Finalists for the Excellence Award for Integrated Systems
• INX – ABQ Rapid Ride Wireless InternetIn January 2005, Albuquerque’s Mayor Martin Chavez launched an effort to provide wireless access on Rapid Ride buses. The goal was to provide mobile Internet access while commuting and thereby generate greater use of the ABQ Rapid Ride transit system. INX, Inc. worked with the City's Information Services Division to design and deploy the system along the entire 9 mile route. Riders' mobile computers connect to a router on the roof of each Rapid Ride bus and the bus's antenna connects to a wireless network via antennae on traffic lights and other key access points along the route. The bandwidth is 54 Mbps, faster than a T-1 circuit, and the system is scalable and can be expanded easily in the future. Now riders can make Internet phone calls, check e-mail, do research, and chat with friends and co-workers during their bus commute.
This solution is also a finalist for the Excellence Award for IT Infrastructure.
• iTEAM Consulting – iSTAR Integration and Support of Claims Management Systems
EASi (Educational Assessment Systems, Inc.) is the largest private provider of therapy and diagnostic services to schools and public agencies in New Mexico. EASi needed a powerful integrated case records management systems that could be integrated with their other health systems, eliminate multiple spreadsheets and documents, be HIPAA-compliant and combine medical information and reports with a tracking system of individual patient progress, skills and incidents. iTEAM Consulting provided the connections, programs, updates, and telephone support so that EASi did not require additional staff resources. As a result of the integration, claims are paid up to 4 days faster than before, and the return on investment will be reached according to plan.
• Lumidigm – Standards Adopted Biometric Performance
When the biometric identification industry needed a more precise instrument, Lumidigm provided the technology: an anti-spoofing fingerprinting platform with algorithms that use a surface/subsurface data comparison to determine if the fingerprint presented is authentic and also improve the image quality for people that are difficult to fingerprint. Lumidigm produces superior fingerprint sensors employing its own patented multispectral imaging technology that generates more identifying data from a single fingerprint capture than any competing fingerprinting platform. However, Lumidigm's ability to integrate quickly with system integrators was limited by dependence on unique integration software for each customer. To solve this problem, Lumidigm created a uniform software interface for system integration that is BioAPI-compliant so that Lumidigm sensors can be easily interchanged with existing standards-based sensors allowing for simple integration. This project led to software that is currently being used by multiple customers including the United States Department of State to create seamless integration with Lumidigm's biometric sensors.
