Press Release Oct 2007 - Daisy Day Nursery use ClockInOut Biometric Security
SECURITY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS
The safety and security off their children is one of the biggest concerns of parents leaving their children at day nursery schools. Now, Daisy Day Nursery in Llanishen, Cardiff has become the first nursery school in South Wales to introduce ClockInOut a biometric fingerprint recognition system as an additional security measure.
Parents are required to register one of their fingerprints to represent a child attending the nursery. This simple process, taking about 30 seconds, adds the child to a computer data base. Then, when the parent drops off or collects their child, they simply place their finger on a small optical pad mounted in the reception area to log their child on or off the premises.
Daisy Day Nursery managing director Abeer Bafaqih, said, “ Parents need to feel that their children are secure at all times when attending a nursery and we have had a very positive response from them to the introduction of this new system. For regular visitors, fingerprint recognition replaces signing in and out using the conventional visitors book, so it is both faster and more convenient. Because it is linked to our computer systems we can check at a glance who is present in the building at any one time. This is an important boost to our security systems as we
typically have over 60 children and staff on the premises at any one time. In addition to the fingerprint system we also have coded access to all of the children's rooms.
Daisy Day Nursery provides around 50 nursery places for children, from babies to 5 year olds.
The fingerprint recognition system was installed by Penarth based Computerisation which provides a full range of business software development and support services for large organisations as well as SMEs.
A person’s 10 fingers all provide different, unique prints. The device marketed by Computerisation uses a highly sophisticated technique which produces an algorithm measuring the total print and is said to be unaffected by temporary cuts, blemishes or dirt.
Computerisation’s Managing director Clive Morgan said “We are proud to be one of the first software companies in South Wales to market this biometric technology, which we predict will replace outmoded methods within the next few years or sooner.
A Biometric finger reader guarantees identity and eliminates the need for swipe cards, signature checks, pin numbers and passwords. Furthermore, pin numbers, swipe cards and passwords can be forgotten, where as your finger is always with you.
Whilst the technology has been with us for a little while – it’s the intelligent software, which can be adapted for different applications, that makes it so attractive.”
Photo Caption
Fingerprint recognition boosts security for parents and children. Here parent Gareth Jordon (left) ‘signs in’ with Clive Morgan , whose company Computerisation has developed the system and Daisy Day Nursery Manager Ceri Lynch.
For moreinformation on ClockInOut including a video demo click here
Click here to visit the Daisy Day Nursrey website.
Computerisation Limited have been business database specialists and bespoke software developers since 1989. Computerisation Limited, based in Penarth, near Cardiff South Wales develop business software systems and database applications for clients throughout the UK.
