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The Analysis Corporation and Viisage Form Alliance to Offer Powerful Identity Matching Tools to DHS and Intel Community FAIRFAX, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Analysis Corporation (TAC), a leading provider of counter-terrorism and anti-crime systems and services, announced that it has formed an alliance with Viisage (NASDAQ:VISGE) of Billerica, MA in order to offer powerful identity matching tools which provide the most accurate text and biometric matching abilities. The passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which calls for a biometric entry and exit data system, presents TAC and Viisage with opportunities for new solutions to help the government achieve these mandates. Both companies have long-term relationships with the Department of State including development of the terrorist watch list, facial recognition for duplicate analysis of the Diversity Visa program, and the production of passports and anti-fraud databases for visas and passports. Together, TAC and Viisage will offer solutions for government agencies to produce accurate searches of individuals in watch lists and databases. The combined identity search and data mining capabilities of these commercial off- the-shelf (COTS) software development kits make this tool especially powerful to positively identify individuals who have records in large databases. With an open systems architecture, advanced textual search technologies, and face recognition technology software, the solution can assist government agencies to identify terrorists on a watch list, find duplicate records, and confirm or deny aliases. These applications can be easily customized for government and commercial users for credentialing, security checks, access control and web- based pattern matching. About The Analysis Corporation Since 1990, the agencies and organizations in the forefront of our nation's efforts to deter terrorism and organized crime have relied on TAC for data management systems and services that have proven critical to mission success -- systems that mine, manipulate and track complex data in support of traveler screening and terrorist/criminal identification operations at the US borders and diplomatic posts abroad. TAC has also collected a set of algorithms which include language-specific plug-ins for foreign languages which are now commercially available and known as Celatro. Celatro is a collection of sophisticated pattern matching and data mining technologies designed to be quickly and easily embedded into other software applications. The Celatro core library consists of components that cover a wide range of data mining needs. Celatro's pattern matching algorithms work against both structured and unstructured text and are highly tuned and easy to use. To learn more visit The Analysis Corporation at http://www.theanalysiscorp.com/ About Viisage Viisage (NASDAQ:VISGE) delivers advanced technology identity solutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and businesses concerned with enhancing security, reducing identity theft, and protecting personal privacy. Viisage solutions include secure credentials such as passports and drivers' licenses, biometric technologies for uniquely linking individuals to those credentials, and credential authentication technologies to ensure the documents are valid before individuals are allowed to cross borders, gain access to finances, or granted other privileges. With over 3,000 installations worldwide, Viisage's identity solutions stand out as a result of the Company's industry-leading technology and unique understanding of customer needs. Viisage's product suite includes FaceTOOLS(R) SDK, Viisage PROOF(TM), FaceEXPLORER(R), iA-thenticate(R), BorderGuard(R), FacePASS(TM) and FaceFINDER(R). To learn more visit Viisage at http://www.viisage.com/ CONTACT: Jim Flynn of The Analysis Corporation, +1-703-218-6153 DATASOURCE: The Analysis Corporation CONTACT: Jim Flynn of The Analysis Corporation, +1-703-218-6153 Web site: http://www.theanalysiscorp.com/ http://www.viisage.com/

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