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InformationWeek: Nigeria Puts Bio-Identity System To The Test

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 9, 2002

“Blade servers will help Nigeria register voters for its first
civilian-run election since it ended military rule three years ago.
To manage the process of registering at least half of Nigeria’s 120
million residents in time for next year’s election, the government
is spending $30 million on products and technology from several
companies, including office-equipment maker Olivetti Tecnost,
service provider Square One Solutions, and BioLink Technologies
International.

“BioLink will deploy 456 800i single-processor Linux blade
servers from RLX Technologies Inc. to voter-registration sites in
Nigeria’s 37 states…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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