Highlights included: BIO-key began initial technology deployments for its large-scale ID projects in Africa, recording hardware revenue of $680k in Q1. BIO-key secured a $1.2M, three-year contract extension from a Fortune 500 telecommunications customer for fingerprint biometric security support services. BIO-key added new higher education customer contracts in the quarter, extending the penetration of its PortalGuard™ identity and access management solution, while also converting several customers to the new cloud hosted version, PortalGuard IDaaS (Identity-as-a-Service). U.S. Department of Justice Division Leverages PortalGuard for Secure Authentication. West Coast State Increased Deployment of BIO-key’s Biometric Authentication Solution to secure access to Centralized Voter Registration database.