audible alerts for critical messages.
"With MobileSRO and MobileCampus, BIO-key is breaking out beyond our
traditional law enforcement mobile data market to bring new and innovative
solutions to those who most need it -- school resource and campus patrol
officers and administrators chartered to protect our young children and
college students," said Ken Souza, Senior Vice President and General Manager
of BIO-key's Law Enforcement Division. "School departments and higher
education institutions now have access to the same proven emergency alert and
management technology used by thousands of first responders across the country
on a daily basis."
About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops
and delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law
enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector
customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders
with critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and
national databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and
easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately
identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve
security, convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 750
police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the
leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement.
(http://www.bio-key.com)
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. The words
"estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management
pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk
factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see
"Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date made. The Company also undertakes no obligation to
disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
Company Contact: BIO-key International, Inc.
Bud Yanak
732-359-1100
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