BIO-key International To Present At Oracle Critical Solutions Partner Forum Showcasing Homeland Defense, Health Data and Information Assurance.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002

BIO-key International, Inc. (OTCBB:BKYI); the leader in finger-based "True User Identification(TM)" biometrics and Member Partner of the Oracle(R) Partner Network, today announced that BIO-key's President Don Rosacker, is presenting at Oracle Corporation's (Nasdaq:ORCL) Critical Solutions Partner Forum on Nov. 7. The event is intended to bring together and showcase real-world solutions to current critical IT problems. Oracle will be showcasing solution partners that specialize in areas of identification and biometrics, bio-surveillance, hazardous material handling, HIPAA, incident management and wireless solutions for first responders.

Mr. Rosacker will present BIO-key's solutions for managing and exchanging information relevant to the secure movement of people and cargo at points of entry and departure from the United States and for modes of transportation within its borders. BIO-key's solutions demonstrate it's technologies and processes to support enrollment, identification, authentication, tracking and collaboration of critical information to improve the security of U.S. seaports, airports, border crossings, highways, railways and river ways, without affecting the progress of global commerce. BIO-key's solutions reside on a high-performance, highly available and highly scalable Oracle infrastructure that provides the basis for large-scale, secure information sharing.

The forum, which is being hosted at Oracle's Reston, Va., campus on Nov. 7, is co-sponsored by Government Technology and The Center for Digital Government, with attendees expected from the federal, state and local governments; healthcare; and systems integrators.

About BIO-key

BIO-key develops and licenses advanced biometric finger identification technologies that are cost effective, scalable and easy to deploy. BIO-key products provide "True User Identification(TM)" for the prevention of data and identity theft while preventing false aliases. BIO-key pioneered the only finger identification algorithm that has been certified by the ICSA, and today continues that innovation by offering cost effective, high-performance one-to-many finger and one-to one identification solutions, that provide security and positive identification for both government and enterprise applications. (http://www.bio-key.com/)

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