From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds@airnet.net> (by way of jeremy.compton@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton)) Subject: SNET: [FP] FW: Arkansas: Digital/Biometric Drivers License System Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:01:36 +1200 To: snetnews@world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List [forwarded message] Source: PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com Viisage Technology, Inc. to Provide Statewide Digital Drivers License System In Arkansas LITTLETON, Mass., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Viisage Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VISG), a leader in the emerging field of biometrics technology and in providing digital identification systems and solutions, has been awarded a $10.4 million contract by the State of Arkansas to provide a new digital drivers license system with 158 locations across the State. Mike Munns, Arkansas Administrator of Driver Services, said, "We conducted a comprehensive process to identify the best system value for Arkansas drivers while seeking to improve the quality of service in our offices and obtain the best technology available. Viisage not only met these requirements, they also demonstrated an understanding of our needs and a commitment to be a true partner in this important project." Tom Colatosti, Viisage Vice President and COO, said, "We are pleased about the opportunity to partner with the Arkansas Office of Driver Services to provide Arkansas drivers with leadership technology and the most secure licenses available. The Arkansas contract will be managed by the company's systems integration and identification card division that was established in May 1998 when the company reorganized to create separate systems integration and biometrics divisions. This contract increases the company's market share in the drivers license business and will contribute to the growth and profitability of the systems integration and identification card division." Bob Hughes, Viisage President and CEO, said, "The biometrics division will continue to raise capital and invest profits, as needed, to develop its unique facial recognition technology and products. These products will be sold through channels, including the company's systems integration division, for identification, verification, security and other biometric applications. Biometrics technology and, in particular, Viisage's facial recognition technology are receiving intense interest from many market segments. Viisage seeks to achieve long term growth and profitability by penetrating these new markets and developing products to meet market needs." With the Arkansas contract, Viisage systems provide more than 100 million digital identification cards under contracts for drivers license programs in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, and for social services programs in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. Other Viisage projects include voter registration programs in Jamaica and the Philippines and programs with the Ohio Department of Corrections and the U.S. Department of Treasury's Immigration and Naturalization Service. Viisage also has the world's largest facial recognition database with projects in Massachusetts and Illinois. Viisage is a leading provider of digital identification systems and solutions intended to improve personal convenience and security, deter fraud and reduce identification program costs. The company combines its systems integration and software design capabilities with its proprietary software and hardware products to create custom solutions in a wide range of applications that can include national ID's, drivers licenses, law enforcement, voter registration, social services, access control and information, healthcare, financial services and retail. Viisage has also devoted significant resources to become a leader in the emerging field of biometrics with particular emphasis on patented facial recognition technology for real-time and large database identification and verification of individuals. Viisage can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.viisage.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by the Company through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, the size and timing of award and performance on contracts, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, changes in management estimates incident to accounting for contracts, availability and cost of key components, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing technology, competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel and general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers. SOURCE Viisage Technology, Inc. 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