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NEC Announces Western Identification Network (WIN) System AcceptanceIRVING, Texas --(Business Wire)-- NEC (News - Alert) Corporation of America (NEC), a leading technology integrator of advanced IT, networking, communications, and multimodal biometric solutions, today announced that its Integra-ID5™ Multimodal Biometric Identification System (MBIS) solution was accepted by the Western Identification Network (WIN), a consortium of western U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies. The contract for the implementation of this system was awarded to NEC in October, 2011. This acceptance follows several phases of testing including Factory Acceptance Test, System Acceptance Test at each of the eight WIN Member States, and a User Acceptance Test. The WIN network consists of a shared MBIS processing service bureau that provides the ability to search the criminal and civil biometrics records of its member agencies, including interfaces to other neighboring states, and agencies. NEC delivered this new upgrade to WIN as a service whereby NEC hosts and manages the WIN solution at its data centers. Among services provided during implementation:
"WIN has had a relationship with NEC since 1989," added Julie Butler, division administrator at the Nevada Department of Public Safety General Services Division and chairperson of the WIN Board of Directors. "And with this delivery, our member states' expectations for obtaining the latest cutting-edge technology without incurring large capital expenditures was accomplished. We are pleased with the value NEC has brought to WIN and its member states in this latest implementation." "We are proud to work with WIN, a forward-looking organization among law enforcement agencies in North America," said Raffie Beroukhim, vice president, Biometrics Solutions Division, NEC Corporation of America. "This milestone is testament to the skill and efforts of our team as well as the quality of our MBIS solution. The implemented Integra ID5 MBIS solution, with its multi-state configuration, is highly functional, easy to configure, with accuracy and reliability unmatched by any solution on the market today." The NEC MBIS solution is part of NEC's Safer Cities platform¹, which is a smart technology approach to maximizing all facets of installed programs. NEC is providing this capability to WIN via Identity as a Service (IDaaS), thereby eliminating the need for upfront capital expenditure. The solution is entirely owned and managed by NEC and is hosted in NEC data centers. ¹ NEC's Safer Cities concept supports the growing safety and security vision to merge the traditional law enforcement areas of biometric-based identity management and forensic investigation with video surveillance, security access control, and disaster management. To learn more about NEC's biometrics solutions, visit www.necam.com/Biometrics/.
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