Aurora Computer Services Ltd - The Face of Biometrics

June 2009

Robertson Construction joins Aurora’s ever growing list of construction customers.

We are delighted to be supplying our face recognition technology on a major project in Scotland for our client Robertson Construction, part of the Robertson Group, a £200m t/o privately owned construction, property, investments and facilities services business.

May 2009

Biddenham Upper School is now the latest school to have faceREGISTER successfully installed.

Please click on this link to view faceREGISTER in use at the City of Ely Community College.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/displayarticle.asp?id=396794

April 2009

Post 16 faceREGISTER solution will be launched on 1st April 2009.

Why not look at our website www.faceREGISTER.net

faceREGISTER has been successfully installed in the following sites:-
• City of Ely Community College
• St Neots Community College
• Heathcote School and Barnwell School are the first two Hertfordshire schools to have faceREGISTER installed.

Aurora attended the East Sussex event on Wednesday 1st April 2009 Harnessing Technology Event at the National Golf course in Uckfield – Sussex.

March 2009

We are delighted to welcome BAM on board who are one of the seven Top 10 Construction Companies that Aurora supplies to.

Aurora won and secured business from BAM Construction who are part of Royal BAM Group. The Royal BAM Group are a European construction giant who have enjoyed a turnover of 9 billion Euros in the last 12 months.

In 2008 Aurora was delighted to welcome two new customers they were:-
• Balfour
• Beatty Interserve

On the 19th March Aurora installed face recognition Time and Attendance software into the South Wales Hospital Development project.

January 2009

Aurora ID Card Centre launches its product range to rave reviews at the BETT show in Olympia.

Not content with winning contracts to supply over 22 schools with ID card solutions, we also launched our new face recognition 6th form based registration solution. Piloted at St Neots Community College, this technology was a huge hit with students, staff and teachers alike.

December 2008

Aurora Computer Services are pleased to announce the opening of Aurora International in Dubai

Due to the demand for our technology in the Middle East, we are proud and excited to announce that James Ward, our UK Operations Director has been appointed as Aurora International Managing Director based in our new Dubai office.

November 2008

Aurora ID Card Centre exhibits at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in Birmingham

During a two day exhibition, our ID Card Centre staff, Ben, Carly and Paul presented our latest ID Card product range and caught the attention of many, in fact we brought on board 22 new school clients!

November 2008

Congratulations to the winners of our "Fastest Lap" competition at Interbuild We gave away bottles of champagne, red wine, boxes of chocolates and seven red letter days as prizes to the lucky winners of our competition.

October 2008

MAGIC launch at Biometrics 2008 - 30 October, 2008 Aurora launches the world's smallest, light immune face recognition unit to rapturous applause at Biometrics 2008. What makes our new product so amazing...It's 60mm in diameter, 282mm long, can be wall, ceiling, floor or desk mounted and using our new application called MAGIC, offering a 1 to many match in less than 1.5 seconds. Call 01604 780 800 for more details! Exhibition snapshots We took our exhibition stand to both Interbuild and Biometrics and enjoyed the shows, with our racing game competition proving an irresistible draw. You can now view some photos of the Aurora stand:

September 2008

Credit crunch ignites boom in construction fraud - 16 September, 2008

Average building firm's loss to fraud rose 69% last year, says new report.
Millions of dollars have been lost because of a dramatic rise in construction fraud triggered by the credit crunch, according to a report released today. The latest Kroll Global Fraud report found that the average construction company's loss to fraud has increased by 69%, driven largely by tough economic conditions. In the past three years, companies lost an average of US$14.2m (£7.9m), compared with US$4.5m (£2.5m) last year. Read the full report online: [external link]

Aurora CEO, Hugh Carr-Archer was guest speaker at two sessions of Biometrics 2008.

Tuesday 21st October at 15.40 pm on a case study of biometrics in the construction industry in the UK and Middle East.

Thursday 23rd October at 15.20 pm, in his role as Chairman of the Intellect Association for Biometrics, Hugh delivered the “Closing Remarks” at the end of the exhibition.

August 2008

We are pleased to announce that we can now offer up to £400 trade in for your old ID Card printer against the Evolis range – see www.idcardcentre.co.uk for more information.

We are pleased to announce that as a supplier of ID Card Services to the education market we have been accredited by the British Education Suppliers Association (BESA) and we will be exhibiting our portfolio of ID card and Face Recognition products at BETT 2009 on stand P6.

July 2008

Aurora Secures £250K order for delivery of multiple CLOCKFACE+ units for a high profile site in Dubai.

Aurora ID Card Centre awarded an extension to one of the UK’s largest LEA’s for the supply of bus passes.

June 2008

Aurora announce exhibition dates for Autumn 08. We will be at Biometrics 2008 in October and will then exhibit at Interbuild October 26th - 30th.

May 2008

Aurora wins the contract to supply a biometric site entry solution for a major expansion at one of the UK’s largest prisons.

Aurora portfolio of products was well received by over 3000 visitors at the facilities show at the NEC.

April 2008

Aurora appoints two new account executives to meet demand from the construction and logistics markets. Gary and Julian bring to our team a wealth of experience of both market sectors and are already proving to be an asset to our organisation.

One of the largest waste management, recycling and demolition companies in the south east turns to Aurora to assist them in delivering a bespoke, streamlined payroll solution for their multiple sites. Impressed with by our links with a number of major construction companies we began consultation with this client several months ago and aim to deliver our bespoke solution during June 2008

March 2008

We are proud to announce that over 30,000 people use our face recognition technology on a daily basis throughout the UK in over 700 sites.