UK awards $84.4M biometric platform tender to IBM

IBM has won a £65.6 million (US$84.4 million) tender for a biometric matching platform that will bring together biometric databases used by British immigration and law enforcement authorities under one roof.

The United States company will be tasked with building a so-called matcher service platform for the UK's Home Office, the ministry charged with border control and law and order. The department has been on a mission to create a “core platform for biometric matching and identification services,” which includes …

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