Fujitsu’s NuVola Private Cloud Platform Expands, Certifies ImageWare Advanced Biometric Management Software

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leading provider of IT-based solutions, and ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in multi-modal biometric security solutions, today announced certification on the NuVola Private Cloud Platform™. The patented ImageWare multi-modal biometric management engine has been certified to allow rapid deployment of biometric security across NuVola Private Cloud Platform for the enterprise.

“We are very excited to certify ImageWare on the NuVola Private Cloud Platform, as their core biometric management engine enhances a critical function of NuVola: Security,” said Vic Herring, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Cloud Infrastructure Solutions Group at Fujitsu Frontech North America. “Noting the market concerns over cloud layer security, we feel ImageWare provides NuVola further differentiation with the addition of their biometric engine.”

On May 15, ImageWare finalized and released version 2.0 of its flagship Biometric Engine® (BE), an evolutionary leap in biometric authentication and identity management technology. BE 2.0 provides superior integration with legacy identity management solutions and enterprise service bus technologies, and is the only patented agnostic, open-architecture biometric recognition software solution that works with virtually all existing security hardware, software and algorithms.

“Working with Fujitsu and the NuVola Private Cloud Platform solution brings ImageWare to the private cloud with a global partner and a leading innovator in the IT space,” said Jim Miller, President and CEO of ImageWare Systems. “Being certified on Fujitsu represents the full convergence of Fujitsu’s leading server and storage technology, and our industry-leading multi-modal biometric management engine. We are proud to be part of the NuVola Private Cloud Platform and look forward to bringing cloud-ready biometric solutions directly to our customers.”