Patrick Townsend & Associates, Olympia, Wash., selected VSSA biometric technology from Valid Technologies as the product of choice to add strong authentication to its enterprise security system.

Companies that want to deploy the Alliance suite of IBM System solutions from Patrick Townsend & Associates can augment the password controls with the fingerprint biometric product from Valid Technologies, Boca Raton, Fla. Patrick Townsend & Associates will also support customers in the extension of biometric controls to legacy applications as well.