Scope & Challenges

All who deal with information systems – application developers, vendors, system integrators and end users - are well aware of the vital role of reliable and intuitive user identification. The security and convenience of identification procedures are ensured by biometrically-enhanced solutions that are gaining considerable popularity.

The priority tasks in the integration of biometric technologies are as follows:

• Swift and effortless incorporation of biometric identification tools into applications and corporate systems;
• Elimination of the need for developers and end users to gain a thorough understanding of biometrics;
• Flexible and convenient tools to integrate biometrics into existing or new applications (including GUI);
• Ability to centrally store and process users' biometric identifiers.

The most popular biometric integration technology is fingerprint biometrics, which is quite mature and dominates the global biometric market, holding over 50% of all biometric revenues.

Popular Technologies

Integration tools should support:

• The most popular operating systems (Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux);
• The most widespread programming languages and platforms (C, C++, .NET, Visual Basic);
• International and industry standards (ISO/IEC, ANSI/NIST, BioAPI).

Project References

BioLink fingerprint biometrics has been successfully integrated into the following applications:

• The largest fast-food chain in Moldova ;
• An electronic document control system;
• A medical information system in Slovenia ;
• The Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan ;
• and many more.

BioLink's integration-related offerings are as follows:

• BioLink SDK, a software development toolkit for applications requiring strong identification;
• BioLink WebSDK, a development toolkit for web-based applications;
• BioLink U-Match (including embedded devices), an optical fingerprint scanner;
• BioLink Authenteon, a biometric identification server for centralized storage and management of biometric records;
• BioLink AMIS, an automated multi-biometric information system for nationwide identification projects.