The solutions focus on several federal priorities including: identity management, personal identification verification solutions in support of HSPD-12, a homeland security presidential directive, open source strategy and solutions, document management and solutions for ports, borders and customs.
HP is working with ImageWare Systems Inc. and Software Productivity Strategist Inc. on a solution that incorporates biometrics for a personal identification verification card to allow both physical and IT access to enterprise resources.
The use and need for identity management solutions span all areas of the public sector including government, health and education, with applications ranging from passports, drivers' licenses, health and human services and university ID cards.
Intel, HP and Red Hat have formed a marketing initiative called the Federal Open Source Alliance. The alliance seeks to deliver tailored solutions to help federal government agencies mitigate risk while benefiting from the performance, flexibility and lower costs of Linux.
Federal Open Source Alliance solutions deliver the agility and economy of scale that federal government agencies want from an open source strategy, combined with the trustworthiness expected from an industry-standard platform delivered and supported by proven partners.
In response to government compliance issues and a growing number of agencies relying on scanners to organize and manage documents, HP has introduced a new line of scanners to provide more document management options for organizations. The scanner line can help agencies accelerate workflows, reduce the cost of operations and control risk while managing critical documents.
