Aurora Computer Services Ltd - The Face of Biometrics

July 2010

Aurora is proud to announce that we have been selected as a finalist in the 2010 EducationInvestor Awards

Aurora have been listed as a finalist in the category of ‘Supplier to the education sector’ for Aurora’s registration solution, faceREGISTER.

The awards will presented on the evening of the 16th November 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London.

+ Aurora Implements an new operative HR and payroll system for Speedy Hire International Asset Services in the UAE

Speedy Hire operatives who clock in on Aurora facial recognition systems are now being paid using our new payroll processing module which is capable of meeting the UAE labour ministry requirements for wage protection.

+ Aurora releases a new interactive safety alerts system which allows operatives to record health safety incidents when they are leaving site

This is an enhancement to our existing safety graphics and personal messaging features.

June 2010

FaceREGISTER excels with identical twins

Aurora’s face recognition solution, faceREGISTER, has proven it’s ability to identify identical twins during a visit to a London school.

Aurora was asked how you could differentiate between identical twins. The school who have a pair or identical twins were both enrolled on faceREGISTER and it proved that faceREGISTER could tell the difference between them.

For further information about faceREGISTER: www.AuroraInEducation.co.uk.

+ New construction customer signs up for face recognition system from Aurora

Aurora are delighted to welcome another addition to their growing construction customer base. Urban Splash, the high quality residential and commercial regeneration specialists, opted for a face recognition system for monitoring site operative time and attendance at their prestigious Lakeshore development in Bristol; installation was completed during May.

April 2010

Aurora are pleased to announce that we are now officially Serco Facility Partners

Aurora's faceREGISTER can now interact with Serco Facility by pulling student data from Facility and writing attendance marks back.

February 2010

Aurora roll out Face Recognition system for Willmott Dixon

Aurora have recently increased their extensive construction customer base with the addition of Willmott Dixon Housing. The site team working on a major regeneration scheme currently being undertaken by Willmott Dixon Housing in South Acton, took delivery of our face recognition system during February and although we have previously supplied to the construction division of the Willmott Dixon Group, this marks our first installation with the group’s specialist social and affordable housing division. Willmott Dixon is a top 25 UK construction company with a turnover in excess of £800m.

January 2010

Aurora enjoys good exposure at BETT 2010

Aurora attended BETT between 13th & 16th January on stand P18. Aurora have been impressed with the amount of interest shown in faceREGISTER at BETT.

BETT was a great show which was very well attended by a lot of visitors despite the snowy conditions. faceREGISTER has also featured in a news report by BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat programme, you can see the report by clicking on this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_10000000/newsid_10004500/10004529.stm

December 2009

Aurora on show at BETT 2010

Aurora will be exhibiting at BETT London Olympia on the 13 – 16 January 2010.

BETT is the world’s largest educational technology event.

We are on stand number P18.

November 2009

Team Homes Limited choose Face Recognition Technology from Aurora

Aurora are delighted to add Team Homes Limited to their ever growing list of customers working within the construction sector. Team Homes Limited have recently taken delivery of a face recognition system for one of their affordable housing projects within the London area.

October 2009

Aurora launches a rental service for Integrated Biometric Turnstiles to construction sites

In addition to purchasing and leasing options for Aurora’s Integrated Biometric Turnstiles, we are now able to offer a fixed weekly rental rate to companies wishing to hire these systems. Unlike other companies who may offer rental services through partnerships with plant hire businesses, Aurora manages the whole process in conjunction with our turnstile provider.

Please contact our sales team on 01604 780800 for further details.

September 2009

Aurora now features dynamic links to key MIS providers

As from September Aurora Computer Services Limited now has dynamic links to both:- SIMS from Capita AND CMIS from SERCO

faceREGISTER from Aurora can take key and continually updated information from your schools MIS to populate its database.

In addition faceREGISTER can write attendance marks back to each of the systems, not just for session attendance but for lesson registration as well.

September 2009

Total Work Place Management Exhibition – 7th and 8th October 2009

Why not visit the Aurora ID card centre at London Olympia in the Grand Hall where you will see us at Stand Number E34.

September 2009

faceREGISTER

Leventhorpe School in Hertfordshire and East Hampstead School in Bracknell have launched the new academic year by registering students by using faceREGISTER for their 6th form students.

August 2009

Aurora wins new client Balfour Beatty Construction Northern.

Balfour Beatty has purchased a site access system to secure their construction site at an MOD base in Yorkshire. The system uses our proprietary facial recognition system and a secure airlock style turnstile to control the access and egress of operatives working on this site. Aurora was able to win this contract by being able to meet the client’s requirements and adapting our software.

August 2009

Aurora wins a biometric Time & Attendance system role out for AJ Morrisroe.

Aurora has been asked to supply a central time and attendance system and biometric readers for 10 sites. The system will allow AJ Morrissroe to pay their PAYE and CIS employees using a biometric and integrate directly with their existing payroll system. The system will be located in their head office but access over ADSL and VPN connections by site managers to check and authorise the hours worked.

July 2009

Aurora launches a rental service for Clockface+ biometric units to construction sites.

In addition to purchasing and leasing options for biometric units Aurora are now able to offer a fixed weekly rental rate to companies wishing to hire our units. Please contact our sales team on 01604 780800 for further details.

July 2009

Aurora ID Card Centre are pleased to launch their new FaceFinder software, enabling automatic cropping of batches of images to the head only in seconds!

Fully configurable, this application is perfect for any University or College taking large batches of images for their MIS system or ID cards – for more information please call 01604 780 808 or alternatively email sales@idcardcentre.co.uk

July 2009

Aurora are pleased to announce that we are a 'SIMS SQL Technical Partner' with Capita

Aurora has been working with Capita Children's Services to closely integrate the widely used education management system SIMS, with Aurora's own faceREGISTER and faceMANAGER software.

This partnership will strengthen the working relationship with Capita, ensuring seamless integration of biometric face recognition into standard school management systems.

July 2009

ID Card Centre Latest Updates

ID Card Centre sponsors a highly successful “Nottinghamshire Association of School Business Managers” conference.

New ID Card printer bundles available see www.idcardcentre.co.uk or contact us for more information on 01604 780808

ID Card Centre to attend Total Workplace Management exhibition 7-8th October 2009 at London Olympia.