This interview introduces how innovative firms are employing interesting new technologies to improve their product line up and better serve customer needs. Facial recognition and biometric identification are opening new avenues for application of IT in personnel administration and other areas. This interview also highlights how European firms need to comply with EU’s strict General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulation designed to ensure safeguards for data collected by firms from individuals in designing their new IT applications and products. Theo Breuers, CEO of Compo Software, founded the company in 1984. In the first few years, the firm focused on automation. In 2004 he and his team discovered the possibilities of application of IT in personnel registration and administration, and later entered the computer-controlled ticketing and event registration market. He recognized the value of face recognition technologies in proving better service to his customers and integrated them in his firm’s products.

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荷兰COMPO Software首席执行官Theo Breuers访谈

这次采访介绍了创新型企业如何利用有趣的新技术来改善产品阵容并更好地满足客户需求。面部识别和生物特征识别为在人员管理和其他领域中应用IT开辟了新途径。这次采访还着重介绍了欧洲公司如何遵守欧盟严格的通用数据保护法规（GDPR）法规，该法规旨在确保公司在设计新的IT应用程序和产品时从个人那里收集的数据得到保护。Compo Software首席执行官Theo Breuers于1984年成立了公司。在最初的几年中，公司专注于自动化。2004年，他和他的团队发现了在人员注册和管理中应用IT的可能性，后来进入了计算机控制的票务和活动注册市场。他认识到人脸识别技术在为客户提供更好的服务并将其整合到公司产品中的价值。