A facial recognition solution developed by Japan's NEC has been awarded by research group Frost and Sullivan.John Dowden, senior product manager of NEC Biometric Solutions, accepted the award for NeoFace on behalf of NEC.”Acknowledging the importance of timely detection and shorter engagement times for improved safety, security, and convenience, NEC has increased the speed of match processing in databases to up to 3.02 million images every second. This is almost twice the average processing speed of its competitors,” said Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Nandini Bhattacharya. “Furthermore, NeoFace guarantees customers 28% greater accuracy than the industry average.”The award was for strong growth strategy.”NEC is also a leading implementer of best practices, which enables its solution to be deployed at all times of the day, in diverse environments. Importantly, it is camera type-, lens-, and position-agnostic,” Bhattacharya said. “The company's comprehensive CAPEX and OPEX business models include on-site or remote and cloud support. Its recent announcements of partnerships with leading data center providers possessing mandatory federal security certifications for data hosting give it an additional edge in the hosted market.”

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