Winston Salem, NC – InterAct Public Safety Systems (InterAct), the leading provider of safety and security software for government agencies and private enterprises, today announced its acquisition of all assets associated with BIO-key International’s Law Enforcement Division, which consists of the MobileCop®, PocketCop®, MobileRescue™, MobileOffice™, and InfoServer™ product lines. This transaction positions InterAct as the world’s largest public safety software company, with more than 2,000 customers across three continents.
“As a result of this acquisition, we have the unique opportunity to deliver the most advanced mobile law enforcement solution to ever hit the market, and to introduce a new population of customers to the advantages inherent in the InterAct Connections Framework,” said InterAct Public Safety Systems Executive Chairman and CEO Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski. “We are proud of our company’s consistent track record of delivering flexible, intuitive CAD, GIS, and RMS solutions. Looking ahead, we will build on the best attributes of both mobile product suites to give first responders the most advanced resources with which they can protect their communities."
BIO-key’s mobile wireless technology empowers law enforcement personnel with the tools to gain the best situational awareness possible, including outstanding warrants, stolen vehicle reports and other critical information from Federal, state and local databases. Using a smartphone or laptop, law enforcement personnel, firemen, and emergency medical technicians can also receive computer-aided dispatches, in addition to reliable, real-time data and images while en route or on-scene.
As previously announced, BIO-key’s Law Enforcement Division recently entered a partnership with Nlets, the premiere interstate justice and public safety network in the nation for the exchange of law enforcement, criminal justice, and public safety-related information. The agreement allows the use of Nlets’ network to provide wireless communication systems and support to law enforcement, criminal justice, and other government organizations.
Important to note is that BIO-key’s products have long been part of the InterAct Connections Framework, a collection of seamlessly integrated products that vastly improve the efficiency of emergency response operations, such as CAD, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Records Management Systems (RMS), and Next Generation 9-1-1 phone controllers. Hundreds of agencies across the country currently utilize the coupled benefits of InterAct and BIO-key’s integrated solution, which will be released as one, comprehensive mobile offering in the coming months.
“This alliance is the culmination of a longstanding partnership between InterAct and BIO-key,” said Thomas J. Colatosti, Chairman of BIO-key International. “Our development teams have worked together successfully for many years, and we are extremely pleased that InterAct will continue to support and build upon BIO-key’s exceptional mobile products. This transaction will not only allow BIO-key to focus on our core offerings by providing the most secure and easily deployable biometricentity products on the market today, but allow for InterAct to take a clear leadership position in public safety software as the largest, most advanced provider in the country.”
About BIO-key International, Inc. BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advancedentification solutions and information services to law enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric fingerentification technology accuratelyentifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve security, convenience and privacy and to reduceentity theft. Over 1,000 police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement. (http://www.bio-key.com)
About InterAct Public Safety Systems Founded in 1975, InterAct Public Safety Systems, provides integrated multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional public safety and homeland security systems technology. The InterAct Connections Framework™ is the foundation upon which customized comprehensive public safety solutions are built and presently used by more than 2,000 government agencies and private enterprises globally. The Company’s advanced Next Generation telephony, computer aided dispatch/mapping, mobile data sharing, and records management systems deliver emergency responders the vital information they need to protect their communities. InterAct is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and all applications are available for purchase on GSA contract. For more information, please visit www.interact911.com.
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