2000/10/12 - Bull Information Systems To Market Imagis Technologies' Biometrics Products In UK
Vancouver, Canada, October 12, 2000 - (OTCBB: "IGSTF"; CDNX: "NAB";Germany: "IGY") Imagis Technologies Inc. (Imagis), and Bull Information Systems Ltd. (Bull) today announced an agreement to market Imagis' products in the UK. Imagis is a global software developer of biometric solutions and Bull is a leading European information technology company headquartered in Paris, France.
Bull has chosen ID-2000 facial recognition software as the basis for a number of biometric offerings to the criminal justice market. In addition, Bull will market Imagis' flagship criminal database application CABS, as the Bull Nominal Biometrics and Imaging solution (NBI). This will become part of Bull's leading suite of criminal justice products.
The Bull NBI solution is an image-oriented criminal information system that will offer UK police forces new capabilities to solve crimes. Bull will offer ID-2000 facial recognition as an extension to its existing suite of criminal justice products. The NBI suite includes Crime File, Crime & Criminal Information System, STORM Command and Control System (including a mobile deployment), Cell Management, Pol.Net Intelligence systems and others.
"Bull's objective is to offer more comprehensive solutions to the law enforcement market and this relationship with Imagis helps us accomplish that. Both companies will expand their markets significantly," said Stephen Smith, UK Marketing Manager, Bull. "We look forward to working with Imagis and providing the UK law enforcement and criminal justice system with a range of efficient biometric solutions."
"This partnership gives Imagis the ability to take our solutions into a large market, quickly and in a cost-effective manner," said Iain Drummond, President and CEO, Imagis. "This relationship strengthens Imagis' growing presence in North and South America, Europe and Asia." NBI is an advanced criminal information system that integrates images and data. NBI features, which provide for automatic encoding of photo files with automatic ID-2000 matching of the encoded images of possible suspects, have many applications when coupled with Bull's Fingerprint Image Transmission (FIT) system. FIT is well established as the acknowledged standard for monitoring foreigners entering the EEC under the European Union's Schengen Convention. The FIT system links the automated fingerprint recognition systems of eight European countries. For property matching solutions, Bull has implemented a stolen arts and antiquities search system, which can be integrated into NBI.
About Imagis Technologies Inc.
Imagis Technologies Inc. is an independent software developer of biometric solutions. Its ID-2000 face recognition software is being used by international agencies in the justice and law enforcement market. ID-2000 forms the basis of some of the world's largest criminal justice digital imaging systems. Imagis' product suite includes the flagship criminal database application CABS, used by numerous law enforcement agencies. CABS provides an integrated view of data, arrest and booking information, evidence tracking, and images, including faces. Imagis is currently expanding into new markets such as security, e-commerce and identity verification at high traffic locations including airports and casinos. Imagis markets its products through a global network of business partners.
About Bull
Bull, the international IT Group, operates in more than 100 countries. In 1999, the company earned revenues of 3.8 billion, with over 65% of this total generated outside of France, its country of origin. Within the UK Criminal Justice market Bull offers a full spectrum of services from consultancy to managed services. Bull specializes in the supply of technology-based solutions that require a mixture of integration of current and new systems, building and enhancing infrastructures, software development and support. Bull now has systems in nearly three-quarters of the United Kingdom's 52 police forces and is the system supplier of the NCIS (National Criminal Intelligence Service) and SCRO (Scottish Criminal Records Office) systems.
Bull's strategy is focused on the Internet and electronic business in three key domains:
-Solutions with consulting and systems integration
-Infrastructure including "Internet ready" enterprise systems, Smart Cards and software for secure infrastructure management
-Managed services for Intranets and e-commerce sites and marketplaces
bull.co.uk
Forward Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release that are not historical or current facts are "forward looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of federal securities laws. Forward looking statements represent certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those presently anticipated or projected.
Stock symbol: NAB - CDNX Exchange, IGY - Frankfurt Exchange, IGSTF - OTCBB
Investor Relations/Media Contact: Sandra Buschau, Director
Tel: (604) 684-4691 Fax: (604) 684-4601
email: sandy@ipm.bc.ca
Product Sales: 1-800-667-2066
<http://www.imagistechnologies.com/Media/Homepage/Vertical_blue1700.gif>
<http://www.imagistechnologies.com/Media/Headers/news.jpg> |
