INTERMETRO COMMUNICATIONS INC (OTC:IMTO)

ImageWare Systems, Inc. provides biometrically enabled software-based identity management solutions for biometrics, secure credential, and law enforcement and public safety markets. Its flagship product is the patented IWS Biometric Engine, a multi-biometric software platform enabling the enrollment and management of unlimited population sizes. The company also offers IWS PIV (personal identity verification) Management Application that supplies the Web-based graphical user interface to various server functions; IWS PIV Middleware product, which connects a card reader and PIV card; IWS Background Server, a software application designed for biometric identity management functions; IWS Desktop Security, a modular authentication management platform; and IWS Biometric Quality Assessment and Enhancement, a biometric image enhancement and assessment solution. Its secure credential products include IWS Card Management System to support and manage the issuance of smart cards; IWS EPI Suite, an ID software solution for producing, issuing, and managing credentials and personal identification cards; IWS EPI Builder, which offers various aspects of ID functionality; IWS EPI PrintFarm software for card printing; and IWS PIV Encoder that programs the PIV smart cards. In addition, the company provides IWS Law Enforcement, a digital booking, identification, and investigative solution; and add-on modules include LiveScan, Facial Recognition, Law Enforcement Web, and Witness View, as well as the IWS Biometric Engine. Further, ImageWare Systems provides software and hardware maintenance and customer support services. It primarily serves schools, universities, airports, hospitals, border crossings, corporations, and government agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.