(openPR) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 28th, 2008 – asknet Inc., (Frankfurt: A5A) leading in global eCommerce, announced today that BioLink, a leading provider of advanced biometric solutions has selected the asknet solution to run its online distribution channel.
BioLink delivers solutions for information security, access control, civil identification, time & attendance for people, businesses, and governments. Their technology uses fingerprint identification, facial and voice recognition, handwriting analysis, and biometrics identifiers. Biometric products represent a huge market worldwide. BITKOM and Roland Roger predict a 4.9 billion Euros of worldwide revenue by 2010.
Originally selling in worldwide through a network of partners, BioLink was looking to expand its market penetration to the rest of Europe and North America by putting in place an on-line shopping facility. “We were looking for an eCommerce partner with expertise in these markets and a solution which could help us grow on a global scale” said Piotr Pertsov, BioLink’s Director of Business development. The asknet solution has allowed BioLink to offer shopping carts in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish as well as offering multiple currencies with Euro, US Dollars, GBP, and Swiss Francs.
“We are very pleased to work with BioLink on this eCommerce solution. With over a decade of online distribution expertise we knew we could get them up-and-running in a very short amount of time” said Bob Lamvik, President of asknet Inc. “We were able to deliver an instant online distribution channel at a low cost of entry with immediate global reach and fast deployment”
This online solution has really opened the door to new markets and facilitated commerce in several languages with multiple currencies offering users choices of payment methods. Moreover, BioLink uses asknet’s on-line shop to supply its VAR database all around the world with both software and hardware.
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About asknet
asknet AG, (Frankfurt A5A) leading in Global eCommerce, accelerates eSales for publishers in the digital marketplace. Since 1995, the company has developed a robust eCommerce platform for customers around the world. As media is rapidly transitioning to digital formats, the marketing, sales, distribution, and services of these products are also moving online. The ever expanding reach from fixed and mobile customers all around the globe is pushing companies to perfect their eDistribution. asknet delivers an instant online distribution channel to its customers. For additional information, please visit www.asknet.com.

About BioLink
BioLink, a leading provider of biometric identification solutions, develops, manufactures, and markets advanced fingerprint biometric products. The Company's products and services form the core of biometric identification and authentication solutions for all scales of civil identification, access control and information security applications. BioLink's solutions ensure optimal total cost of ownership in the industry and are implemented by corporate and government entities worldwide. For additional information, please visit BioLink's web site at www.biolinksolutions.com