Eurofresh Farms has teamed up with workforce and human resources (HR) solutions provider Empower Software Solutions to improve employee productivity and to better account and manage pay for piece rate work. The Arizona-based greenhouse grower employs more than 1,100 people and initiated piece rate pay incentives to improve employee productivity. Piece rate work rewards employees […]

HID Global and Interlogix have teamed up to provide integrated security products for residential and commercial use. The companies have combined Interlogix’s Security Commander system hardware with HID’s EasyLobby Secure Visitor Management (SVM) software for security and visitor management. Security Commander can support up to 128 Challenger panels, over 6,000 intelligent doors and 32,000 alarm […]

UK-based Skillweb has announced that its mobile attendance solution, SmartTask Attend, can now be used on Android smart phones. Already available on BlackBerry devices, SmartTask Attend uses NFC tags or QR Codes that employees can swipe or scan with their smart phones to record their attendance as they enter and leave the workplace. On the […]

M2SYS Technology has announced a partnership with ABT Security Systems to change employee workforce management through the use of biometric time and attendance technologies. The goal of the partnership will be to get rid of fraudulent and wasteful employee behavior as well as to bolster audit trails. In addition to introducing biometric time and attendance […]

Biometrics were supposed to come to Nashik, India this year, as all ashramshalas and tribal schools were to install the devices to record attendance for students, teachers, employees and officials. However, as the August 15 deadline approached, about ten percent of establishments still weren’t finished with the installation. As reported by the Times of India, […]

Frost & Sullivan has released a report entitled “Indian Biometric Readers Market” that predicts the countries biometric reader industry will experience a 48% compound annual growth rate by 2016. In 2011, this market was valued at $50 million, and it’s predicted to grow to $359 million over the next four years, driven by increasing security […]

M2SYS Technology and The Integrated Systems LLC (TIS) have teamed up to provide biometric options for TIS’ clients in the Middle East. Based in Dubai, TIS will be able to add biometric access control, time and attendance, health care patient identification and AFIS security to its current product lineup. TIS anticipates this will help fill […]

Companies that use biometric time clock software to register employee attendance are finding that the addition of biometric factors eliminates the phenomenon of “buddy punching,” or having one employee clock in for another. As reported on UTSanDiego.com, implementing fingerprint biometrics or facial recognition software as part of the time clock system means that employees can […]

CDS Monarch, a New York-based human services organization providing services to individuals with disabilities and their families, has installed DigitalPersona’s Pro Enterprise software and U.areU. Fingerprint Keyboards to provide secure access to electronic medical records. CDS Monarch says it chose this solution in order to track access to clinical software that’s currently on a network […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd expanded its partner network in Southern Europe with the announcement of a joint venture with Spain-based security company Softmachine Systems. The new affiliation aims to produce contactless access control solutions and installations for multifunctional visitor management including applications for electronic payment and time and attendance. “Particularly in Spain and Latin America, there […]